Disney's Descendants 3: When Does It Premiere, and How Will It Honor Cameron Boyce?
With its nicely rounded story and message of inclusion, Descendants 3 is possibly the best in this popular series of family-oriented Disney movies.
It’s the saddest too: Cameron Boyce, who has played Cruella De Vil’s son Carlos since the first Descendants four years ago, died July 6 at age 20. He has several sweet moments that stand out in this busy, bustling ensemble entertainment. In one he makes a sentimental little birthday present for Jane, the Fairy Godmother’s daughter (he tells her he used a 3D printer), and he also gets a last spirited bit of dialogue at the very end.
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More broadly the plot is about several missteps committed by Maleficent’s daughter Mal (Dove Cameron) when she assumes an important new role in the kingdom: She orders a ban on further immigration to Auradon from the Isle of the Lost — read into that what you will, political commentators — and unintentionally makes a rival of Sleeping Beauty’s kid Audrey (Sarah Jeffery).
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Feeling upstaged, Audrey decides there’s no benefit to being a Disney princess, singing, “I never thought of myself as mean/ I always thought that I’d be the queen/ And there’s no in-between.” Soon she’s cackling madly and mucking around with spells.
The telecast will also be dedicated in Boyce’s honor.
Descendants 3 premieres Friday at 8 p.m. ET on the Disney Channel.
