{"id":977075,"date":"2022-02-05T02:47:34","date_gmt":"2022-02-05T02:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/05\/fantasia-danielle-brooks-taraji-p-henson-to-star-in-color-purple-remake\/"},"modified":"2022-02-05T02:47:34","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T02:47:34","slug":"fantasia-danielle-brooks-taraji-p-henson-to-star-in-color-purple-remake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/05\/fantasia-danielle-brooks-taraji-p-henson-to-star-in-color-purple-remake\/","title":{"rendered":"Fantasia, Danielle Brooks, Taraji P. Henson to star in &#039;Color Purple&#039; remake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Fantasia-Danielle-Brooks-to-star-in-Color-Purple-remake.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"story_dl\">Feb. 4 (UPI) &#8212;<\/span> Media mogul Oprah Winfrey has announced that Fantasia Taylor, Danielle Brooks, H.E.R., Corey Hawkins, Taraji P. Henson and Halle Bailey will star in a new movie musical version of Alice Walker&#8217;s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, <i>The Color Purple<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>To be directed by Blitz Bazawule, the film is set for theatrical release on Dec. 20, 2023.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"mt-5 text-center mb-5\">\n<div class=\"ad_tag\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Every single character from #TheColorPurple has been made iconic over the last 40 years through different iterations &#8212; from the Alice Walker novel to the Steven Spielberg movie to the Scott Sanders Broadway adaptations,&#8221; Winfrey wrote on Instagram Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Reimagining the beloved musical on to the big screen is a challenge, but we as producers feel prepared to take it head on with the team we&#8217;ve brought together. From day one we knew we had to find the right cast to live up to @blitzambassador directorial vision and Marcus Gardley&#8217;s magical script-and we found them.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"mt-5 text-center mb-5\">\n<div class=\"ad_tag\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Taylor will play Celie, Henson will play Shug, Hawkins will play Harpo, H.E.R. will play Squeaky, the masterful Colman Domingo will play Mister, Bailey will play Young Nettie.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But Sofia has my heart and I am ready to pass the purple baton on to the incredible @daniebb3 who will bring her version to a new generation,&#8221; Winfrey said of Brooks.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-block embed-object\">\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/CZiYk0DD9Oy\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\"><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"mt-5 text-center mb-5\">\n<div class=\"ad_tag\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Winfrey played Sofia to Whoopi Goldberg&#8217;s Celie in Spielberg&#8217;s 1985 film adaptation of Walker&#8217;s book.<\/p>\n<p>Fantasia played Celie in the 2007 Broadway musical production of <i>The Color Purple <\/i>and Brooks played Sofia in the 2015 revival of the show.<\/p>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feb. 4 (UPI) &#8212; Media mogul Oprah Winfrey has announced that Fantasia Taylor, Danielle Brooks, H.E.R., Corey Hawkins, Taraji P. 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