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After some speculation that the musical big screen adaptation of The Color Purple would again move its opening day amidst the ongoing strikes in Hollywood, Variety is reporting that the film will stick with its planned opening of Christmas Day, December 25, 2023.
Amidst the ongoing strikes, Warner Bros.
The first teaser trailer for the new movie musical adaptation of The Color Purple has been released.
Oprah Winfrey presented a first look at the upcoming movie musical adaptation of The Color Purple at CinemaCon yesterday.
Fantasia Barrino leads the cast of the film as Celie.
As BroadwayWorld previously announced, a movie musical film adaptation of Alice Walker's The Color Purple will premiere later this year.
The Color Purple musical movie is currently currently being filmed in Georgia and this week, young star, Halle Bailey, wrapped her portion of filming, celebrating with a sweet gift from producer, Oprah Winfrey.
Three new faces have been added to the cast of the upcoming film adaptation of The Color Purple.
The musical, featuring jazz, ragtime, gospel, blues and African rhythms, has a book by Marsha Norman with music by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray.
Jon Batiste has joined the cast of the upcoming musical film adaption of The Color Purple.
Elizabeth Marvel will play the role of Miss Millie, the unpleasant wife of the mayor, who hires Sofia to be her maid.
Ciara will appear in the film as the adult version of Nettie, sharing the role with Halle Bailey, who will portray the younger version of the character.
Joining the cast are Louis Gossett, Jr.
Tony-nominee Colman Domingo and Grown-ish star Halle Bailey have joined the all-star cast of the upcoming musical film adaptation of The Color Purple.
During ABC's 'Soul of a Nation' special 'Screen Queens Rising,' when the casting was announced, anchor Linsey Davis surprised Brooks with a video from the moment Oprah Winfrey surprised her with the news.
Fantasia Barrino and Danielle Brooks have joined the upcoming film adaptation of The Color Purple musical as Celie and Sofia, respectively.
The special will reveal the lead actresses who are cast as Celia and Sofia in Warner Bros.
Oscar and Emmy-nominee Taraji P.
Academy Award-winning singer, songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist, H.
Blitz Bazawule will direct the movie, according to Deadline, with a script by Marcus Gardley.
This afternoon, Warner Bros.
Deadline is reporting that Blitz Bazawule, director of the Beyonce feature Black Is King on Disney+ has signed on to direct the movie musical of the The Color Purple.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Oprah and Steven Spielberg, along with Quincy Jones and Scott Sanders, have plans to produce a movie musical of the sweeping Broadway show The Color Purple.
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