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Jon Batiste will make his feature acting debut in 'The Color Purple'. The 35-year-old singer has landed a role in the adaptation of the award-winning Broadway musical, which was previously seen on the big screen in Steven Spielberg's 1985 movie. The plot centres on a woman called Celie Harris and follows her lifelong struggles as an African American woman living in the South in the early 1900s. Jon will portray Grady, the husband of Shug Avery (Taraji P. Henson) and a sweet-talking piano man. The Grammy-winning star joins a cast that includes Henson, Fantasia Barrino, Colman Domingo, Corey Haw...
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Moses Ingram has praised the diverse cast in 'The Tragedy of Macbeth'. The 'Queen's Gambit' actress portrays Lady Macduff in Joel Coen's new take on the William Shakespeare play and felt that the inclusion of a number of black stars makes the flick particularly "timely" and feels that the story has become more accessible for audiences as a result. Speaking to Variety at the LA premiere of the movie, Moses said: "I remember feeling that Shakespeare wasn't for me, for somebody who looked like me. "But I think it's important to see people of all ages in different colours tapping into the stories ...
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Jon M. Chu isn't concerned about 'In The Heights' performing badly at the box office. The 42-year-old filmmaker helmed the musical movie based on Lin-Manuel Miranda's stage production but the flick bombed with audiences – although Jon believes it is irrelevant as the film has provided a launchpad for cast members such as Anthony Ramos. He told The Hollywood Reporter: "We can't control who shows up, but we can control the art that we make and what we're trying to put on that screen, especially in a time when we're resetting what stories should look like. "I wish more people saw it because I tho...
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H.E.R. has landed her first movie role in the adaptation of 'The Color Purple'. The 24-year-old star is attached to star in Blitz Bazawule's forthcoming take on the Broadway musical based on Steven Spielberg's Oscar-nominated 1985 movie. H.E.R. will join Corey Hawkins in the new project and will play the part of Squeak, who goes from a juke joint waitress to an aspiring singer in the musical, and was portrayed by Rae Dawn Chong in the original film. The film will be directed by Bazawule, who is known for his work on Beyonce's 'Black is King', from a screenplay written by Marcus Gardley. Spielb...
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Corey Hawkins is to star in the feature adaptation of the Broadway musical 'The Color Purple'. The 32-year-old actor has been tapped to star in the Warner Bros. project, which brings the musical based on Steven Spielberg's 1985 film of the same name to the big screen. Corey is set to play the role of Harpo Johnson, who was played by Willard Pugh in the original movie. Marcus Gardley is writing the screenplay based on the Broadway take of Alice Walker's 1982 novel. The story centres on the lives of African American families and relationships in Georgia during the early 20th century. The musical...
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Corey Hawkins is to star in 'Last Voyage Of The Demeter'. The 32-year-old actor is attached to star in the new movie which is being directed by Andre Ovredal. The story is based on a single chapter of Bram Stoker's classic horror novel 'Dracula', 'The Captain's Log'. It tells the story of the Russian boat, Demeter, which was charted to carry private cargo from Carpathia to London. The movie will detail the strange events that befell the doomed crew as they tried to survive the ocean voyage as they are stalked each night by a terrifying presence onboard the ship. When it eventually arrived at W...
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