{"id":561929,"date":"2026-03-24T21:29:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T21:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/561929\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T21:29:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T21:29:11","slug":"disney-live-action-cinderella-movie-lands-akiva-schaffer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/561929\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney Live-Action Cinderella Movie Lands Akiva Schaffer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/disney-2\/\" id=\"auto-tag_disney-2_1\" data-tag=\"disney-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Disney<\/a>\u2018s live-action <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/cinderella\/\" id=\"auto-tag_cinderella_1\" data-tag=\"cinderella\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cinderella<\/a> spinoff feature has found the perfect fits to lead the project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/akiva-schaffer\/\" id=\"auto-tag_akiva-schaffer_1\" data-tag=\"akiva-schaffer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Akiva Schaffer<\/a> is set to helm Stepsisters, offering a comedic take on the property\u2019s villainous characters who torment Cinderella. Writers Dan Gregor and Doug Mand, who worked with Schaffer on Paramount\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/naked-gun-reboot-writers-liam-neeson-interview-1236337905\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">movie reboot The Naked Gun<\/a> and Disney\u2019s Emmy-winning feature Chip \u2018n Dale: Rescue Rangers, will pen the screenplay that is based on an original script from Michael Montemayor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAli Bell produces the film for Party Over Here, the production company founded by Schaffer and fellow Lonely Island members Andy Samberg and Jorma Taccone. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tDisney\u2019s first feature version of Cinderella was the 1950 animated film adapting the classic fairy tale. The story centers on the titular character, who is a servant to her malicious stepmother and stepsisters until getting the chance to attend a glamorous ball and meet the prince. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tLily James, Cate Blanchett and Richard Madden starred in Disney\u2019s 2015 live-action version of the tale. Sophie McShera and Holliday Grainger played the shallow stepsisters in that movie, which surpassed $540 million at the global box office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tDisney continues to prioritize live-action remakes of its classic animated properties. This includes a live-action take on Tangled being back in active development after a previous pause in light of Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot\u2019s live-action Snow White underperforming at the box office. Since then, Disney had a massive hit with the live-action remake of Lilo &amp; Stitch, and the live-action Moana is set for release this summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAlso in the works from Disney is a live-action film version of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/gaston-beauty-and-the-beast-live-action-spinoff-disney-1236451143\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Beauty and the Beast villain Gaston<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tSchaffer previously helmed last summer\u2019s Liam Neeson-led The Naked Gun and Disney+\u2019s Chip \u2018n Dale: Rescue Rangers that featured the voices of Samberg and John Mulaney. Jessica Virtue oversees Stepsisters for the studio, as does Cady Stark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Disney\u2018s live-action Cinderella spinoff feature has found the perfect fits to lead the project. 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