The first trailer for Warner Bros Pictures’ adaptation of “The Color Purple” musical has been released. Adapted from Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1982 novel, the project is based on the Tony-winning stage musical. The novel describes a Black southern woman’s struggles over four decades during the early 1900s and stars The Little Mermaid’s Halley Bailey.
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It is the story of two young sisters, Nettie (Halle Bailey) and Celie (Phylicia Mpasi), who constantly dream of a new life, one free of discrimination and injustice, where they feel like they belong.
A straight dramatic adaptation of the property was previously produced by Steven Spielberg in 1985, and he returns here as producer alongside Quincy Jones and Oprah Winfrey.
In the film adapted from the stage musical incarnation first seen on Broadway in 2005 and revived in 2015, Halle Bailey, Fantasia Barrino, Danielle Brooks, Ciara, Taraji P. Henson, Corey Hawkins, and H.E.R. star.
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The project is directed by Blitz Bazawule (“Beyonce: Black is King”), and Danish cinematographer Dan Laustsen (“John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum”) is the director of photography. It is a script by Marcus Gardley that is expected to be a contender for awards next year.
“The Color Purple” is set to open on December 20.
