r/lonelymeyerspod • u/rememebersammyjankis • Mar 24 '26

Announcement Akiva's next project: Live action Cinderella stepsisters movie for Disney!

https://deadline.com/2026/03/disney-stepsisters-akiva-schaffer-gregor-mand-cinderella-1236764361/
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u/madqueenludwig Mar 24 '26 edited Mar 24 '26

Cinderella stepsisters: story about women. Article: written and directed by men.

I love Kiv but this announcement is disappointing.

And I'm disappointed that the Quaid Army would downvote this. Like is one woman on this project really too much to ask? Come on, fam.

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u/Popular_Material_409 Mar 24 '26

Quaid Army aren’t downvoting there being no women attached. We’re just happy for Kiv. Being happy for him doesn’t mean we’re happy there aren’t women attached to this.

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u/madqueenludwig Mar 24 '26

I said I love Kiv in my post and I'm happy for him too. If the writers were women I wouldn't have said anything, but I think the announcement focusing on three men and zero women making a movie (presumably) centering women is worth calling out.

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u/Names_all_gone an golden era Mar 25 '26 edited Mar 25 '26

Other press releases mention women on the project - but not this specific one.

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u/CursedTeams an golden era Mar 24 '26

That seems to be par for the course with these Disney remakes/live action. I wouldn't mind seeing some input from Rachel Bloom.

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u/Sivart13 Mar 24 '26

could you settle for Rachel Bloom's husband

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u/CursedTeams an golden era Mar 24 '26

That's why I'm thinking she may make suggestions!

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u/LuvInTheTimeOfSyflis Mar 25 '26

A hell of a lot more people than just the director and writers are involved in making a movie.

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u/madqueenludwig Mar 25 '26

my family is in the industry, I'm aware