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Disney is developing a new live-action film set in the world of Cinderella, but the princess herself is not the star. Instead, the film focuses on Cinderella’s evil stepsisters, Anastasia and Drizella (via Deadline), and the film is aptly titled Stepsisters. At the helm is Disney’s Chip n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers director Akiva Schaffer, who will direct based on an original script by Michael Montemayor (Tangled) that is being reworked by Dan Gregor and Doug Mand (The Naked Gun Reboot).
What Should We Expect From Cinderella’s Evil Stepsisters Film?
As seen in Chip n’Dale: Rescue Rangers, Schaffer is no stranger to taking a unique premise and bringing it to life with a modern sense of humor and irreverent style, which that film had in spades. It was also unmistakably Disney in its overall tone, and if you’re approaching a story about the evil stepsisters with Schaffer at the wheel, it would seem that this will also have a tongue-in-cheek approach.
In the original film, Anastasia and Drizella show their expertise in the art of putting someone down, and their unfortunate target is Cinderella, thanks to the actions of their mother, Lady Tremaine. Throughout the film, they are mostly used for comedic effect, though they do reach a few low points, including when they tear Cinderella’s dress apart ahead of the ball. Then there’s the trying on of the glass slipper, which, unlike the fairy tale, is played directly for laughs as they hilariously fail to put the glass slipper on.
