Tom Holland is officially lacing up the dance shoes. His Fred Astaire biopic is moving forward, and the cast around him just got a lot more interesting: Sabrina Carpenter and Margaret Qualley are joining the movie, per MSN's rundown of everything we know so far.

If you forgot this project existed, fair. It was first announced ages ago, back when Holland was fresh off playing a different icon (he did that whole Fred Astaire bit on Lip Sync Family Battle... wait, no, it was his dance background generally, and everyone collectively went "oh he'd be perfect"). The point stands tho: Holland has real training. He did Billy Elliot on the West End as a kid. The man can move, and he's been openly itching to prove it in a movie for years.

Sabrina Carpenter's casting makes a weird amount of sense too. She's got that old-Hollywood glow thing going, all sparkle and timing, and she's one of the few people on the planet right now whose star is burning hot enough that adding "movie musical lead" to the resume feels inevitable. Qualley is the other no-brainer, like... she was a professional dancer before she was an actress. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Fosse/Verdon, that viral espresso ad. If there's a hierarchy of actors-who-can-actually-dance, she's near the top of it.

So who's playing who? Holland is Fred Astaire, obviously. The specifics on Carpenter and Qualley's roles haven't been fully spelled out yet, and the projected release date is still fuzzy, with most guesses landing somewhere down the calendar once filming actually gets going. Holland's schedule has been the bottleneck; he's got Spider-Man duties and roughly nine hundred other projects, so this one keeps politely waiting its turn.

Quick honesty check, because that's the rule: I'm genuinely excited but mildly nervous. Astaire is a terrifying person to play. Not because the dancing is hard (it is), but because he made it look effortless, and effortless is the hardest thing to fake. So many biopics nail the mannerisms and miss the weight. If Holland can capture that lightness, that glide? We could get something special. If not, we get a very well-choreographed impression.

Still. Casting two actual dancers alongside him is a good sign. It means the movie is taking the movement seriously instead of planning to cut around a star who can't do the steps. That's my fear with basically every musical biopic and this one seems to be dodging it.

No firm date yet, but I'll update the second Sony or whoever blinks first gives us a real schedule. Until then... go watch some Astaire clips on YouTube. Top Hat, the ceiling dance in Royal Wedding. Remind yourself what Holland signed up for, and maybe say a small prayer for him.