We have some casting news for the next installment of the Disney Descendants series “Hidden Heroes: A Descendants Story.” Disney announced new cast including award-winning actor and singer Darren Criss as Jiminy Cricket from “Pinocchio,” actress and comedian Sherry Cola as Yzma from “The Emperor’s New Groove,” Tony AwardⓇ-winner James Monroe Iglehart as Genie from “Aladdin,” Hugo Ateo as Kronk from “The Emperor’s New Groove,” Sean Yves Lessard as Lumiere from “Beauty and the Beast” and Dan Bakkedahl as Yen Sid from “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” in “Fantasia.”
The music-and-dance-fueled movie coming to Disney Channel and Disney+ expands the “Descendants” universe and centers on the journey of the unsung heroes behind Disney’s greatest adventures — the sidekicks!
The cast now includes:
Dior Goodjohn (“Percy Jackson and the Olympians,” “Poser”) as Jennie, the daughter of Genie from “Aladdin”
Momona Tamada (“The Baby-Sitters Club”) as Zara, the daughter of Yzma from “The Emperor’s New Groove”
Jacob Rodriguez (“Tell Me Lies”) as Kronk Jr., the son of Kronk from “The Emperor’s New Groove”
Eva Fossaceca Smedley (“Welcome to Flatch”) as Meri, the daughter of Merryweather from “Sleeping Beauty”
Harry Jones (“Bury Your Nephew”) as Lou, the son of Lumiere from “Beauty and the Beast”
Darren Criss (“The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story,” “Maybe Happy Ending”) as Jiminy Cricket from “Pinocchio”
Sherry Cola (“Joy Ride,” “Camp Rock 3”) as Yzma from “The Emperor’s New Groove”
James Monroe Iglehart (best known for his Tony Award-winning role as Genie in the Broadway production of “Aladdin”) as Genie from “Aladdin”
Hugo Ateo (“Siren”) as Kronk from “The Emperor’s New Groove”
Sean Yves Lessard (“Reginald the Vampire”) as Lumiere from “Beauty and the Beast”
Dan Bakkedahl (“Veep”) as Yen Sid from “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” in “Fantasia.”
Hidden in the center of each fairy tale is a portal to a secret training facility where the descendants of legendary sidekicks are challenged to join the elite ranks of partners to heroes. When a villainous duo comes to Sidekick Academy, a group of fresh recruits must band together — without heroes, without parents — using only their new skills to save the fairytale realm before it’s too late.
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