Disney Creating Made for TV Movie Based on Their Villains' Kids

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In a plot that sounds ripped from Once Upon a Time, Disney is making a movie about the kids of their more popular villains.

We're half excited because that sounds amazing and half scared because it could go terribly wrong.

According to a recent press release, the synopsis is as follows:

In a present day idyllic kingdom, the benevolent teenaged son of the King and Queen (Beast and Belle from Disney’s iconic Beauty and the Beast) is poised to take the throne. His first proclamation: offer a chance at redemption to the trouble-making offspring of Cruella De Vil, Maleficent, the Evil Queen and Jafar who have been imprisoned on a forbidden island with all the other villains, sidekicks, evil step-mothers and step-sisters. These villainous descendants (Carlos, Mal, Evvie and Jay, respectively) are allowed into the kingdom to attend prep school alongside the offspring of iconic Disney heroes including Fairy Godmother, Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel and Mulan. However, the evil teens face a dilemma. Should they follow in their nefarious parents’ footsteps and help all the villains regain power or embrace their innate goodness and save the kingdom?

The film itself will be a made for TV movie, but no other details have been released. Although if the original actors come back to do the voice work that would be beyond amazing.

Other details that need to be figured out: will this be old-school animated or CGI?

So many questions!