‘Steps’ Trailer Revealed: Netflix’s Cinderella Twist Gets a Release Date
Cinderella has been retold more times than anyone can count, but almost always from the glass slipper’s point of view. The so-called evil stepsisters rarely get a say. Netflix’s new animated comedy ‘Steps‘ is built to change that, and the new ‘Steps’ trailer shows how.
The idea has been brewing for years. The project was first announced in 2021, with a concept from Garfunkel and Oates duo Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci and production from Amy Poehler’s Paper Kite Productions. After a long stretch under the radar, it resurfaced in December 2025 with Ali Wong and Stephanie Hsu attached as the stepsisters.
Now the wait is nearly over. Netflix has released the main trailer, key art and a fresh set of stills, and confirmed that the film lands on the streamer next month. The trailer also arrived alongside soundtrack news, including a new song from BLACKPINK’s JENNIE.
A new trailer for ‘STEPS’ has been released. Releasing on Netflix on November 20. https://t.co/TShufJKx4s
— The Hollywood Handle (@HollywoodHandle) October 15, 2026
The story follows Lilith, voiced by Wong, who is tired of living in her famous family member’s shadow. She is blamed for hijacking the Royal Ball with the Fairy Godmother’s stolen wand, and she accidentally turns her sister Margot into a frog. That leaves the kingdom in the hands of a prince-obsessed mean girl named Priscilla, who seizes the throne.
The trailer has Lilith telling viewers they deserve to know the real story of Cinderella, and promising it’s a good one. All the familiar pieces are there, including glass slippers, the prince and a dazzling carriage. But it also promises high-speed countryside chases, revenge plots and a really hot troll.
Lilith ends up teaming with Cinderella for an epic quest. Along the way they face biker trolls, outrun evil henchmen and escape the Screaming Woods. The film is rated PG for action, thematic elements, rude humor and brief suggestive material.
The ensemble is stacked. Wong voices Lilith, Amanda Seyfried is Cinderella, Hsu is Margot and Nikki Glaser plays Priscilla, with Bette Midler as the Fairy Godmother. Daniel Radcliffe voices The Prince, Peter Dinklage plays Roderick, a murderous man-nanny, and Young Mazino is Gef, the film’s heartthrob. WWE Superstar Damian Priest joined in July as Cracktor.
Behind the mics, the film is directed by Alyce Tzue and John Ripa. Tzue won the 2015 Student Academy Awards Gold Medal for Animation with her short ‘Soar’, while Ripa co-directed ‘Raya and the Last Dragon’. Tzue said, in a statement on Netflix Tudum, that she wanted to show how “a single act of kindness can change everything.”
Visually, the film isn’t playing it safe. Netflix describes an 18th-century French Rococo-meets-punk-rock aesthetic, and filmmakers discussed Y2K-inspired villains and giant biker trolls at the Annecy festival. The team also chose to embrace the three-dimensional look of computer animation, creating what they called a maximalist look.
Music plays a big part too. The soundtrack arrives on launch day and is led by JENNIE’s new song “Someone to Hold”. Grammy nominee Justin Tranter wrote and produced four original songs, with additional vocals from Seyfried, Rose Gray and EMEI. Kris Bowers composed the score, and the soundtrack is available to pre-save now.
‘Steps’ is also a milestone for the streamer. It is the first feature produced entirely in-house at Netflix Animation Studios, with animation handled by its Sydney and Vancouver teams. That makes it a statement about how seriously Netflix is investing in original animation.
It joins a slate that includes ‘KPop Demon Hunters’, the most popular Netflix film ever, as well as ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’ and ‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’. Upcoming titles on the same slate include ‘In Waves’ and ‘Ray Gunn’.
The timing looks deliberate. The release puts ‘Steps’ squarely in the Thanksgiving and holiday season, a window the streamer has used before for big animated hits like ‘Leo’. A family-friendly comedy with this cast could be a strong fit for that audience.
The pitch is also fresh. Rather than another straight retelling, ‘Steps’ flips the fairy tale to ask whether the villains were ever really villains. If the trailer’s energy carries through, it could turn the stepsisters into the stars.
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