Tom Ford moves forward with casting announcements for ‘Cry to Heaven’
Hot on the heels of Tom Ford announcing his new cinematic creative endeavour with an adaptation of Anne Rice’s historical romantic opera epic, Cry to Heaven, news has now broken of the ambitious cast that Ford has recruited for the new feature, and in a special announcement acclaimed performer Adele will be making her cinema debut courtesy of Ford’s vision.
As reported by Deadline, Ford has assembled an incredible list of talent for his third feature film which will reunite him with past collaborators including Nicholas Hoult, Aaron Taylor Johnson and Colin Firth, along with introducing acclaimed singer-songwriter Adele in her feature film debut and will also see the likes of Ciarán Hinds, George MacKay, Mark Strong, Paul Bettany, Owen Cooper, Daniel Quinn-Toye, Hunter Schafer, Josephine Thiesen, Thandiwe Newton, Theodore Pellerin, Daryl McCormack, Cassian Bilton, Hauk Hannemann and Lux Pascal joining the production.
Adapting Rice’s 1982 novel of music, ambition, love and opera, Cry to Heaven follows the paths of two unlikely collaborators: a Venetian noble and a castrated singer from Calabria, both trying to succeed in the world of the opera.
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.
While details are still light on when a possible release date will arrive Ford has been eyeing this project as his next film since last year but wanted to make sure the right cast was in place before setting a start date. As for financing, Ford had been talking to several studios but ultimately decided to self-finance the film and shoot on his own terms, with plans to take it out to market after production has ended.
We’re salivating with anticipation as to what will arrive with Cry to Heaven, and given Ford’s masterful control over the art of beauty, we excited to see how this picture will develop from here.
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