Adele makes bold acting debut in Tom Ford’s ‘Cry to Heaven’

After taking a break from her singing career, Grammy Award-winning British singer Adele is ready to make her mark in acting.

According to online reports, the 37-year-old "Rolling in the Deep" hitmaker will star in the film "Cry to Heaven", an adaptation based on Anne Rice's famous 1982 novel.

Ever since she wrapped up her "Weekends with Adele" concert series in 2024, she has been out of the spotlight.

She announced that her intention to take "a big break" is to explore "other creative things just for a little while." 

With her biggest album, "30”, released in 2021 and her concert series behind her, many fans are excited to see what she will bring to the big screen. 

"Cry to Heaven", directed and written by renowned designer and filmmaker Tom Ford, is set in the artistic world of 18th-century Italy.

It tells the story of a Venetian noble whose life becomes intertwined with a castrated opera singer.

The movie features an all-star cast, including Thandi Newton, Nicholas Hoult, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Colin Firth and Paul Bettany, making it one of Hollywood's most anticipated projects.

Filming is expected to start in mid-January in London and Rome, and the movie is set to release in the last quarter of 2026. 

Ford is not new to the film scene. After a nine-year break from directing, he is making a grand return with his psychological thriller "Nocturnal Animals", which earned him two BAFTA nominations.

"I loved making the two films that I made. That was the most fun I've ever had in my entire life," said Ford in an online interview.

Ford sold his fashion brand to Estée Lauder for £2.4 billion (over R53bn) in 2022.

At the time, he said, "I will say goodbye to fashion to focus entirely on filmmaking for the next twenty years."

"Cry to Heaven" will be Ford’s third film following his debut, "A Single Man" in 2009, and "Nocturnal Animals" in 2016.