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Halsey is expanding her work behind the camera with a producer credit on the independent feature Our Hero, Balthazar. The singer-songwriter’s involvement adds another narrative film to a screen portfolio that already includes the visual album If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power and Charlie Kaufman’s short film How to Shoot a Ghost. Key Takeaways Halsey holds a producer credit on Our Hero, Balthazar Oscar Boyson directed the independent comedy-drama and co-wrote it with Ricky Camilleri Jaeden Martell and Asa Butterfield lead the cast Halsey previously worked on If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power and How to Shoot a Ghost The project expands Halsey’s film work beyond productions directly connected to her music Halsey Adds a New Film Production Credit Halsey’s involvement in Our Hero, Balthazar places the singer-songwriter within the production team of an independent narrative feature directed by Oscar Boyson. Boyson co-wrote the screenplay with Ricky Camilleri, while Jaeden Martell stars as Balthazar and Asa Butterfield plays Solomon. The role adds another dimension to Halsey’s creative work outside recording and live performance. Her previous screen projects have often maintained a close connection to music and visual storytelling, while Our Hero, Balthazar operates as a standalone

Sabrina Carpenter as Ginger Rogers is set for Sony Pictures’ untitled Fred Astaire biopic, opposite Tom Holland as Astaire and Margaret Qualley as Adele Astaire. The casting gives the film its three central performers while clarifying how director Paul King is connecting Astaire’s stage partnership with his sister to his later Hollywood work with Rogers. Key Takeaways Sabrina Carpenter has been cast as Ginger Rogers opposite Tom Holland’s Fred Astaire Margaret Qualley will play Adele Astaire, Fred’s older sister and original stage partner Paul King is directing from a screenplay he co-wrote with Steven Levenson, based on Kathleen Riley’s The Astaires: Fred & Adele Holland has begun dance rehearsals and has said he wants to perform the film’s dance sequences without doubles Sabrina Carpenter as Ginger Rogers will bring one of Hollywood’s best-known dance partnerships into a film whose source material is centered on Fred and Adele Astaire. The casting was reported Sept. 25, 2026, alongside Qualley’s addition as Adele, giving the long-developing Sony project a clearer shape after Holland had been attached to play Fred Astaire since 2021. King has said the story involves two different performance legacies. “Fred left a timeless legacy of dance on film,” he said,