Disney’s ‘Cinderella’ Musical With Brandy And Whitney Houston Is Finally Coming To Disney+

Disney’s ‘Cinderella’ Musical With Brandy And Whitney Houston Is Finally Coming To Disney+

Uproxx - News·2021-02-05 07:00

There are multiple Cinderella movies on Disney+, including the 1950 animated original and its two direct-to-video sequels (Cinderella II: Dreams Come True and Cinderella III: A Twist in Time), but not the best Cinderella movie. I’m sorry, Gus, but it’s true.

1997’s Cinderella, the made-for-TV movie musical with a diverse cast led by Brandy as the titular princess and Whitney Houston as the Fairy Godmother, is inexplicably not available on the streaming service, despite its cultural significance. As Refinery29‘s Sesali Bowen wrote, “I hadn’t been able to dream up a Cinderella with braids or a fairy godmother with natural hair before 1997’s Cinderella, and I know it meant the same thing for many other Black girls. It was one of the rare moments where we got to see ourselves in the fairytale.” But finally — FINALLY — Cinderella is coming to Disney+.

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