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Warner Bros. released the first movie trailer of The Color Purple Broadway musical adaptation directed by Blitz Bazawule (The Burial of Kojo, and Beyonce's Black Is King). The film stars Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson, Halle Bailey, Elizabeth Marvel, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Danielle Brooks, H.E.R…

I have just spent a week at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. I saw no sunlight from Monday at around noon to Thursday, but I did see some movies — or at least part of them. It was, of course CinemaCon week, or as I like to call it, “the unofficial start to Oscar…

Warner Bros decided to wake up a sleepy day with some release-date changes. The first, James Wan’s Aquaman & The Lost Kingdom, is going five days earlier on Wednesday, December 20 this year instead of Christmas Day. The DC pic will open against Sony’s Ghostbusters sequel on Wednesday and will face…

EXCLUSIVE: Colman Domingo (Zola, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom), will premiere his debut short film at Outfest L.A. New Moon is an animated short film directed by Jérémie Balais, Jeff LeBars and Raúl Domingo, and written by both Colman and Raul Domingo. The film is adapted from the play A Boy And His Soul also…

Oprah Winfrey’s new adaption of The Color Purple Musical recently made news with the addition of stars like Taraji P. Henson, H.E.R and King Richard’s Aunjanue Ellis joining Fantasia Barrino. According to Blackfilmandtv.com, the highly anticipated production is also being praised for its willingness to highlight the…

Hot off his five Grammy wins including Album of the Year this month, Oscar winner Jon Batiste has joined the remake of The Color Purple, whose producers include Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey and Quincy Jones. Batiste, who has been band leader and musical director on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert since its 2015…

Fantasia Taylor will star as Celie and Danielle Brooks will play Sofia in Warner Bros’ film adaptation of the musical The Color Purple, with both reprising their respective roles on Broadway. The news was revealed Thursday during ABC’s Soul of a Nation: Screen Queens Rising special. Fantasia and Brooks join a cast…

Taraji P. Henson has signed on to star alongside H.E.R. and Corey Hawkins in Blitz Bazawule’s (Black Is King) adaptation of The Color Purple for Warner Bros., Deadline has confirmed. The upcoming film is based on the Tony-winning musical from Marsha Norman, Brenda Lee, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray, which was based on…

EXCLUSIVE: We hear that In the Heights star Corey Hawkins is getting back into business with Warner Bros for its feature adaptation of the Broadway musical The Color Purple, based on Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-nominated 1985 movie. The role Hawkins is being buzzed to play is Harpo. We’ve been hearing for some time about…

Warner Bros. Pictures announced theatrical release dates for three big event movies tonight — and their intention is that they’re going straight to the big screen, not HBO Max and theaters. Those three are the George Miller Max Max prequel Furiosa on June 23, 2023, Dave Green’s animated hybrid Coyote vs. Acme on July…

Lawrence Clayton, who made his Broadway debut in Dreamgirls and most recently starred in the 2015 revival of The Color Purple, died November 2 after a two-year battle with glioblastoma cancer. He was 64. His death was confirmed by the Buchwald talent agency. Born in North Carolina and educated at North Carolina…

EXCLUSIVE: Hot off of co-directing Beyoncé’s Disney+ visual album feature Black Is King, Ghana-born filmmaker Blitz Bazawule is set to direct Warner Bros. musical  film The Color Purple, based on the Tony-winning Broadway musical. I hear that the feature’s producers Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Scott Sanders, and…