Descendants executive producer Wendy Japhet (An Education, The Italian Job) also serves as executive producer for the sequel.
Emmy Award-winning director Kenny Ortega (Descendants, High School Musical movies) is the director, executive producer and choreographer of Descendants 2.
A far-reaching, unprecedented and simultaneous Descendants 2 premiere has been set for the Disney Channel Original Movie across five networks within the Disney|ABC Television Group, Friday, July 21 (8:00 p.m. EDT), on Disney Channel, ABC, Disney XD, Freeform and Lifetime.
Writers Sara Parriott and Josann McGibbon (The Starter Wife, Runaway Bride), who won a 2016 Writers Guild Award for Descendants, wrote Descendants 2 and also serve as executive producers.