A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song (previously known as A Cinderella Story 3) is a 2011 romantic comedy directed by Damon Santostefano and starring Lucy Hale and Freddie Stroma. The film was released direct-to-DVD by Warner Premiere on September 6 2011. It is a thematic sequel to the 2004 film A Cinderella Story and the 2008 sequel Another Cinderella Story, again reprising the same themes and situations but not containing any characters from the earlier movies.