Cruella de Vil him that the purchaser of a house in Piccadilly, London is "a foreign nobleman, Count De Ville". Count De Ville, however, proves to be an alias for Count Dracula himself. It is also believed that the inspiration for the name began in 1939 when Dodie Smith purchased a new Rolls-Royce 25/30 "Sedanca de Ville" motorcar in which she and her pet Dalmatian "Pongo" frequently travelled, which also formed the basis of the cartoon imagery of Cruella's own motorcar. In the original story, Cruella is depicted as a pampered and glamorous London heiress who knows the owner of the Dalmatian puppies
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