Tom Ford stepping back behind the camera with adaptation of ‘Cry To Heaven’
When it comes to creative geniuses who have mastered the luxury and allure of the creative industry, it doesn’t get bigger or more notable than Tom Ford. The designer turned director, having now walked away from his illustrious fashion label, and following the tragic death of his partner Richard Buckley, has now determined that he will devote the remainder of his life to filmmaking and it’s with much excitement that we have now learnt that his next project will be an adaptation of Anne Rice’s Cry From To Heaven.
Having met with Rice personally before her death in 2021, the canvas of one of Rice’s only standalone novels is set to in the exotic, and empassioned world of 18th-century Italian Opera and follow’s a beautiful and youful castrati singer, who is soon entangled in a world of noble intrigues, artistic rivalries, complex loves set within opulent Venetian courts and Neapolitan theaters.
With its themes of adolescence, beauty, desire, identity, art and religion, it’s a perfect canvas for Ford to once again create upon, and given his mastery over the art of opulence and beauty, we can only imagine what he’ll bring to the screen with this incredible new adaptation.
As with his previous films, A Single Man and Nocturnal Animals, Ford will again act as writer and director, and with the film’s varied content of drama, violence, romance and strikingly vivid sexuality, it’s a canvas that will be a true work of art.
Filming will commence in 2026 and will be filmed in Rome, with locations likely to include the legendary Cinecittà Studios, along with Venice and Naples.
The prospect of seeing Tom Ford behind the camera once more is an exciting and exhilarating proposition, and I can’t wait to see what happens next with details surrounding Cry To Heaven, including when we can finally get a first look at what Ford’s new creative energies have conjured.
Source: NSSMag
Image: Universal Pictures
