Adele to make acting debut in star-studded Tom Ford movie | Film
Adele is set to make her acting debut in Tom Ford’s new film.
According to Deadline, the fashion designer and filmmaker’s third feature film will be an adaptation of Anne Rice’s 1982 novel Cry to Heaven, a drama set in 18th-century Italy.
The singer will perform alongside Nicholas Hoult, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ciarán Hinds, Thandiwe Newton, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Hunter Schafer, Daryl McCormack, George MacKay, Paul Bettany and Teen member Owen Cooper. The 15-year-old, who became one of the youngest primetime Emmy Award winners for his role in the Netflix drama, will next be seen in Emerald Fennell’s adaptation of Wuthering Heights.
The story follows two unlikely collaborators trying to make it in the world of opera: a Venetian nobleman and a castrated maestro from Calabria. Alice Hoffman of the New York Times Book Review called it “daring and erotic, laced with luxury, sexual tension and music”, while Joseph McLellan of the Washington Post called it “a captivating look at a fascinating, little-known world”.
The film will be Ford’s third film following Christopher Isherwood’s Oscar-nominated adaptation A Single Man and the dual-narrative thriller Nocturnal Animals starring Amy Adams. In 2023, Ford said he is now more interested in film than fashion.
“I loved directing the two films I directed,” he said in an interview with GQ. “It was the most fun I’ve ever had in my entire life. I’m 62 years old. I hope I keep it together until I’m 82. So I want to spend the next 20 years of my life making films. And time is running out. So it was time to say goodbye to fashion. Fashion is a younger man’s game.”
Cry to Heaven is in pre-production in London and Rome this year and filming will begin in January with a release date planned for later in 2026.
Adele is rumored to be making her acting debut in The Death and Life of John F Donovan by Xavier Dolan who directed her music video for Hello. “I’m sure I’ll get some criticism for this, but actually I’d like to act after working with Xavier,” she said at the time. “I would definitely be in a movie for him.”
Although one of her songs appeared in the final cut, the singer herself ultimately did not. The film received mostly negative reviews with a 19% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Last year, after a series of sold-out concerts in Munich, Adele announced she would be taking an indefinite break from music.
Cry to Heaven follows a string of recent Anne Rice television adaptations, including a new version of Interview with the Vampire, Mayfair Witches and Talamasca: The Secret Order.
