Netflix has released the first trailer, key art and new stills for Steps, an animated fantasy comedy that reframes Cinderella’s stepsisters as the leads. The film arrives globally on November 20, 2026.
The trailer’s pitch
The footage introduces Lilith, voiced by Ali Wong, as a fourth-wall-breaking narrator who pushes back against the “evil stepsister” label. The action-comedy beats are front and centre: high-speed carriage chases, glass slippers being destroyed and a run-in with biker trolls. Netflix also uses the trailer to connect Steps to the animation team behind K-Pop Demon Hunters, a borrowing of audience familiarity from a previous hit.
Netflix’s logline asks viewers to rethink the Cinderella story. In the plot, Lilith steals the Fairy Godmother’s magic wand, hijacks the Royal Ball with her sister Margot, and accidentally enables Priscilla to seize the throne. Lilith then has to team up with Cinderella to restore the kingdom and repair their relationship.
Cast and creative team
The voice cast gives the film multiple audience entry points:
- Ali Wong as Lilith
- Amanda Seyfried as Cinderella
- Stephanie Hsu as Margot
- Nikki Glaser as Priscilla
- Bette Midler as the Fairy Godmother
- Young Mazino, with Daniel Radcliffe, Peter Dinklage and WWE’s Damian Priest also in the voice cast
Alyce Tzue and John Ripa direct. Amy Poehler produces alongside Jane Hartwell and Kim Lessing under Paper Kite Productions, and Kris Bowers composes the score. The writing team includes Ava Tramer, James Madejski, Jen Chuck, Dana Schwartz and Felicia Ho.
What it signals for streaming strategy
For entertainment marketers and media planners, Steps lands in a valuable late-November window. It is a global animated original with familiar IP, strong co-viewing potential and a voice cast that can fuel different promotional lanes: stand-up comedy, film drama, music and wrestling audiences. The “from the studio behind…” line is not just trailer copy; it is audience-borrowing strategy.
Netflix has not published viewership or budget figures for the film, so early measurement will come from trailer engagement and social conversation. The release gives buyers an early signal for animated family inventory and talent-led integrations in the holiday quarter. If Steps connects, it becomes another proof point for Netflix’s original animation slate beyond sequels and licensed family titles.
The immediate assignment is to track early trailer lift, identify which cast members drive social conversation, and watch for Netflix to report first-week global hours. That will show whether Steps is a holiday event or a crowded-window experiment.
Source: What’s on Netflix
