Stephen Spielberg, Quincy Jones, Scott Sanders and Quincy Jones have connected with Black Is King Director Blitz Bazawule to revitalize the classic film, The Color Purple. The refreshed take on the classic picture stars Taraji P. Henson, Colman Domingo, Danielle Brooks, Corey Hawkins, H.E.R., Halle Bailey, Fantasia Barrino and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor.
“A musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s novel about the life-long struggles of an African American woman living in the south during the early 1900s,” the logline reads.
“Celie is a young poor, uneducated 14-year-old African-American teenager girl living in the Southern United States in the early 1900s. She writes letters to God because her father, Alphonso, beats and rapes her. Alphonso has already impregnated Celie once, which resulted in the birth of a boy, Adam, whom Alphonso abducted. Celie believes that Alphonso killed Adam. Celie then has a second child, and Celie’s ailing mother dies after cursing Celie on her deathbed. The second child is a girl named Olivia, whom Alphonso takes from Celie shortly after her birth.”
The latest take on Alice Walker’s classic work will hit theaters on December 25, 2023. Check out the trailer from Warner Bros. Pictures below.
