{"id":81350,"date":"2017-11-09T16:48:36","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T16:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2017\/11\/09\/netflix-picks-charles-stone-iiis-step-sisters-broad-green\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T02:20:20","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T02:20:20","slug":"netflix-picks-charles-stone-iiis-step-sisters-broad-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/netflix-picks-charles-stone-iiis-step-sisters-broad-green\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix Picks Up Charles Stone III’s\u00a0‘Step Sisters’ From Broad Green"},"content":{"rendered":"

Netflix Picks Up Charles Stone III’s\u00a0‘Step Sisters’ From Broad Green<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n

November 9, 2016<\/p>\n

Source: Deadline<\/a><\/p>\n

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Netflix has acquired the worldwide rights from Broad Green to the\u00a0dance comedy\u00a0Step Sisters<\/strong> (previously titled Ain\u2019t No Half Steppin), directed by\u00a0Charles Stone III\u00a0(Drumline).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Deadline<\/a> is reporting that Broad Green had planned a March theatrical release for the film, but in August said it was shuttering its production division, with about 50\u00a0development projects being kicked back to filmmakers to be set up elsewhere.<\/p>\n

No theatrical release is planned.<\/p>\n

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Written by Chuck Hayward, <\/strong>the ensemble cast includes star Megalyn Echikunwoke<\/strong> (\u201c90210,\u201d\u201cHouse of Lies\u201d), Eden Sher<\/strong> (\u201cThe Middle\u201d), Lyndon Smith<\/strong> (Secret in Their Eyes, \u201cParenthood\u201d), Gage Golightly<\/strong> (\u201cRed Oaks,\u201d\u201cTeen Wolf\u201d), Nia Jervier<\/strong> (Dear White People), Alessandra Torresani<\/strong> (\u201cThe Big Bang Theory\u201d), Marque Richardson<\/strong> (Dear White People, All the Way), Naturi Naughton<\/strong> (\u201cPower\u201d, Notorious) and Matt McGorry<\/strong> (\u201cOrange Is the New Black,\u201d \u201cHow to Get Away with Murder\u201d).<\/p>\n

Step Sisters centers on Jamilah Bisho, an ambitious black sorority girl (Echikunwoke) who, in order to get admitted to the law school of her dreams, agrees to cross cultural lines and teach the exclusive art of black Greek stepping to a band of wild, party-obsessed white sorority girls whose charter is about to be revoked.<\/p>\n

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The film was\u00a0produced by Matt Alvarez<\/strong> (Straight Outta Compton, the Ride Along franchise), Lena Waith<\/strong>e (\u201cMasters of None\u201d series regular, Dear White People, Showtime\u2019s \u201cThe Chicago Project\u201d) and Benjamin Cory Jones<\/strong> (Hand of God). Broad Green Pictures\u2019 Josh Reinhold<\/strong> is an executive producer.<\/p>\n

The Director of Photography is Christopher Baffa<\/strong>, ASC (\u201cGlee,\u201d Next Friday), the Production Designer is Jeffrey Pratt Gordon<\/strong> (Wedding Crashers, National Treasure: Book of Secrets), the Casting Director is Victoria Thomas<\/strong> (The Hateful Eight, Straight Outta Compton), the Choreographer is Aakomon \u201cAJ\u201d Jones (Pitch Perfect franchise, How to Be Single), the Costume Designer is Lorraine Coppin (\u201cGreenleaf,\u201d Madea\u2019s Witness Protection).<\/p>\n