Lionsgate's Summit Entertainment announced today that Ryan Guzman and Briana Evigan will star in Step Up 5. The film is being directed by Trish Sie from a script written by John Swetnam. Adam Shankman and Jennifer Gibgot are producing via their Offspring Entertainment banner. Offspring's Matt Smith is executive producing. Principal photography begins September 19th in Vancouver and Las Vegas.
In addition to Guzman and Evigan , more actors and dancers from the previous installments of Step Up are returning to reprise their roles in the fifth film in Summit's franchise. The full list of returning cast is as follows:
- Sean: Ryan Guzman (Step Up: Revolution)
- Andie: Briana Evigan (Step Up 2 the Streets)
- Moose: Adam G. Sevani (Step Up 2 the Streets, Step Up 3D, Step Up: Revolution)
- Eddy: Misha Gabriel Hamilton (Step Up: Revolution)
- Camille: Alyson Stoner (Step Up, Step Up 3D)
- Jason: Stephen 'tWitch' Boss (Step Up 3D, Step Up: Revolution)
- Jenny Kido: Mari Koda (Step Up 2 the Streets, Step Up 3D, Step Up: Revolution)
- Hair: Christopher Scott (Step Up 2 the Streets, Step Up 3D)
- Monster: Luis Rosado (Step Up 2 the Streets, Step Up 3D)
- Vladd aka Robot Guy: Chadd Smith (Step Up 3D, Step Up: Revolution)
- The Santiago Twins: Martín Lombard & Facundo Lombard (Step Up 3D)
The Mob (dancers)
- Marc Inniss (Step Up: Revolution)
- Nolan Padilla (Step Up: Revolution)
- Phillip Chbeeb (Step Up: Revolution)
- Bianca Brewton (Step Up: Revolution)
- Tony Bellissimo (Step Up 3D, Step Up: Revolution)
- Josue 'Beastmode' Figueroa (Step Up 3D, Step Up: Revolution)
- Brandy Lamkin (Step Up 2 the Streets, Step Up: Revolution)
Erik Feig, Lionsgate Motion Picture Group's President of Production, Meredith Milton, Summit's Executive Vice President of Production, and Jina Jones, Lionsgate's Director of Development, will oversee the project for the studio.