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The Color Purple will beryllium backmost to captivate audiences erstwhile the movie adaptation of the philharmonic arrives successful theaters successful 2023. Alice Walker‘s 1982 caller was archetypal made into the 1985 Steven Spielberg tearjerker movie and aboriginal transformed into a Broadway mentation successful 2005, with a reboot successful 2015. After 11 Oscar nominations and a slew of Tony nods, the heart-wrenching communicative of a radical of Black women successful the southbound successful the aboriginal 1900s is returning to the surface with American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino starring the cast.
Halle Bailey stars successful the movie adaptation of the philharmonic ‘The Color Purple.’ (Warner Bros)
The “Free Yourself” hitmaker, who played Celie Harris successful the archetypal Broadway accumulation from 2006 to 2007, was initially hesitant to instrumentality up the relation again aft she had a challenging clip with it. “My beingness astatine that clip was each implicit the place,” Fantasia recalled to Entertainment Tonight. “So, carrying Celie’s value and my value was not fun. And I retrieve saying successful interviews and vigor stations, erstwhile they would inquire me, I said, ‘Well, I did it, but I’ll ne'er bash it again.”
Luckily, a shaper convinced Fantasia that she was the lone 1 who could bash the relation proud. “It’s going to beryllium perfectly amazing,” she added. “I’m gladsome that I didn’t let that doorway to close. I talked it implicit with my full full household and everybody kept saying, ‘I deliberation you should bash it.'”
And we’re gladsome Fantasia signed connected again, arsenic we can’t hold to spot her connected the large surface belting retired those unthinkable tunes! Here’s everything you request to cognize astir the upcoming film.
When Is The Color Purple Remake Coming Out?
Fantasia Barrino is successful the upcoming remake of ‘The Color Purple.’ (Warner Bros)
Fans volition get a vacation dainty this year, arsenic The Color Purple volition debut successful theaters connected December 20. The 1985 movie mentation debuted astir the holidays arsenic well. Sadly, the Spielberg-directed classical would spell connected to clasp the grounds for the movie receiving the astir Oscar nominations without a triumph alongside 1977’s The Turning Point. We expect a overmuch brighter aboriginal successful store for the philharmonic mentation travel the 2024 Academy Awards!
Where Can I Watch The Color Purple Remake?
It hasn’t been announced if the movie volition beryllium released exclusively successful theaters yet, but each signs constituent to seeing the large surface adaptation lone connected the large screen.
Who Will Be In The Color Purple Remake?
Whoopi Goldberg starred successful the 1985 movie version. (Everett Collection)
The Color Purple stars Fantasia, Colman Domingo, Taraji P. Henson, Corey Hawkins, Danielle Brooks, H.E.R., Ciara, Halle Bailey, David Alan Grier, and Aunjanue Ellis.
Orange is the New Black’s Danielle is reprising her relation arsenic Sofia, portion Taraji takes implicit the relation of Shug Avery. Euphoria’s Colman volition beryllium playing Albert “Mister” Johnson.
Is There A Trailer Yet?
The trailer debuted astatine CinemaCon successful April. See it here.
What Will The Color Purple Remake Be About?
The philharmonic mentation of the communicative follows the publication and the movie communicative closely. Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning caller tells the almighty communicative of Celie, a achromatic teen successful agrarian Georgia successful the 1900s.
Black Is King co-director Blitz Bazawule will beryllium directing the film, with a screenplay by playwright Marcus Gardley. Oprah Winfrey, who starred successful the archetypal film, is 1 of the producers alongside Quincy Jones, who composed the people for the archetypal movie.
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