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THE COLOR PURPLE Movie Musical - News & Discussion Thread
COLOR PURPLE movie musical currently in development#475
Posted: 11/11/23 at 9:00pmUpdated On: 11/11/23 at 09:00 PM
COLOR PURPLE movie musical currently in development#476
Posted: 11/11/23 at 11:23pm
the songs from the musical will be rearranged for this movie. for example, shug avery’s comin to town will have a much faster tempo with a lot of jazz. blitz wanted to liven up the music a little bit. he took the music from the musical and made it very different and modern but it won’t sound too modern. the grit, the soul and substance will remain intact.
Updated On: 11/11/23 at 11:23 PMCOLOR PURPLE movie musical currently in development#477
Posted: 11/16/23 at 6:12pm
social media reactions to the movie will be released tonight at 9:45 pm PT and 12:45 am EST
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/29/13
COLOR PURPLE movie musical currently in development#478
Posted: 11/17/23 at 1:30pm
Fantasia was on ET last night talking about the movie...they showed clips. It looks THRILLING.....
COLOR PURPLE movie musical currently in development#479
Posted: 11/17/23 at 2:12pm
BETTY22 said: "Fantasia was on ET last night talking about the movie...they showed clips. It looks THRILLING....."
where can i watch this?
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
COLOR PURPLE movie musical currently in development#480
Posted: 11/17/23 at 2:13pm
Here are some early reactions, which should be taken with a very, very small grain of salt since early "influencer" screenings like this are curated to generate positive buzz for a film and the majority of these folks are not professional critics.
COLOR PURPLE movie musical currently in development#481
Posted: 11/17/23 at 3:47pm
i talked to someone who watched the screening last night and she told me a lot of the songs were cut including brown betty, african homeland, every little thing, and big dog. i could do without the others tbh but cutting african homeland is a mistake
COLOR PURPLE movie musical currently in development#482
Posted: 11/18/23 at 2:37am
Cutting African Homeland is very disappointing.
COLOR PURPLE movie musical currently in development#483
Posted: 11/18/23 at 9:59am
Just saw last night’s screening at Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood. Lots of gorgeous sequences, but for a purist like me, it was crushing to see how much of the score was thrown out and replaced with new but inferior songs that ruined the period story and said nothing about these characters. Not sure how you say you’ll make a movie of this musical, then throw half the musical’s score away.
Seems like Blitz (director) really studied Rob Marshall’s Chicago film— he loved creating numbers out of a character’s imagination rather than real life. Resulted in some lovely scenes of pure song and dance.
Also on the plus side, the cast was superb top to bottom, the choreography was non-stop, the camera moved like a proper movie musical, and you believed the director really wanted to tell a story in song and dance (even though he forgot to do that for long stretches of the 2nd half.)
Whatever misgivings I had about the movie, it was delicious to hear the director, DP, production designer, plus Fantasia, Taraji, Corey and especially Danielle hold forth on the process that brought this movie into being. That cast was pure gold!
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/29/13
COLOR PURPLE movie musical currently in development#484
Posted: 11/19/23 at 11:01am
I was at industry screening - this is fantastic - BUT it is not the musical.
It feels like it's constantly apologizing for when they sing.
COLOR PURPLE movie musical currently in development#485
Posted: 11/19/23 at 12:53pm
I’d say half the time they were apologizing, and half the time they were fearless— “Hell No!”, “What About Love”, “Miss Celie’s Pants”, and “I Am Here” all hit the mark for me. It was astonishing to hear that most songs were performed live onset each take, not as playback. Can’t imagine the pain involved to produce that emotion each take.
COLOR PURPLE movie musical currently in development#486
Posted: 11/19/23 at 1:51pm
Someone in a Tree2 said: " Can’t imagine the pain involved to produce that emotion each take."
That is their job as an actor.
COLOR PURPLE movie musical currently in development#487
Posted: 11/22/23 at 12:11am
i am beyond upset that they cut african homeland. it is literally one of the most beautiful and important songs in the whole musical. we could have had such an amazing sequence with great choreography plus halle and fantasia singing together. such a major missed opportunity.
COLOR PURPLE movie musical currently in development#488
Posted: 11/22/23 at 7:49am
teddy1996 said: "i am beyond upset that they cut african homeland. it is literally one of the most beautiful and important songs in the whole musical. we could have had such an amazing sequence with great choreography plus halle and fantasia singing together. such a major missed opportunity."
If you've seen the stage version, I'm not sure African Homeland works in film version because it condenses a large amount of time into one song. It's also the only time we see Celie reading Nettie's letter which also wouldn't work.
COLOR PURPLE movie musical currently in development#489
Posted: 11/24/23 at 6:54pm
another brand new poster for the movie: https://x.com/ezracubero/status/1728147616628633890?s=46
WOW. the posters for this movie are beyond dreadful. it’s either warner bros is trying to sabotage this movie or they didn’t have enough in the budget for a good poster
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/31/12
COLOR PURPLE movie musical currently in development#490
Posted: 11/25/23 at 4:03pm
WB makes the movie look like Dreamgirls with those posters.
COLOR PURPLE movie musical currently in development#491
Posted: 11/25/23 at 6:44pm
Globefan said: "WB makes the movie look like Dreamgirls with those posters."
i just learned that it is not an official poster. it’s just an icon on the for your consideration page
COLOR PURPLE movie musical currently in development#492
Posted: 11/25/23 at 7:03pm
teddy1996 said: "Globefan said: "WB makes the movie look like Dreamgirls with those posters."
i just learned that it is not an official poster. it’s just an icon on the for your consideration page"
This poster is currently hanging up at my local Regal.
COLOR PURPLE movie musical currently in development#493
Posted: 11/25/23 at 11:35pm
new footage including hell no, mysterious ways, and push da button: https://youtu.be/JQ-ilsGFm3U?si=XeHH3kkRk0vP-lOz
COLOR PURPLE movie musical currently in development#494
Posted: 11/26/23 at 9:46am
teddy1996 said: "new footage including hell no, mysterious ways, and push da button:https://youtu.be/JQ-ilsGFm3U?si=XeHH3kkRk0vP-lOz"
anyone know who's playing the five church ladies?
COLOR PURPLE movie musical currently in development#495
Posted: 11/26/23 at 9:48am
ACL2006 said: "teddy1996 said: "new footage including hell no, mysterious ways, and push da button:https://youtu.be/JQ-ilsGFm3U?si=XeHH3kkRk0vP-lOz"
anyone know who's playing the five church ladies?"
tamela mann is the one in the middle. but i don’t know who the others are.
COLOR PURPLE movie musical currently in development#496
Posted: 11/26/23 at 11:54pm
an official list of all the songs that will appear in the movie: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1200263/soundtrack/?ref_=tt_trv_snd
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/2/07
COLOR PURPLE movie musical currently in development#497
Posted: 11/27/23 at 12:45am
I'm happy to see "Miss Celie's Blues" and "Maybe God Is Tryin' To Tell You Somethin'" from the original movie are in this!
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
COLOR PURPLE movie musical currently in development#499
Posted: 11/27/23 at 8:30am
BrodyFosse123 said: "Here ya goes:
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this poster has been out for a while now. i’m still anticipating a new one
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