Cruella de Vil on parole, three years after the events of the first film. She insisted on being called "Ella" because "Cruella sounds so... cruel". Reformed, completely devoted to saving animals, and while experiencing "doraphobia", she was scared by even the smallest sight of fur fashion, especially since she had all of her fur clothing and the drawing of herself in a Dalmatian puppy coat boarded up. Unfortunately, this new persona was not to last for long since the effects of Big Ben's chimes managed to undo the conditioning, reverting Cruella to her former self. During the "Ella" stage, Cruella quit her characteristic
One Hundred and One Dalmatians (franchise) school. Ben, the teenaged son of King Beast and Queen Belle, invites the exiled children of defeated villains to attend a prep school with the heroes' children, among them Carlos, the son of Cruella de Vil. On September 30, 2013, "The Hollywood Reporter" confirmed that Disney is planning a live-action Cruella de Vil film titled "Cruella" with Andrew Gunn and Glenn Close as producer and executive producer respectively. Screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna most known for writing "The Devil Wears Prada" was set to write it for Disney. On January 6, 2016, "The Hollywood Reporter" announced that Kelly Marcel, who wrote