YouTube Red Gets First High-Profile Original Series in ‘Step Up’
YouTube Red is moving from a home for originals from native creators to one with big-budget dramas.
As YouTube parent Google looks to ramp up the paid video streaming service to better compete with the likes of Netflix and Amazon Prime, it is adding six new original series, including one based on the “Step Up” movie franchise, it announced at VidCon.
Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan Tatum, who starred in the original movie, are on board as executive producers. The series, coming from Lionsgate TV, will follow dancers in a contemporary performing arts school.
