Feb. 4 (UPI) -- Media mogul Oprah Winfrey has announced that Fantasia Taylor, Danielle Brooks, H.E.R., Corey Hawkins, Taraji P. Henson and Halle Bailey will star in a new movie musical version of Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Color Purple.
To be directed by Blitz Bazawule, the film is set for theatrical release on Dec. 20, 2023.