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EXCLUSIVE: Fresh disconnected acclaimed runs in Little Shop of Horrors, and Tony Award-winning shows Moulin Rouge and Hadestown on Broadway, Jordan Fisher is group to prima successful and produce I Won’t Dance, a YA sports rom-com marking nan characteristic directorial debut of Christine Lakin, which we scooped past November.
The victor of Dancing With nan Stars‘ 25th season, alongside dancing partner Lindsay Arnold, Fisher brings individual acquisition to nan movie group successful nan world of competitory ballroom, which stems from a book by seasoned ballroom dancer Allison Johnson. It’s described, successful nan vein of Crave/HBO Max breakout Heated Rivalry, arsenic nan enemies-to-lovers communicative of Xavier and Alaina, 2 ballroom rivals who person spent their full lives trying to outshine each other. When their partners locomotion retired weeks earlier nan National Rising Star Championship, they are near pinch a azygous option: triumph together, aliases suffer everything they’ve worked for separately. What originates arsenic an confederation of necessity becomes thing neither of them planned for.
Fisher will play Xavier, nan sexy bad boy of nan ballroom.
Alexandra Olivia Engelson (Magic & Moxie Productions) will nutrient alongside Toni D’Antonio (Shake nan Tree Productions) and Samantha Bowen, Johnson (Love Laugh Dance Films), choreographer Sharna Burgess, casting head Mia Cusumano, and Fisher, successful collaboration pinch world partner Hulahoop Media. Rosie Cruz will EP, pinch Film! Canary Islands to grip accumulation services for nan shoot, and Lokia overseeing world sales. Production is slated for February 2027.
In a connection to Deadline, Lakin said, “Jordan Fisher is nan uncommon benignant of triple threat talent who not only brings monolithic instrumentality entreaty but besides a keen producer’s oculus to this project. He is simply a dream partner to show this story.”
Fisher said, “I’m truthful thrilled to hop backmost successful my ballroom shoes for this! We each person our ain stories astir creation films that we either found, aliases recovered america increasing up. I Won’t Dance is judge to beryllium different 1 of those moments. My clip spent successful nan ballroom competing on DWTS each those years agone has near an indelible people successful my life that I couldn’t beryllium happier to revisit successful a marque caller way.”
Fisher is known for roles successful the To All nan Boys franchise, Work It and Turning Red, arsenic good arsenic bid like The Flash and unrecorded philharmonic productions for broadcast including Rent: Live and Grease Live!. He has besides been seen connected shape successful everything from Hamilton and Dear Evan Hansen to Sweeney Todd and is repped by Gersh, LBI Entertainment, and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman.
