Warner Bros. has released a featurette for Blitz Bazawule’s new take on Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize winning The Color Purple, which promises to put the story “back out into the world” in order to “connect with the younger generation”. The screenplay is by acclaimed playwright Marcus Gardley (Maid), which combines Walker’s novel with the musical […]
First teaser for Ava DuVernay’s Origin starring Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Ahead of its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival this Wednesday, Neon has debuted the first trailer for Origin, the upcoming drama from writer-director Ava DuVernay’s which is inspired by journalist Isabel Wilkerson’s New York Times bestseller Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents; watch it below… While grappling with tremendous personal tragedy, Isabel sets […]
Reimagined version of The Color Purple gets a first trailer
The Color Purple is back to touch a new generation with its gripping tale. Taking its cue from the hit Broadway version, Blitz Bazawule’s new take will introduce songs to the story once brought to life by the iconic Steven Spielberg. In The Color Purple 2023, we see a musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s novel […]
