Disney | Untitled Cinderella Evil Stepsisters Film - Kristen Wiig & Annie Mumolo

[Darth Marcus]

Source: Deadline

Kristen Wiig, Annie Mumolo And Disney Team On Live-Action Pic Revolving Around Cinderella’s Evil Stepsisters; Gloria Sanchez Producing
Justin Kroll - April 16, 2021

EXCLUSIVE: Coming off of the critical success of Barb & Star go to Vista Del Mar, Oscar nominated writers Kristen Wiig & Annie Mumolo re-team on their first adventure with Disney on a live-action Untitled Cinderella Evil Stepsisters film. Sources add that at this time it is unknown if Wiig and Mumolo would also be starring in the film since its so early in development.

The film is a fairy tale musical comedy that re-imagines the Cinderella classic from the point of view of her infamous evil stepsisters. Spanning from their early childhood through the marriage of their universally beloved stepsister and beyond, we follow Anastasia and Drizella Tremaine as they struggle to uphold their family’s legacy.

Wiig and Mumolo, nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for Bridesmaids, are currently co-writing the untitled film, which is in the early stages. Jessica Elbaum and Will Ferrell from Gloria Sanchez productions will produce.

The project is just one of handful of projects where Disney is putting its famous antagonists front and center. Its Cruella de Vil pic Cruella starring Emma Stone bows in May the studio is also developing Gaston and LeFou, a Beauty and the Beast prequl TV series for Disney Plus with Luke Evans and Josh Gadd reprising their roles.

Wiig and Mumolo partnership goes all the way back to their school days at Groundlings Theatre & School, where they both attended. That friendship would eventually lead to them co-writing the Bridesmaids script, which was not only a massive hit but also earned the duo their first Oscar-nomination. A decade later the two would team up again for Barb & Star go to Vista Del Mar, which premiered on-demand this past February. While Lionsgate didn’t release any numbers, a source close to the project said the film overachieved expectations in sales and also owned its opening weekend on social media. The film is currently #3 on the Redbox on demand chart.

Besides Barb & Star Go To Vista Del Mar, Wiig also starred opposite Gal Gadot as Cheeta in Wonder Woman: 1984. Wiig will begin production this summer on MacGruber 2, a television series for NBC’s Peacock, starring and co-written by Will Forte. Wiig will also be lending her voice for the next installment of the Despicable Me franchise.

Mumolo is known on the acting side for memorable roles in Judd Apatow’s This Is Forty, the STX blockbuster Bad Moms and The Boss. Television credits include a series regular role on the critically acclaimed NBC comedy About A Boy, a recurring role on Amazon’s Transparent and Netflix’s Lady Dynamite. Mumolo is currently working on multiple acting and writing projects. She will next be see in Queenpins alongside Kristen bell and Kirby Howell- baptiste.

Mumolo is repped by UTA, Thruline and Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein. Wiig is repped by CAA and Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein.