The Color Purple: new video anticipates the modernity of the new musical

Warner Bros. released a brand new video by The Color Purple his upcoming film adaptation of the award-winning musical Broadway. It is scheduled to hit theaters on December 25, 2023. The short features the cast and producers, including Oprah Winfrey, Halle Bailey, Ciara, Taraji P. Henson and others discussing what audiences can expect to see from the film. It also pokes fun at director Blitz Bazawule’s modern take on the classic film. Steven Spielberg 1985

The film centers on the extraordinary brotherhood of three women who share an unbreakable bond. It tells the story of Celie and other African American women in the American South during the 1930s, their struggles against racism and life in a lower social class. Celie also struggles to find her identity after suffering abuse from various men in her life over the years.

Warner Bros. Pictures invites you to experience the extraordinary story of friendship and brotherhood between three women who share an unbreakable bond. Color Purple. This is a bold reimagining of the director’s beloved classic. Blitz Bazavule (“Black King”, “Kojo’s Funeral”) and producer Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Scott Sanders and Quincy Jones. They are the main characters of The Color Purple. Taraji P. Henson (“What Men Want”, “Right to Count”), Daniel Brooks (“Peacemaker”, “Orange is the New Black”), Colman Domingo (“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” “Fear the Walking Dead”), Corey Hawkins (“In the Heights”, “BlacKkKlansman”), SHE (“Judas and the Black Messiah”, “Beauty and the Beast: 30 Years”), Holly Bailey (“The Little Mermaid”, “Grown Up”), Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (“Winning Family: King Richard”, “If Beale Street Could Talk”) Barrino fantasy

(in his feature film debut).

written by Color Purple screenplay by Marcus Gardley (“The Maid,” “The Chi”) based on the novel by Alice Walker, the musical and subsequent book by Marsha Norman. Music and lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allie Willis and Stephen Bray. Executive producers are Alice Walker, Rebecca Walker, Christy Macosko Krieger, Carla Gardini, Mara Jacobs, Adam Fell, Courtney Valenti, Sheila Walcott and Michael Begg. Blitz Bazawule’s supporting director behind the camera is a team consisting of director of photography Dan Laustsen (John Wick 4, The Shape of Water) and production designer Paul Denham Austerberry (The Flash, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse) ). ) and editor John Poll (Bombshell, The Greatest Showman). Choreography by Fatima Robinson (The Prince Seeks His Son, Dreamgirls), costumes by Francine Jamison-Tanchuk (Emancipation, That Night in Miami… …).

Musical Directors: Jordan Carroll (“The Greatest Showman,” “Godfather of Harlem”) and Morgan Rhodes (“Space Jam: The New Legends,” “Selma: Homecoming”); Music composed by Chris Bowers (King Richard, Green Book) and executive produced by Nick Baxter (Babel, CODA – Signs of the Heart), Stephen Bray (Respect, Juanita). “) and Blitz Bazavule. Warner Bros. Pictures presents The Color Purple from Harpo Films, Amblin Entertainment, Scott Sanders and QJP. The film will be distributed in Italian cinemas by Warner Bros. Pictures in 2024.