Overview
- Directors Alyce Tzue and John Ripa confirmed on Thursday that Steps will arrive exclusively on Netflix at 12:01 a.m. on November 20, 2026.
- Steps reframes the Cinderella tale through a stepsister’s eyes and keeps Cinderella as a complex character rather than a simple foil.
- The principal voice cast includes Alli Wong as Lilith, Amanda Seyfried as Cinderella, Nikki Glaser as the usurping villain, and Bette Midler in an ensemble role.
- The filmmakers stressed a French Cendrillon and Rococo visual palette with tactile 3D textures, and they described specific VFX challenges such as rendering believable, transforming magic effects like glitter.
- Work-in-progress showings at Annecy and director interviews revealed the film’s development across multiple studios over several years and signaled Netflix’s push to position Steps as a family holiday streaming event that leans on star performance and visual craft.