Sabrina Carpenter Join Tom Holland in Astaire Biopic as Adele Astaire, Ginger Rogers

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Tom Holland dance partners in Sony Pictures’ Fred Astaire biopic: are Margaret Qualley and Sabrina Carpenter.

Holland will play the debonair dancer in the upcoming film, directed by Paul King, with Amy Pascal producing.

Qualley (“Maid,” “The Substance,” “Love of Your Life”) will star as Adele Astaire, while Grammy winner Carpenter will portray Ginger Rogers.

Fred and Adele were major stars on Broadway and London’s West End before Fred went on to be one of Hollywood’s greatest stars, with dance partner Ginger Rogers.

“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,” King said about the casting news. “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.”

King directs from a script he co-wrote with Steven Levenson, based on the book “The Astaires: Fred & Adele” by Kathleen Riley.

Riley also serves as a script and story consultant.

Ava Astaire McKenzie, Fred Astaire’s daughter, and her son, Tyler McKenzie, who serves as a consultant and co-producer on the project, shared their support.

“I’m delighted to support this endeavor to celebrate the extraordinary careers and enduring legacy of my father and aunt, who were among the biggest musical stars of their era,” said Astaire McKenzie. “With Kathleen Riley’s biography as its foundation, and the creative team in place, the story of their partnership both on and off the stage is in the best care.”

McKenzie added: “Guided by the incredible filmmaking team led by director Paul King, writer Steven Levenson, producer Amy Pascal and Tom Holland, I know their legacy will be beautifully brought to life for a whole new generation.”

Fred Astaire starred in more than 30 film musicals, in addition to his stage career on Broadway and the West End over the course of a seven-decade career.

Astaire is best known for his pairings with Rogers, who starred in 9 films with him, including the classics “Swing Time” (1936), “The Gay Divorcee” (1934) and “Top Hat” (1935).

Holland has been attached to star as Astaire for 5 years. This year he dominated the box office with Spider-Man: Brand New Day and The Odyssey, the two highest-grossing films of 2026.

He’s been rehearsing for the part: “I’m diving back into the dance studio,” Holland teased during a recent appearance on “Good Morning America.”

Before he was Marvel superhero, Holland began his acting career on the London stage, playing the title role in Billy Elliot the Musical from 2008 to 2010.

With that background, Holland will do all of dancing himself: “I have desire to use no doubles, to do all of the dancing, to shoot those dances in one shot — how he would have done it.”

Holland is also among the producers on the project (via his Billy 17 banner), alongside Pascal and Rachel O’Connor (for Pascal Pictures); and Ben Holden and Josh Hyams (for Lightbulb Pictures).