Put on your dancing shoes, because the Step Up franchise is twirling back into the dance hall with TV series Step Up: High Water.

If you want to know more, Lionsgate has just dropped a slick new trailer for the production, which looks to be going back to the roots of what made the series so popular.

Channing Tatum is back (in a way), but he sadly won't be reprising his role as Tyler Gage.

While the former franchise star may not be starring in Step Up: High Water, he will be producing alongside his co-star and wife Jenna Dewan.

Premiering on the YouTube Red subscription service in January 2018, singer-songwriter Ne-Yo will replace Tatum as the frontman of the series.

The 'Let Me Love You' singer will play Sage Odom, the founder of an Atlanta performing-arts school.

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Elsewhere, Glee's Naya Rivera is the former dancer who has a passion for her students and possibly for Sage himself.

Other stars include Lauryn McClain, Petrice Jones and Marcus Mitchell, with original songs written by Jason "PooBear" Boyd and "Jingle" Jared Gutstadt.

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It also looks like the Step Up staple of ballerinas vs street dancers has been swapped out with a school full of hip-hop dancers.

However, as the trailer proves, we should expect all the teen angst that made the dancing dramas so popular in the first place.

Step Up hasn't been heard of since 2014's lacklustre All In, but all signs point toward a faithful spin-off from the movie franchise which earned over $650 million at the box office.

While the show isn't likely to hit those highs, the 10-episode season could just be the start of something new for a toe-tapping Tatumverse.

Let's find out in January.


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