Adele will make her acting debut in Tom Ford’s star-studded film | 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 film will be an adaptation of Anne Rice’s 1982 novel Cry to Heaven, a drama set in 18th-century Italy.

The singer will star alongside Nicholas Hoult, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ciaran Hinds, Thandiewe Newton, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Hunter Schaeffer, Darryl McCormack, George MacKay, Paul Bettany and Owen Cooper. The 15-year-old, who became one of the youngest ever Emmy winners for his role in the Netflix drama, will next appear in Emerald Fennell’s film adaptation of Wuthering Heights.

The story follows two unlikely collaborators trying to make it in the world of opera: a Venetian nobleman and a eunuch maestro from Calabria. Alice Hoffman of The New York Times called it “bold, sexy, full of luxury, sexual tension and music” while Joseph McClellan of The Washington Post called it “an absorbing look at a fascinating, little-known world.”

The film will be Ford’s third feature after Christopher Isherwood’s Oscar-nominated A Single Man and the double-narrative thriller Nocturnal Animals starring Amy Adams. In 2023, Ford said he was now more interested in cinema than fashion.

“I loved making the two films I made,” he said in an interview with GQ magazine. “That was the most fun I’ve ever had in my entire life. I’m 62 years old. And I hope to stay more or less together until I’m 82. So I want to spend the next 20 years of my life making films. And the clock is ticking. So it’s time to say goodbye to fashion. Fashion is a younger man’s game.”

Cry to Heaven is in pre-production in both London and Rome this year and will begin filming in January with an expected release date of later in 2026.

Adele was previously rumored to be making her film debut in The Death and Life of John F Donovan, directed by Xavier Dolan who directed her video for Hello. “I’m sure I’m going to get some criticism for this, but I actually want to act after working with Xavier,” she said at the time. “I would definitely be in his movie.”

While her song appeared in the final cut, the singer herself did not appear in the finale. The film received mostly negative reviews, with a 19% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Last year, after a series of sold-out shows in Munich, Adele announced that she would be taking an indefinite break from music.

Cry to Heaven follows a series of recent TV adaptations from Anne Rice, including a remake of Interview with the Vampire, Mayfair Witches and Talamasca: The Secret Order.