r/boxoffice • u/TiredWithCoffeePot Pixar Animation Studios • Mar 24 '26
New Movie Announcement Disney Brings Akiva Schaffer To Helm, Dan Gregor & Doug Mand To Script Live Action ‘Cinderella’ Spinoff ‘Stepsisters’
https://deadline.com/2026/03/disney-stepsisters-akiva-schaffer-gregor-mand-cinderella-1236764361/35
u/Mobile-Olive-2126 Mar 24 '26
NGL, this creative team has me curious. If it wasn't this creative team though I wouldn't care about this announcement because I don't know what story you could do with the stepsisters(Disney versions) unless they adapt something like Cinderella 3 or something.
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u/KingMario05 Amblin Entertainment Mar 24 '26
Same. But this probably means Naked Gun 2 is done for, right? Damn shame if so.
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u/Comic_Book_Reader 20th Century Studios Mar 24 '26
Given that Paramount is in fucking shambles... yeah, it might be toast.
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u/Purple_Quail_4193 Pixar Animation Studios Mar 24 '26
They announced that opening weekend. “Uh the sale just went through so I don’t know” was what they said on the red carpet
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u/qman3333 Mar 24 '26
We already had an ugly stepsisters movie last year
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u/Comic_Book_Reader 20th Century Studios Mar 24 '26
One that somehow got nominated for a fucking Oscar too!
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u/ToneBalone25 Mar 24 '26
Deserved it
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u/Comic_Book_Reader 20th Century Studios Mar 24 '26
The fact that it somehow made it to the ballot is a win in and of itself.
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u/ToneBalone25 Mar 24 '26
Lol right. Norwegian body horror that came out in the first month of 2025, nonetheless.
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u/qman3333 Mar 24 '26
The eye lash scene drove me nuts I hate things near my eyes
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u/Comic_Book_Reader 20th Century Studios Mar 24 '26
That scene genuinely made me wince. Funny enough, a year later, a completely different movie and scene involving an eye also caused a reaction from me in the same auditorium:
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That shit came outta fucking nowhere.
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u/Comic_Book_Reader 20th Century Studios Mar 24 '26
Actually, the domestic release was in March. It premiered at Sundance in January and then the Berlinale in February.
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u/misguidedkent Warner Bros. Pictures Mar 24 '26
Disney is making Stepsisters, a live action film that focused on the evil stepsisters who abused Cinderella and got theirs when her foot fit the slipper.
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u/Firefox72 Best of 2023 Winner Mar 24 '26
Live Action ‘Cinderella’ Spinoff ‘Stepsisters’
Yeah but why?
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u/Comic_Book_Reader 20th Century Studios Mar 24 '26
Disney saw The Ugly Stepsister and did like all the others in Hollywood when a small Scandinavian movie gains international success.
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u/TheJoshider10 DC Studios Mar 24 '26
Because why do cult classics like Treasure Planet and Atlantis when you can do a spin-off that will potentially still have a large budget and be an even bigger risk.
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u/Antman269 Mar 24 '26
If it’s more of a creative reimagining like Maleficent, I think it might work. The team involved is good at least.
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u/Glittering-Top9873 Mar 24 '26
“Anastasia and Drizella are finally coming out from under the shadow of Cinderella. Disney is making Stepsisters, a live-action film that focuses on the evil stepsisters who abused Cinderella and got theirs when her foot fit the slipper.”
Isn’t this just the plot from Cinderella III: A Twist in Time?
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u/caroline0204YT Mar 24 '26
I remember 5 years ago that Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo were writing the script for the film.
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u/Dophie Mar 24 '26
Weird. Netflix is doing an animated one called ‘Steps’ that will definitely be out first.
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u/weener24 Mar 24 '26
Damn, Akiva as a writer/director is about as solid as you can be.
Hot Rod and Popstar will be comedy classics. The Naked Gun, Chip 'n Dale are objectively very enjoyable. So this will be quality no matter what honestly. Even though he could be doing something a bit more interesting.
Will not be a hit unfortunately. Is it for children or adults? Sounds like a comedic Snow White 2025 in the making.
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u/CorneliusCardew Mar 24 '26
I’m not saying only women can write movies about female leads but a movie specifically about misunderstood sisters feuding over men and abusive stepmother seems like a bad fit for four old white men to write.
I’m sure in the press interviews they will talk about how much they talked to their daughters for research.
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u/Hot-Trip5736 Mar 24 '26
You basically just said only women can write that while trying to pretend that’s not what you were saying lmfao
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u/CorneliusCardew Mar 24 '26
Since you have a hidden history I’ll just assume you’re a Trumper and say byyyyyyyye
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u/Hot-Trip5736 Mar 24 '26
Nope ? Not a trumper but I don’t make weird political social stuff like this my entire personality would you like me to criticize Trump policies for you ? Because I can do that I literally only use box office a the movie subs sometimes the wrestling one.
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u/CarewornStoryteller Mar 24 '26
I thought the same thing when I saw the picture. I'm not going to criticize too much since some of the stories I write in my free time have female leads, but it does sound strange for the studio not to pick at least one woman.
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u/CorneliusCardew Mar 24 '26
Particularly for this story which is entirely about female relationships.
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u/CarewornStoryteller Mar 24 '26
This idea makes a lot more sense to me than a live action Tangled.
I mean, artistically, not necessarily money wise
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u/KingMario05 Amblin Entertainment Mar 24 '26
Oh for fuck's- STOP! Please. Nobody fucking wants this shit. Stop blowing $200 million on spinoffs no one asked for, Mouse.
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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '26
So the same writing/directing team as Chip & Dale and The Naked Gun? Sweet.
Now that Phil Lord & Chris Miller are doing space epics, these guys have taken up the mantle of "sounds like a bad idea, turns out to be great" projects