Netflix Steps Poster Recasts Cinderella Through Sisters

Forget the glass slipper for a moment. A new poster from Netflix teases Steps, an animated twist on Cinderella that refuses to play by the old fairy-tale rules. This time the story opens from the point of view of two stepsisters — Lilith and Margo — and it immediately complicates everything you thought you knew.

Lilith, voiced by Ali Wong, is fed up with living in Cinderella's shadow. Stephanie Hsu gives Margo a fierce, unpredictable energy. When Lilith steals the fairy godmother's wand and crashes the royal ball, the kingdom's balance tips. Chaos follows. Ambition takes shape in the form of Priscilla, a hungry antagonist who seizes the throne and drags the realm into her clutches.

What sounds like a straightforward rescue mission quickly becomes stranger and darker. To save the kingdom, Lilith must reluctantly team up with Cinderella. Together they face motorcycle-riding trolls, mysterious forces, and the Screaming Woods — a forest that seems to howl with its own history. The film folds action, comedy, and fantasy into one misfit road trip through an enchanted, often dangerous landscape.

The filmmakers are deliberately asking viewers to reconsider a familiar caricature. Steps invites empathy for characters who were once written off as flat villains. Why paint them evil when their choices could be explained by hurt, jealousy, or simply a different point of view? The result is a more human, slightly messy story about belonging and the slow work of mending broken family ties.

Directing duties fall to Alice Tsu and John Ripa, the latter known for his collaboration on Raya and the Last Dragon. Producing credits include Amy Poehler, Jane Hartwell, and Kim Lessing, and the project comes from Netflix Animation Studios as part of the platform's expanded feature slate for 2026. The poster release is the first real look at the film's tone: playful but perilous, familiar yet mischievous.

This reimagining asks a simple question: what if the stepsisters were never the bad ones? It’s a small switch with big narrative consequences. By shifting the lens, Steps promises both spectacle and emotional texture — a fairy tale that wants to be a little kinder and a lot more complicated.

Mark your calendar: Steps arrives on Netflix on November 20, 2026. Keep an eye out for more visuals and clips; this Cinderella story is already proving it plans to dance to its own beat.