Monica Barbaro and Margaret Qualley in the Mix for Tom Holland’s Fred Astaire Biopic

Tom Holland is supposed to start production on a Fred Astaire biopic, directed by Paul King, in January. It’s a film that Holland has been trying to make for many years, and now, with “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” hitting box-office records, Holland will be able to test his non-IP star power on King’s movie.

Here’s Page Six Hollywood, reporting that Sony Pictures’ Astaire biopic has moved one step closer to finding its leading lady, and it’s now down to two candidates.

Multiple sources tell the outlet that the actresses being considered to play Adele Astaire — Fred’s older sister, who performed and danced with him in vaudeville shows and on Broadway — are now down to Monica Barbaro and Margaret Qualley.

It should be noted that Barbaro and Qualley are classically trained ballet dancers, which will make the job slightly easier for them, since there will be a ton of dancing in this movie.

Amy Pascal — who was behind “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” — is producing the project, which was first announced five years ago. Holland recently confirmed that he will not use a double in the Astaire biopic and that he intends to do all the dancing himself.

This upcoming Astaire biopic got some pushback recently from the Astaire estate, which said that Fred “was explicit in his Will that he did not want his life story to be depicted on screen” … and threatened legal action if producers claimed it authorized the biopic. Yet — despite Astaire saying, from beyond the grave, not to go ahead with this film — it seems like it’s still moving forward at Sony. Legally speaking, there’s actually not much the estate can do to stop this film from happening.

Astaire was one of Hollywood’s most iconic performers — a dancer, singer, and actor whose precision, creativity, and influence helped define the golden age of movie musicals. His partnership with Ginger Rogers remains legendary in “Top Hat,” “Swing Time,” and my personal favorite, his late-career masterpiece, “The Band Wagon.”

King, who helmed the first two “Paddington” movies and wisely exited “Paddington 3,” most recently directed “Wonka,” which starred Timothée Chalamet and turned out to be a massive holiday success, grossing $634M worldwide.