Adele is set to make her acting debut in Tom Ford’s film adaptation of Anne Rice’s Cry to Heaven, Deadline first reported.
The pop superstar joins an ensemble cast of Nicholas Hoult, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ciarán Hinds, George MacKay, Mark Strong, Colin Firth, Paul Bettany, Owen Cooper, Daniel Quinn-Toye, Hunter Schafer, Josephine Thiesen, Thandiwe Newton, Theodore Pellerin, Daryl McCormack, Cassian Bilton, Hauk Hannemann, and Lux Pascal.
Ford will direct Cry to Heaven from his own screenplay, while also producing through his Fade to Black company. Set in 18th-century Italy, the story revolves around a Venetian noble and a castrated singer from Calabria, as they both strive for success in the operatic world.
