Overview
- Production is in pre-production in London and Rome, with principal photography scheduled to begin in mid-January for a targeted late autumn 2026 release.
- Tom Ford wrote the screenplay and will direct and produce through his Fade To Black company.
- The project has no studio backing at this stage as Ford plans to shop the finished film to distributors.
- The ensemble includes Nicholas Hoult, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Colin Firth, Paul Bettany, Ciarán Hinds, Thandiwe Newton, Hunter Schafer, George MacKay and more.
- The film adapts Anne Rice’s 1982 novel set in 18th-century Italy, following a Venetian noble and a castrato maestro striving to succeed in opera.