Bette Midler will wave her magic wand – when she’s really obtained management of it – in Netflix‘s reimagined Cinderella film Steps.
She is going to voice the fairy godmother within the animated pic, which is the primary absolutely in-house produced movie from Netflix Animation Studios. Midler joins the likes of Ali Wong, who performs Lilith, Amanda Seyfried (Cinderella) and Stephanie Hsu (Margot) within the forged.
The story follows Cinderella’s ‘evil’ stepsister Lilith, who steals the Fairy Godmother’s magic wand and hijacks the Royal Ball together with Margot, breaking the Cinderella story as we all know it and dooming the dominion to the tyrannical rule of Priscilla, a villainous schemer who swoops in and snatches the throne. Lilith is compelled to workforce with Cinderella to avoid wasting the dominion and, most significantly, their relationship.
“The beloved Fairy Godmother, the healthful Fairy Godmother, the one with all the great intentions, has been round for a protracted, very long time,” mentioned Midler. “This specific model of the Fairy Godmother has good intentions, however she’s a bit little bit of a bumbler and she or he’s a bit little bit of a schemer. I’m thrilled to be a part of this movie.”
Steps is being directed by Alyce Tzue and John Ripa, with Amy Poehler, Jane Hartwell and Kim Lessing. Poehler’s Paper Kite Productions is hooked up.
The movie is scheduled to launch this yr.
