Based on the Broadway musical by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, Stephen Bray and Marsha Norman (which in turn is based on Alice Walker’s best-selling novel), the awards-nominated movie stars Taraji P.

Discover What’s Streaming On: Are our eyes deceiving us? Within the first few minutes of the 2023 musical movie adaptation of The Color Purple, a famed actor from Steven Spielberg’s 1985 flick makes ...

The new musical adaptation of Alice Walker's book explores the romance between Shug and Celie, unlike Steven Spielberg's original 1985 film, which only featured a chaste kiss between the characters.

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - On December 18, 1985, the film adaptation of Alice Walker’s novel “The Color Purple” was released. Walker is a Georgia native from the city of Eatonton, Georgia. The film was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oprah Winfrey played Sofia in 1985's 'The Color Purple,' while Danielle Brooks portrays the character in the new film The media ...

A literary landmark, Alice Walker’s 1982 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Color Purple” returned this week in a new film version inspired by Broadway’s musicalized adaptation that starred Fantasia ...

*Director Blitz Bazawule’s new musical adaptation of “The Color Purple” has a Certified Fresh 87% score on Rotten Tomatoes. The new project reunites Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey, and Quincy Jones as ...

Erick Massoto is a Brazilian writer who's always loved film and TV and loves finding connections between them. That's why he supports double features, especially if they are of a modern film paired ...

Fantasia Barrino plays Alice Walker’s oppressed heroine in a joyous screen version of the Broadway musical. Credit: Courtesy of Warner Bros. Released in theaters at Christmas, The Color Purple is not ...

Makuochi Echebiri is a News Writer for Collider. He has been interested in creative writing from as far back as high school, and he would consume pretty much anything that’s film or TV. However, his ...

There's no doubt about it: Steven Spielberg knows how to make a good film, including two adaptations of The Color Purple released almost 40 years apart. Even those who aren't movie buffs know who ...