Yes, the singer-actor is gearing up to direct her third film
Pop icon Madonna is set to direct the big screen adaptation of Rebecca Walker’s debut novel Ade: A Love Story. The Like A Virgin hitmaker, who made her directorial debut with 2008 film Filth And Wisdom, will team up with the Silver Linings Playbook producer Bruce Cohen for the new project.
Walker confirmed that Madonna is on board for the project, reports a leading entertainment website
“Madonna to direct interracial romance Ade: A Love Story,Walker posted on Twitter.
The story is based on the author’s own experience.
It unfolds the story of a college student, Farida, travelling with a female counterpart through Africa. Farida falls in love with a young man who lives on an island off the coast of Kenya, but as they plan to marry, political and cultural forces act as obstacles and they find themselves caught in the middle of a civil war.