Sabrina Carpenter to play Ginger Rogers opposite Tom Holland in Fred Astaire biopic

Sabrina Carpenter is set to return to the big screen as Ginger Rogers in an upcoming Fred Astaire biopic starring Tom Holland.

Carpenter will play the legendary actor and dancer opposite Holland as Astaire, while The Substance star Margaret Qualley has joined the cast as Astaire’s older sister and original dance partner, Adele.

The still-untitled Sony Pictures film will be directed by Paul King, best known for Paddington, Paddington 2 and Wonka, and has been in development since Holland first confirmed his involvement in 2021.

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The film will focus in part on Fred and Adele Astaire’s hugely successful partnership on Broadway and in London’s West End during the 1910s and ’20s, before Adele retired from performing in 1932 and Fred went on to become one of Hollywood’s defining musical stars.

He subsequently made 10 films with Rogers, including The Gay Divorcee, Top Hat, Swing Time and Shall We Dance, with the pair becoming one of cinema’s most celebrated dance partnerships.

O filme biográfico é baseado na biografia de Kathleen Riley, The Astaires: Fred & Adele, com Riley também envolvida como consultora de história e roteiro.

Carpenter had a significant acting career before her current run as one of the world’s biggest pop stars. Before releasing her debut album, she appeared in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Orange Is The New Black, before landing her breakout role as Maya Hart in Disney Channel series Girl Meets World.

Her later film credits include The Hate U Give, Tall Girl, Work It, Tall Girl 2 and Emergency, although she has not appeared in a feature film since 2022.

Qualley recently appeared alongside Carpenter in the video for ‘House Tour’, which Carpenter also made a centrepiece of her Old Hollywood-inspired Coachella 2026 performance.

Holland, enquanto isso, confirmou em julho que o filme Astaire seria seu próximo projeto, depois de The Odyssey e Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

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