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Taye Diggs, Tamar Braxton Begin Filming ‘Stepfather’ Thriller for Tubi Release in 2026

Chris Stokes directs from a script co-written with Marques Houston for Footage Films in a thriller that echoes The Stepfather without being an official remake.

Overview

  • Production is underway in Los Angeles on Stepfather, led by Taye Diggs and Tamar Braxton.
  • Diggs stars as Darnell and Braxton as Asia, with both also serving as executive producers.
  • The official logline describes a man pursuing a perfect family whose new household uncovers his deadly pattern.
  • Chris Stokes directs from a screenplay co-written with Marques Houston, and Footage Films Studios is producing for a planned Tubi premiere in 2026.
  • Coverage notes strong similarities to the 1987 film The Stepfather while emphasizing this project is not an official remake, and it reunites Stokes and Houston after Tubi’s The Stepmother.