It’s a casting wish come true! Netflix shared today that the inimitable, award-winning actress Bette Midler will be voicing the Fairy Godmother in Steps, its upcoming musical animated feature that puts a fresh twist on the story of Cinderella. Marking the first film to be fully produced in-house within Netflix Animation Studios, Steps is due to launch on the streamer later this year.

“The beloved Fairy Godmother, the wholesome Fairy Godmother, the one with all the good intentions, has been around for a long, long time. This particular version of the Fairy Godmother has good intentions, but she’s a little bit of a bumbler and she’s a little bit of a schemer,” Midler shared in the announcement. “I’m thrilled to be part of this film! And I’m thrilled to be with this cast!”

The Golden Globe, Grammy, Emmy, Tony and BAFTA-winning actress (and two-time Oscar nominee) joins two-time Emmy winner Ali Wong (Beef, Tuca & Bertie) and Oscar nominee Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once, The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy) as the tale’s notorious stepsisters, and Oscar-nominated, Golden Globe and Emmy winner Amanda Seyfried (Mank, The Dropout) as Cinderella.

Synopsis: Think you know Cinderella’s “evil” stepsisters? Think again. Sick of living in Cinderella’s shadow, Lilith (Ali Wong) steals the Fairy Godmother (Bette Midler)’s magic wand and hijacks the Royal Ball with her sister Margot (Stephanie Hsu), breaking the Cinderella story as we know it and dooming the kingdom to the tyrannical rule of Priscilla, a villainous schemer who swoops in and snatches the throne. Now, Lilith must team up with Cinderella (Amanda Seyfried) to fight biker trolls, outrun evil henchmen and escape the Screaming Woods on an epic quest to save the kingdom, but most importantly, their relationship.

Steps is directed by Alyce Tzue (Student Academy Award gold medal winner Soar) and John Ripa (co-director on Raya and the Last Dragon), produced by Amy Poehler and Kim Lessing (for Paper Kite Productions) and Jane Hartwell.

The film is part of Netflix’s original slate of animated features which includes the most popular Netflix film ever, KPop Demon Hunters; Academy Award winner Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio; Academy Award-nominated films Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, Nimona, The Sea Beast, The Mitchells vs. The Machines, Over the Moon, A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon and Klaus; the BAFTA-nominated Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget, and the comedy fan favorites Swapped, Leo and Back to the Outback.

Netflix will present a Work-in-Progress session on Steps as part of its participation in the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in June. Tzue, Ripa, art director Dan Casey and head of character animation Jason Figliozzi will conduct the WIP.