# Qualley and Carpenter join Holland for Fred Astaire biopic

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/margaret-qualley-and-sabrina-carpenter-join-tom-holland-in-fred-astaire-biopic-as-adele-astaire-ginger-rogers/
- Published: 2026-09-26T00:37:05+00:00
- Updated: 2026-09-26T06:48:07+00:00
- Original publisher: Variety
- Original article: https://variety.com/2026/film/news/margaret-qualley-sabrina-carpenter-tom-holland-fred-astaire-biopic-1236850613/
- Topics: Art, Celebrity, Culture, Entertainment, Film

## Key points

- Tom Holland will play Fred Astaire.
- Margaret Qualley portrays Adele Astaire.
- Sabrina Carpenter plays Ginger Rogers.

## Summary

Margaret Qualley and Sabrina Carpenter have joined Tom Holland in Sony Pictures’ untitled Fred Astaire biopic, playing Astaire’s sister and original dance partner Adele Astaire, and his celebrated screen collaborator Ginger Rogers respectively. Directed by Paul King, the film will explore both Astaire’s famous partnership with Rogers and Adele’s largely forgotten achievements on Broadway and London’s West End.

King co-wrote the screenplay with Steven Levenson, adapting Kathleen Riley’s biography *The Astaires: Fred & Adele*. Holland, attached to the role for five years, is rehearsing to perform the dancing himself and hopes to film sequences in single takes without doubles; he is also producing alongside Amy Pascal and others. Astaire appeared in more than 30 film musicals during a seven-decade career, while his films with Rogers included *The Gay Divorcee*, *Top Hat* and *Swing Time*.

## Coverage

- [Variety: Qualley and Carpenter join Holland for Fred Astaire biopic](https://variety.com/2026/film/news/margaret-qualley-sabrina-carpenter-tom-holland-fred-astaire-biopic-1236850613/)
- [Billboard: Sabrina Carpenter & Margaret Qualley Join Fred Astaire Biopic Cast](https://www.billboard.com/culture/tv-film/sabrina-carpenter-margaret-qualley-fred-astaire-movie-cast-1236348083/)

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