{"id":13243,"date":"2020-05-29T09:28:23","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T13:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/starz-picks-reimagined-step-series\/"},"modified":"2020-05-29T09:28:23","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T13:28:23","slug":"starz-picks-up-reimagined-step-up-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/starz-picks-up-reimagined-step-up-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Starz Picks Up Reimagined Step Up Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Starz has ordered a new season of the dance drama series <em>Step Up<\/em> from creator and executive producer Holly Sorenson and Lionsgate Television.<\/p>\n<p>The series will feature many popular characters from previous seasons, which ran on the YouTube platform, while expanding the scope and storytelling as a ten-episode Starz original. Inspired by the <em>Step Up<\/em> film franchise that grossed over $600 million at the worldwide box office, the series centers on Sage Odom (Ne-Yo) as the legendary founder of Atlanta\u2019s famed High Water Performing Arts School and Collette (Naya Rivera), his partner in High Water and in life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHolly and her team have created a new and dynamic iteration of the series that captures the hallmarks that have made the <em>Step Up<\/em> franchise so successful and elevates the storytelling for the premium, global audience,\u201d said Christina Davis, president of original programming for Starz. \u201cThis, coupled with the worldwide appeal of the multi-talented, multicultural cast, will make this series a great addition to our slate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe latest installment of <em>Step Up<\/em> not only reimagines the entire franchise but is filled with high energy, lots of heart and electrifying dance moves, and we\u2019re very excited to reunite the talented cast and creative teams for another great season,\u201d said Lionsgate Television Group Chairman Kevin Beggs. \u201cThis collaboration underscores our ability to work successfully across our businesses to supply premium content to Starz.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starz has ordered a new season of the dance drama series Step Up from creator and executive producer Holly Sorenson and Lionsgate Television.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":13244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[593,169,3886],"class_list":["post-13243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-lionsgate-television","tag-starz","tag-step-up","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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