Adele is trading in her microphone for a film script.

The “Hello” singer, 37, is slated to make her acting debut in Tom Ford’s upcoming film Cry to Heaven, Deadline reported on Wednesday, November 12. An adaptation of Anne Rice’s 1982 novel, the story is set in 18th century Italy and follows two men, a Venetian noble and a castrated singer, as their paths cross in the world of opera.

Adele will star in Cry to Heaven alongside Nicholas Hoult, Aaron Taylor Johnson, Ciarán Hinds, George MacKay, Mark Strong, Colin Firth, Paul Bettany, Owen Cooper, Daniel Quinn-Toye, Hunter Schafer, Josephine Thiesen, Thandiwe Newton, Theodore Pellerin, Daryl McCormack, Cassian Bilton, Hauk Hannemann and Lux Pascal.

The film is currently in pre-production in London and Rome, with principal photography set to

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