ROTTEN TO THE CORE - Disney Channel Orders Descendants 5: Deeper Down The Rabbit Hole, To Premiere Summer 2026

 One of the most beloved Disney Channel Original Movie franchses of all time is back again for another magical adventure that will bring shivers down your spine. Disney Channel today has announced the greenlight of Descendants 5: Deeper Down the Rabbit Hole (working title) set to premiere on Disney Channel linear cable and Disney+ streaming service in Summer 2026.

The new entry picks up where last year's hit DCOM Descendants 4: The Rise of Red left off as we follow the continuing misadventures and trauma of Kylie Carroll and Malia Baker as the worlds of Disney's classic Disney Princess franchise films Alice in Wonderland and Cinderella collide as they once again get hypnotized into another wormhole of time-travelling through the Disney Vault archives and discovering the self-esteem of what it's truly like to be Red and Chloe and other Disney kid siblings knockoffs.

The new entry in the Descendants franchise will mark a 30-year history for Disney Channel's DCOMs department as Descendants will break the record as the first DCOM ever to get five entries, with the record previously been broken by '90s classic Halloweentown and 2020s hit Zombies, both clocking in close behind at four entries each, with Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires, the next DCOM on the channel's hitlist set for release later this fall as part of the annual MONStober Halloween season.

The new film comes as part of Disney's 10th anniversary celebration of the hit DCOM franchise created by Kenny Ortega, the director of the 2006 record-breakiing DCOM franchise High School Musical, which has recently spawned a hit preschool series ripoff Kindergarten School Musical on Disney Junior which airs weekdays at 8am and 11am ET/PT with five episodes left in its first season to go. Disney Channel will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the franchise with a special crossover concert tour Descendants/Zombies: When Worlds Collide which is set to hit auditoriums later this summer

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Descendants is dedicated to the memory of
Cameron Boyce (1999-2019)