The Parent Trap (film series) The Parent Trap (film series) The Parent Trap is a "Disney" film series, originating in 1961 with Hayley Mills playing both roles of twin sisters who were raised separately by divorced parents, without any knowledge of each other. They meet at a summer holiday camp, and switch places so that they can each meet their other parent. Mills reprised her roles three times in subsequent made-for-television sequels. A remake was released in 1998, with a plot similar to the original film and written by the original film's writer/director David Swift, with segments of the story being reworked into a romantic-comedy.
Parent Trap III would soon be popular for her "Home Improvement" fame. Joy, Leanna, and Monica Creel were cast to play the identical teenage triplet daughters with different personalities: Megan, the private one, Lisa, the outgoing teen rebel, and Jessie, the sweet one. The film debuted on NBC-TV's "The Magical World of Disney" on April 9, 1989. It was previewed on Disney's films released that spring next to Davy Crocket and "The Absent-Minded Professor". Mollie Miller, the film's director, would later direct the last sequel, "". Parent Trap III Parent Trap III is a 1989 American made-for-television comedy film and a sequel to