Overview
- Multiple outlets reported Tuesday that Disney is developing Stepsisters, a live-action film that shifts the focus to Cinderella’s stepsisters Anastasia and Drizella.
- Akiva Schaffer will direct a comedic take, with writers Dan Gregor and Doug Mand reworking Michael Montemayor’s draft, Ali Bell producing for Party Over Here, and Disney Live Action executives Jessica Virtue and Cady Stark overseeing.
- No release date has been set, and development may slow because Schaffer, Gregor, and Mand are currently filming the Netflix action comedy Protecting Jared in Hawaii.
- It remains unclear whether the project connects to Disney’s 2015 live-action Cinderella, the 1950 animated classic, or stands alone in a new continuity.
- The project aligns with Disney’s broader strategy of live-action reworkings that center antagonists, following titles such as Maleficent and Cruella, a path that has seen varied box office and streaming outcomes.