Home News Jacob Birks August 9th, 2026 - 5:49 PMLogo for Descendants: Hidden HeroesDisney has officially greenlit a new spinoff installment to the Descendants franchise. Titled Hidden Heroes: A Descendants Story, the film is set to be a musical spinoff centering around the children of iconic Disney sidekick characters. The plot of Hidden Heroes is set to center around a secret training facility called “Sidekick Academy” where a group of descendants of sidekicks finds themselves banding together without their parents or heroes to protect the fairytale realm from a villainous duo. The announcement of this spin-off film comes not long after the recent success of the fifth film in the Descendants franchise, Descendants: Wicked Wonderland, which was ranked as the No. The Hidden Heroes: A Descendants Story will begin production next week.