--- description: Meet the "trio of terror" title: Ursula, Maleficent and Cruella de Vil Come to 'Once Upon a Time' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc87f94bbfe75474e/69876e42428a9e7822cc5fe1/once-upon-a-time.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Ursula, Maleficent and Cruella de Vil Come to _Once Upon a Time_ by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 11, 2014 4:25 PM CUT  Hong Kong, CHINA: Staff stand next to a portrait of Disney character Cruella De Vil during a Halloween celebration press preview in Hong Kong, 29 September 2006\. The event was held as part of Halloween costume mini-parade which will be a daily treat during Disney's month-long Halloween celebrations. AFP PHOTO / Samantha SIN (Photo credit should read SAMANTHA SIN/AFP/Getty Images) Hong Kong, CHINA: Staff stand next to a portrait of Disney character Cruella De Vil during a Halloween celebration press preview in Hong Kong, 29 September 2006\. The event was held as part of Halloween costume mini-parade which will be a daily treat during Disney's month-long Halloween celebrations. AFP PHOTO / Samantha SIN (Photo credit should read SAMANTHA SIN/AFP/Getty Images)Samantha Sin—AFP/Getty Images by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 11, 2014 4:25 PM CUT Disney villain favorites Ursula, Maleficent and Cruella de Vil are uniting in what [producers are calling](http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/12/11/once-upon-time-cruella-ursula-maleficent-spoilers/ "undefined") a “trio of terror” on the ABC series _Once Upon a Time._ Executive producers Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis told _Entertainment Weekly_ about their farewell to _Frozen_‘s characters and why they were introducing a new, more vintage cast of characters. “Honestly, the process isn’t about going through the Disney catalog and flipping through the pages,” Horowitz said. Read more at [_EW.com_](http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/12/11/once-upon-time-cruella-ursula-maleficent-spoilers/ "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3630003/ursula-maleficent-and-cruella-de-vil-come-to-once-upon-a-time/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3630003/ursula-maleficent-and-cruella-de-vil-come-to-once-upon-a-time/"},"headline":"Ursula, Maleficent and Cruella de Vil Come to Once Upon a Time","datePublished":"2014-12-11T16:25:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:46:48.618Z","description":"Meet the \"trio of terror\"","url":"https://time.com/3630003/ursula-maleficent-and-cruella-de-vil-come-to-once-upon-a-time/","keywords":["Television","Disney"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc87f94bbfe75474e/69876e42428a9e7822cc5fe1/once-upon-a-time.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc87f94bbfe75474e/69876e42428a9e7822cc5fe1/once-upon-a-time.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Staff stand next to a portrait of Disney","caption":"Hong Kong, CHINA: Staff stand next to a portrait of Disney character Cruella De Vil during a Halloween celebration press preview in Hong Kong, 29 September 2006. The event was held as part of Halloween costume mini-parade which will be a daily treat duri","creditText":"Samantha Sin—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3630003/ursula-maleficent-and-cruella-de-vil-come-to-once-upon-a-time/","name":"Ursula, Maleficent and Cruella de Vil Come to Once Upon a Time"}}]}] ```