Margaret Qualley (“The Substance,” “The Dog Stars”) and singer Sabrina Carpenter (“Work It,” “The Hate U Give”) are set to join Tom Holland in his Fred Astaire movie at Sony Pictures.
Qualley will play Fred’s older sister and Broadway partner Adele Astaire, while Carpenter will play Astaire’s frequent film co-star Ginger Rogers.
“Paddington” filmmaker Paul King is directing the project, which will mark Holland’s first film since the one-two punch this Summer of “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” and “The Odyssey” that were both shot across all of 2025.
King says in a statement about the hiring:
“I am thrilled and honored to have been entrusted with telling the story of Fred Astaire and his original dance partner — his big sister Adele — to the big screen. Fred left a timeless legacy of dance on film — most famously in his collaborations with Ginger Rogers — while Adele’s work has been lost to history; indeed, no footage of her dancing survives. The cinematic challenge of bringing to life these icons of the twentieth century is one that I could not imagine without Tom Holland, Margaret Qualley and Sabrina Carpenter by my side.”
Steven Levenson and King penned the script based on the book “The Astaires: Fred & Adele” by Kathleen Riley. Amy Pascal, Ben Holden, Josh Hyams and Rachel O’Connor produce, along with Holland.
Source: THR
