FRED & GINGER Movie Musical - News & Discussion Thread

Fred & Ginger, the new musical biopic based on the lives of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, will begin production later this year.

Deadline reports that GRAMMY winners Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear have joined the creative team of the film, working with Marius de Vries and Mark Sonnenblick to recreate the couple's famous musical moments.

Tony-winning choreographer Christopher Wheeldon is now set to choreograph the dance numbers.

As previously reported, Jamie Bell and Margaret Qualley will play Fred Astair and Ginger Rogers, respectively. Jonathan Entwistle is attached to direct the film from a script by Arash Amel.

"Fred & Ginger" will tell the untold, real love story between Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, two legends both on and off screen.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Barlow-Bear-Christopher-Wheeldon-More-Join-Fred-Astaire-Ginger-Rogers-Biopic-Creative-Team-20230213

Love story?  That's the first I've heard of any such "romance" between Fred and Ginger.  This sounds like a total fiction.

Impeach2017 said: "Love story? That's the first I've heard of any such "romance" between Fred and Ginger. This sounds like a total fiction."

The press release doesn't call it a romance, they call it a love story. A platonic love story between a man and a woman is entirely legitimate, and even refreshing in a way.

'course, I wouldn't put it entirely past Hollywood to fictionalize a romance between the two of them... that's probably how the story would have been told in Fred and Ginger's time, come to think of it.