Madonna is set to direct again, after her directing debut of 2011's "W.E." The tireless singer will be filming an adaptation of the Rebecca Walker novel "Adé: A Love Story." The book is about a young, bisexual, biracial Yale grad who goes to Africa and falls in love with Adé, a young Kenyan Muslim man. The couple plans to marry and live a simple life in Kenya. Their lives and their love come into danger when they are caught in the middle of a civil war that threatens to tear them apart. The book is said to be based on Walker's own personal experiences. Rebecca Walker is the daughter of Alice Walker, the African-American author of the iconic novel about race and love in the deep South, "The Color Purple."
"Adé," the film, will be produced by Oscar winning producer Bruce Cohen (Best Picture Oscar on "American Beauty"). Cohen was also recently a producer on "Milk" and "Silver Linings Playbook." The movie will be produced through his company Bruce Cohen Productions, with director of development Jessica Leventhal. Rebecca Walker will also be on hand for the movie's production. The film has not yet attached a screenwriter to the project. CAA is currently working on finding financing for the film.
Madonna previously made her feature directing debut on 2011′s W.E., which followed the relationship between British King Edward VIII and American divorcee Wallis Simpson, starring James McAvoy and Andrea Riseborough. The film was also written by Madonna with Alek Keshishian. According to Roger Ebert, "W.E." was elegant but full of plot holes and does not succeed in producing any sort of emotional reaction. Ebert writes, "W.E." is an elegant, ambitious and relentlessly monotonous film." Futhermore, the movie fails to express whether the monotony is due to the time era and the people involved or because the film was made poorly. "I suppose the monotonous tone of the spoken dialogue may be accurate; the Duke and Duchess don't seem to be demonstrative. Were they witty? Did they joke with each other? Did they say the things lovers say? Did they actually ever have sex? After seeing the film, I don't have a clue," wrote Ebert.
Do you think Madonna's next film will be better than 2011's "W.E"?
