Who's Involved:
Release Date:
Monday, December 25, 2023 Nationwide
for mature thematic content, sexual content, violence and language
Plot: What's the story about?
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.
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Who stars in The Color Purple: Cast List
Taraji P. Henson ... Shug Avery
Minions: The Rise of Gru, Hurricane Season
Corey Hawkins ... Harpo
In the Heights, The Last Voyage of the Demeter
H.E.R. ... Squeak
Fantasia Barrino ... Celie
Danielle Brooks ... Sofia
Minecraft, Angry Birds
Drive-Away Dolls, Sing Sing
The Little Mermaid
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected), Swallow
Who's making The Color Purple: Crew List
A look at the The Color Purple behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Blitz Bazawule last directed Black Is King.
Director
Screenwriter
Producers
Quincy JonesScott Sanders
Steven Spielberg
Oprah Winfrey
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Production: What we know about The Color Purple?
Key Facts
- The film will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures and is set to open in theaters in North America on December 25, 2023 and internationally beginning 18 January 2024 (6/3/2023).
- Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Harpo Films Production, an Amblin Entertainment Production, a Scott Sanders Production/a QJP Production, “The Color Purple.”
- Joining director Bazawule behind the camera are director of photography Dan Laustsen (“John Wick: Chapter 4,” “The Shape of Water”), production designer Paul Denham Austerberry (“The Flash,” “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse”) and editor Jon Poll (“Bombshell,” “The Greatest Showman”). The choreographer is Fatima Robinson (“Coming 2 America,” “Dreamgirls”) and the costumes are designed by Francine Jamison-Tanchuck (“Emancipation,” “One Night in Miami…”). The music supervisors are Jordan Carroll (“The Greatest Showman,” “Godfather of Harlem”) and Morgan Rhodes (“Space Jam: A New Legacy,” “Selma”); the music is by Kris Bowers (“King Richard,” “Green Book”); and the executive music producers are Nick Baxter (“Babylon,” “CODA”), Stephen Bray (“Respect,” “Juanita”) and Blitz Bazawule.
- The story of Celie in the South during the early 20th century.
- The musical, with a book by playwright Marsha Norman, and music and lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray, began on Broadway in 2005.
- Based on the Tony-winning musical and the hit 1985 film.
Filming Timeline
- 2023 - October: The film was set to Completed status.
- 2022 - June: The film was set to Post-Production status.
- 2022 - April: The film was set to Production status.
- 2022 - February: The film was set to Pre-Production status.
Will begin shooting in Georgia next month
- 2021 - January: The film was set to Pre-Production status.
- 2018 - November: The film was set to Development status.
Variety said the musical is in the "early stages of development and will next look to land a writer".
The Color Purple Release Date: When was the film released?
The Color Purple was a Nationwide release in 2023 on Monday, December 25, 2023. There were 5 other movies released on the same date, including The Boys in the Boat, Ferrari and The Teachers' Lounge.