Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg are an undeniably powerful duo who can probably do anything they want, and do it successfully. They’ve teamed up for what, on paper, seems like an improbable task remaking 1983 classic The Color Purple as a movie musical. Well, it’s done and coming our way soon, and now the first trailer for this ambitious effort has arrived.
Directed by Blitz Bazawule, the film features what looks like a stand-out performance by Fantasia Barrino who reprises her Broadway role as Celie. Also in the cast and completing this story of Black sisterhood in the early 20th-century south are Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo, H.E.R., Corey Hawkins, Halle Bailey, Ciara, Louis Gossett Jr., Aunjanue Ellis, Tamela J. Mann, Deon Cole, Elizabeth Marvel, and Jon Batiste.
Marcus Gardley wrote the script based on Alice Walker’s novel and the musical stageplay. Spielberg and Winfrey, who worked together on the first movie, reteam on this one as producers.
The Color Purple will open in theaters on Christmas Day and you can bet it’ll be a holiday must-see event for a lot of families.
