"[1] Step Up became a franchise, and sequel films based on his characters grossed over $651 million worldwide.
[3] Adler's directorial debut was the 2006 film God's Waiting List, written by Blaze Lovejoy.
In 2008, he began writing Venice Beach, a "music-driven romance" starring singer Ne-Yo, who had appeared in Save the Last Dance 2.
He initially sought to work with Savion Glover to make a film revolving around tap dance, but his pitch did not achieve results.
He had another idea of a collaboration between an American boy and an Asian girl who were both musicians, and he sought to merge that with tap dance.
[3] In 2019, Adler and the studio Entertainment One received a pilot commitment from the TV network ABC to produce House of the Rising Sun, featuring two feuding families with the backdrop being a New Orleans nightclub.