Dave McNary Film ReporterJamie Bell and Margaret Qualley will portray the legendary dance pair Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in the biopic “Fred & Ginger” for Amazon Studios and Automatik.Bell and Qualley will also produce.
Bell showed his skills as a dancer in his breakout performance in “Billy Elliot.” Qualley has performed extensively as a dancer as seen in FX’s “Fosse/Verdon” and the viral Kenzo perfume ad directed by Spike Jonze.Astaire and Rogers starred in 10 movies together, starting with “Flying Down to Rio” in 1933 and ending with “The Barkleys of Broadway” in 1949. “Fred & Ginger” plant to go beyond their stage personas and examine what individually drove them while celebrating the creative magic between them.
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