“You deserve to know the real story! And it’s a good one…” Netflix has unveiled the first teaser trailer for their next animated movie titled Steps, made by Netflix Animation Studios for streaming. Netflix is always buying indie animated films to play, but this they made in-house on their own. “Think you know Cinderella’s ‘evil’ stepsisters? Think again.” Steps is a reinvention of the Cinderella story about her other sisters. Blamed for magical mischief at the Royal Ball, stepsister Lilith turns her other step-sister into a frog and causes the kingdom to be run by a mean girl. She must work with Cinderella and a troll to save the kingdom and prove that even “villains” deserve happily ever afters, too. Huh, okay. The voice cast features Ali Wong as Lilith, Amanda Seyfried as Cinderella, Stephanie Hsu as Margot, Nikki Glaser as the evil Priscilla, Daniel Radcliffe as The Prince, Young Mazino, Luis “Damian Priest” Martínez, Peter Dinklage, and with Bette Midler as The Fairy Godmother. With a score by Kris Bowers (Oscar nominee for The Wild Robot). If you’re excited for this, Steps arrives streaming on Netflix starting in November just before Thanksgiving.
Here’s the teaser trailer for Alyce Tzue & John Ripa’s animated movie Steps, from Netflix’s YouTube:
Think you know Cinderella’s “evil” stepsisters? Think again. Sick of living in Cinderella’s shadow, Lilith (Ali Wong) steals the Fairy Godmother’s (Bette Midler) magic wand & hijacks the Royal Ball with her sister Margot (Stephanie Hsu), breaking the Cinderella story as we know it & dooming the kingdom to the tyrannical rule of Priscilla (Nikki Glaser), a villainous schemer who swoops in & snatches the throne. Now Lilith must team up with Cinderella (Amanda Seyfried) to fight biker trolls, outrun evil henchmen, escape the Screaming Woods on an epic quest to save the kingdom, but most importantly, their relationship. Steps is co-directed by animation filmmakers Alyce Tzue (animator on Soar & Henry making her directorial debut) & John Ripa (co-director of Raya and the Last Dragon). The screenplay is written by Ava Tramer, James Madejski, Jen Chuck, Dana Schwartz, Felicia Ho. From a story by Ava Tramer, James Madejski, Dana Schwartz, Felicia Ho, Riki Lindhome, Kate Micucci. Produced by Amy Poehler, Jane Hartwell, Kim Lessing. Poehler and Lessing producing for Paper Kite Productions. Animated by Netflix Animation Studios. Netflix debuts Tzue & Ripa’s Steps movie streaming on Netflix starting November 20th, 2026 this fall. Who’s in?
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