Warner Bros. Pictures invites you to experience the extraordinary sisterhood of three women
who share one unbreakable bond in The Color Purple. This bold new take on the beloved
classic is directed by Blitz Bazawule (Black Is King, The Burial of Kojo) and produced by
Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Scott Sanders and Quincy Jones.
The Color Purple stars Taraji P. Henson (What Men Want, Hidden Figures), Danielle Brooks
(Peacemaker, Orange Is the New Black), Colman Domingo (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Fear
the Walking Dead), Corey Hawkins (In the Heights, BlacKkKlansman), H.E.R. (Judas and the
Black Messiah, Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration), Halle Bailey (The Little Mermaid,
Grown-ish), Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (King Richard, If Beale Street Could Talk), and Fantasia
Barrino (in her major motion picture debut).
The screenplay is by Marcus Gardley (Maid, The Chi), based on the novel by Alice Walker
and based on the musical stage play, book (of the musical stage play) by Marsha Norman,
music and lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray. The executive
producers Alice Walker, Rebecca Walker, Kristie Macosko Krieger, Carla Gardini, Mara
Jacobs, Adam Fell, Courtenay Valenti, Sheila Walcott and Michael Beugg.
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.
Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Harpo Films Production, an Amblin Entertainment
Production, a Scott Sanders Production/a QJP Production, The Color Purple. It will be
distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.
The Color Purple will be released across the UK and Ireland on January 26, 2024
