Adele is set to make an acting debut in a new film from fashion designer Tom Ford.
The project will mark the third film from Ford, following on from 2009’s adaptation of Christopher Isherwood’s novel A Single Man, and the 2016 crime thriller Nocturnal Animals, which starred Amy Adams.
According to reports from Deadline, the upcoming movie will be an adaptation of the 1982 Anne Rice novel, Cry to Heaven. It follows an unlikely duo – a castrated maestro and a Venetian noble – who work together in the hopes of leaving their mark on the opera world.
The outlet reports that Adele is set to make her acting debut in the film, and she will star alongside huge names like Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Thandiwe Newton, Nicholas Hoult, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and 15-year-old Owen Cooper. The latter had his breakthrough earlier this year in Netflix’s drama series Adolescence, and went on to become the youngest male Emmy winner.
Adele is currently on hiatus from music after completing a huge residency in Las Vegas and playing a handful of sold-out shows in Munich last year. She has hinted at a shift to acting before, previously suggesting that she was going to take part in the 2018 film The Death and Life of John F Donovan.
Starring Game Of Thrones actor Kit Harington, the drama was written and directed by Xavier Dolan, who had worked with the singer before on the music video for her hit single, ‘Hello’.
“I’m sure I’ll get some flak for this, but I actually would like to act after working with Xavier… I would be in a film for him, definitely,” she said at the time (via The Guardian). She would later have her music feature in the soundtrack, but did not take on an acting role.
Tom Ford’s Cry To Heaven is reportedly in pre-production in London and Rome, with shooting set to begin in the new year. The movie is expected to arrive in cinemas later in 2026.
While the ‘Rolling In The Deep’ singer has not lined up any live performances since completing her residency shows, she did get fans talking back in February when she posted a video of her singing along to Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean’s performance at the Saturday Night Live 50th anniversary concert.
ADELE JUST POSTED ON HER STORY 😭 pic.twitter.com/q4SRbzRRTV
— Josh (@adelesjosh) February 15, 2025
Before then, she left Rachel Chinouriri speechless after sending a bouquet of flowers in congratulations of her BRIT Award nominations, and also “scared off” potential buyers of her former £6million mansion by claiming it was “haunted”.
More recently, Adele had one of her musical records broken by Taylor Swift, following the release of the latter’s ‘The Life Of A Showgirl’.
For the past decade, the London singer has held the record for largest opening week for an album, with her ‘25’ album debuting with 3.378million copies sold. In October, it was reported that ‘The Life Of A Showgirl’ sold 3.5million album units in the US alone during its opening week.