Everything to know about ‘Cry to Heaven’, Tom Ford’s new film starring Adele, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and more

The fashion designer and director will make his first film in nearly a decade, an adaptation of ‘Cry to Heaven’, starring Adele in her acting debut

By Tyler Dane Wingco

Published: Nov 13, 2025

FOR HIS THIRD directorial outing, American fashion designer Tom Ford will be adapting Anne Rice’s 1982 novel, Cry to Heaven. Created through his Fade To Black production company, Ford will also produce and write the screenplay.

Marking nine years since the release of his last picture, Nocturnal Animals, Ford has packed the cast with familiar faces from his previous projects, promising young talent, and none other than singer Adele making her acting debut.

Read on for what we know so far about the film and when you can expect to see it in cinemas.

Who is in the new Tom Ford film?

This is the confirmed cast for Tom Ford’s adaptation of Cry to Heaven, so far. Their characters have not yet been announced.

Adele
Aaron Taylor-Johnson (previously in Ford’s Nocturnal Animals)
Nicholas Hoult (previously in Ford’s A Single Man)
Colin Firth (previously in Ford’s A Single Man)
George MacKay
Mark Strong
Ciarán Hinds
Paul Bettany
Owen Cooper
Daniel Quinn-Toye
Hunter Schafer
Josephine Thiesen
Thandiwe Newton
Theodore Pellerin
Daryl McCormack
Cassian Bilton
Hauk Hannemann
Lux Pascal (sister of Pedro Pascal)

tom ford cry to heaven film cast — (Clockwise) Adele; Nicholas Hoult; Hunter Schafer; Owen Cooper; Colin Firth; Aaron Taylor-Johnson.

What is Cry to Heaven about?

Written by the same author as Interview with a Vampire, Cry to Heaven is set in 18th-century Italy as it follows a Venetian noble and a castrated singer from Calabria (presumably Adele’s role). Their paths cross as they both try to succeed in the competitive world of opera (perhaps we’ll hear the British singer in a new vocal style), touching on themes of identity, betrayal, love and the pursuit of artistic and personal freedom.