Donβt miss the motion picture event of the holiday season. #TheColorPurple arrives only in theaters Christmas Day β tickets on sale now.
Warner Bros. Pictures invites you to experience the extraordinary sisterhood of three women who share one unbreakable bond in βThe Color Purple.β This bold new take on the beloved classic is directed by Blitz Bazawule, a multi-medium artist whose breakout first feature is the highly acclaimed βThe Burial of Kojo.β The filmβs all-star producers are Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Scott Sanders and Quincy Jones.
βThe Color Purpleβ stars Oscar nominee Taraji P. Henson (βThe Curious Case of Benjamin Buttonβ), SAG Award winner and Tony Award nominee Danielle Brooks (βThe Color Purple,β βOrange Is the New Blackβ), Tony nominee and Emmy Award winner Colman Domingo (βEuphoria,β βMa Raineyβs Black Bottomβ), Tony Award nominee Corey Hawkins (βSix Degrees of Separation,β βIn the Heightsβ), Oscar- and Grammy-winning artist H.E.R. (βJudas and the Black Messiahβ), Grammy nominee Halle Bailey (βThe Little Mermaidβ), Oscar nominee Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (βKing Richard,β βRayβ), and Grammy-winning artist Fantasia Barrino in her major motion picture debut.
The screenplay is by acclaimed playwright Marcus Gardley, who won a WGA Award for βMaid.β His script is based on the novel by Alice Walker and based on the musical stage play, book (of the musical stage play) by Marsha Norman, music and lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray.
Joining director Bazawule behind the camera are a roster of acclaimed artisans, including Oscar-nominated director of photography Dan Laustsen (βThe Shape of Waterβ), Oscar-winning production designer Paul Denham Austerberry (βThe Shape of Waterβ), editor Jon Poll (βBombshell,β βMeet the Parentsβ), costume designer Francine Jamison-Tanchuck (βGlory,β βOne Night in Miamiβ¦β) and choreographer Fatima Robinson (βDreamgirlsβ). The music is by Oscar nominee Kris Bowers (βKing Richard,β βGreen Book,β documentary short βA Concerto Is a Conversationβ).
Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Harpo Films Production, an Amblin Entertainment Production, a Scott Sanders Production/a QJP Production, βThe Color Purple.β It will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures and is set to open in theaters in North America on December 25, 2023 and internationally beginning 18 January 2024.
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Miss cocoa said I like the old one
It looks like a musical tho ): I really hope it's as good as original
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How did Fantasia go from not getting the original Broadway play nod, to now potentially winning a Golden Globe and Oscar for staring in the movie? Talk about never giving up on your dream!!!
I'm so excited!!!!
I will be going to see it, I have watched the original maybe 50 or more times.
I smell a huge flop. Nothing will compare to the original. Instead of making mediocre reboots. Focus on making mew, original, and actually good movies
Fantasia should have played Shug..she can sang she's sassy and would have been the icing. Sophia should have been played by that sister in Single Black female.. she's attractive she can act and she has attitude. I will wait for it to come to TV. Steven Color Purple will always be the best..we didn't need a remake..O going for that Oscar..I don't think so unless they just give you one like they fid Monique and Jennifer..please the Blacks…
The sister from the Chi should have been Ceilly as a girl..wrong casting for this movie..Henson is no Avery who didn't sing. This reminds me of Blacks pissed cause Bassett didn't win for her performance as Tina..Jennifer Lewis would have won .she can sang and she's sassy. Angela didnt have it..
Its a black movie made for black. Mexcian, asians, all races dont want to spend money on this.
Will Whoopi Goldberg have a cameo?!?!?!
They had me until the last song. Boo.
The lack of diversity in the cast is deeply disturbing. This is 2023, people! How long do we Asian-Americans have to suffer under the yoke of black privilege in Hollywood and be denied equal opportunities? How about some color-blind casting in these movies? Give us a Chinese Celie and an Indian Shug! God Almighty!
Is this an actual movie or a musical? Iβve seen several trailers and its music and dancing. That was not apart of the original movie.
The Color Purple is a book that has already been adapted for both stage and screen. Are there no other black stories to tell?
Until now, Whoopie Golberg was Celie, in the same way Marlon Brando is Don Corleone and Vivien Leigh is Scartlett O'Hara
I can't believe this is the first time I'm hearing about this. I can't wait to see it!!! ππππ
I just can't take musicals seriously.
History baby black culture I'm ready to see it
Looks interesting, like when I first watched the trailer for Black Panther. About 100 years we have seen movies with mostly white actors and now the pendulum is swinging up, really makes all the racists cry….and I am ok with that.
Everything Everywhere All at Once proved that you can make a banger movie with a cast of non-white people, Black Panther did it too. I wonder if there will be one white guy in the movie like in Black Panther.
I will watch it.
this looks great. loved the original
The atom review!! Looks great love the original too
The fact that the trailer is trying desperately to disguise the fact that this is a MUSICAL, makes me very nervous.
To those of you who don't get it:
The original Color Purple is a great movie, but it, like the Roots remake, will cause a lot of anger in the black community.
Over the years since the release of the original (an excellent movie for its time) it
has been seen as a very devisive movie within the black community, and with black males in particular.
This isn't some rant about the quality of the film but more so about black americans (especially men) being portrayed as the Other, the invisible threat or the lesser than.
And if you think I'm being ridiculous, please feel free to ask any black heterosexual male if this is something he is looking forward to seeing this holiday season. The original is a movie that overstayed it's well, so someone decided to make a musical about it….
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Hollywood…..do better!!!!!
Why couldn't they race swap characters
Tired of our people being portrayed like this
This looks sorry
Yβall love being the victim
Why is every movie a musical now π
Hunger Games, Willy Wonka now this..
My Favorite Warned Bros Musicals
In The Heights (2021)
Wonka
The Color Purple (2023)
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