Sleeping Beauty (franchise) such as the "Sleeping Beauty" characters. Characters from "Sleeping Beauty" also make minor appearances in the direct-to-video films based in the show, "" and "Mickey's House of Villains". Fantasy television series "Once Upon a Time" regularly include live-action interpretations of characters including Maleficent, Aurora, Phillip, King Stefan, and Aurora's mother is mentioned as Briar Rose, the "original" Sleeping Beauty. Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather appears as recurring character in the American animated television series "Sofia the First", as the headmistresses of Royal Prep. Aurora appeared in the 24th episode of the series, "Holiday in Enchancia". The series features characters from the
The Sleeping Beauty Quartet discourse". It was announced in September 2014 that Televisa U.S.A had obtained the rights to adapt the trilogy into a television series. Rice will serve as executive producer alongside Rachel Winter, producer of the film "Dallas Buyers Club". Winter had previously approached Anne in 2012 regarding such plans that did not materialize at the time. As of 2016, the series was still in early development. The Sleeping Beauty Quartet The Sleeping Beauty Quartet is a series of four novels written by American author Anne Rice under the pseudonym of A. N. Roquelaure. The quartet comprises "The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty",