<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Chronology </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Preceded by </Th> <Td> Descendants </Td> </Tr> <P> Descendants 2 is a Disney Channel Original Movie that premiered on July 21, 2017 on Disney Channel, and was simulcast on Disney - owned networks ABC, Disney XD, Freeform, Lifetime and Lifetime Movies . It is the sequel to the 2015 film Descendants . The film stars Dove Cameron, Cameron Boyce, Sofia Carson, Booboo Stewart, Mitchell Hope and China Anne McClain . </P> <P> Mal struggles with her new celebrity life as the girlfriend of King Ben, dying her hair blonde, and maintaining a princess - like personality that she is uncomfortable with . She admits her issues to her friends Evie, Carlos, and Jay, but they are content with their new lives in Auradon and do not wish to return to the Isle of the Lost . Evie scolds Mal for relying on her mother's spell book to solve her issues . Carlos, wishing to ask Jane to the upcoming Cotillion dance, turns to Mal for help to be honest with her . Mal gives him a sweet that will make him speak the truth, but his dog Dude eats it, magically speaking the truth in English and very frankly as a result . </P>

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