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Netflix’s Steps Reframes Cinderella and Sets November 20 Release

The streamer completed the film inside its own Animation Studios in a move that changed the project’s creative direction.

Overview

  • Netflix confirmed Steps will premiere on Netflix on November 20, positioning the film for the streamer’s year‑end animation slate.
  • The teaser trailer released Thursday highlights an action‑comedy tone with high‑speed chases, biker trolls, and ornate visuals rather than overt musical numbers.
  • Steps centers on the stepsisters Lilith and Margot, voiced by Ali Wong and Stephanie Hsu, who must team up with Amanda Seyfried’s Cinderella to stop a usurping villain.
  • The feature is directed by Alyce Tzue and John Ripa, produced by Amy Poehler, Jane Hartwell and Kim Lessing, and scored by Kris Bowers.
  • Netflix handled animation entirely in‑house across its Los Angeles, Sydney and Vancouver studios, a shift the company is using to build internal animation capacity and control production end to end.