Adele will make her acting debut in Cry to Heaven, an adaptation of the 1982 Anne Rice novel directed and produced by fashion maven Tom Ford. Production is underway in London and Rome, with a fall 2026 release in the offing.
Set in 18th century Venice amid a backdrop of opera, Cry to Heaven will also star Nicholas Hoult, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Colin Firth, Paul Bettany and Mark Strong. It’d Ford’s third film, following the 2009 Oscar-nominated, Firth-starring A Single Man and 2016’s Nocturnal Animals.
Adele has kept a low profile since concluding a 10-show summer 2024 residency at Munich’s Sonderfreifläche Messe. The run sold more than 730,000 tickets, setting a new record for any concert residency outside of Las Vegas.
Afterwards, she told German broadcaster ZDF that she’d be taking a “big break” from performing. The U.K. superstar’s latest album, 2021’s 30, topped charts around the world and is certified for U.S. shipments of three million copies, according to the Recording Industry Association of America.
