Step-Up is being adapted as a television series by Youtube. The digital platform announced that they have approved a straight-to-series order of the 2006 hit film that grossed $650 million globally at the box office.
The announcement was made by Youtube's content chief Susanne Daniels at VidCon on Thursday. The upcoming dance drama joins other new series that will be part of Youtube Red's slate of original programming next year.
The platform is charging $10/month for each show.
Together with Lionsgate TV, Channing Tatum, and Jenna Dewan-Tatum, who starred in the movie, will serve as executive producers alongside the movie's producers Adam Shankman, Jennifer Gibgot, and Meredith Milton.
Step-Up is described as a heart-pounding, sexy, music-filled story about dancers in a contemporary performing arts school. There is no word yet on the show's casting and production, but Youtube is set to release the series in 2017.
"I've been a fan of the Step Up movies for years and always believed the films would translate into an awesome original series," YouTube's Global Head of Original Content Susanne Daniels said in a statement. "We know that dance is a hugely successful global category on YouTube, so I'm excited to have a series rooted in such an enormously popular genre on our platform."
Step-Up became a smash hit after its first release a decade ago. Over the years, the movie has spawned four sequels - Step Up 2: The Streets, Step Up: 3D, Step Up: Revolution and Step Up: All In.
The other new series joining Step-Up next year include Rhett & Link's Buddy System (starring SNL alums Molly Shannon and Chris Parnell), Dan & Phil Tour Documentary (starring Youtube stars Dan Howell and Phil Lester), Vlogumentary (from executive producer/filmmaker MorganSpurlock), an untitled animated series (starring SeaNanners, TheMrSark, and VanossGaming), and an untitled Michael Stevens project (created by Michael Stevens).
Youtube's renewed shows include Scare Pewdiepie, Foursome, and an untitled Smosh movie.
