SubscribeOprah to give 'Color Purple' a new shot at Oscars & Globes
Oprah Winfrey's nomination for best supporting actress of 1985 was one of 11 record-setting Oscar bids. "The Color Purple" ended up tying "The Turning Point" as suffering the worst shut-out in Academy Awards history.
When Oprah decided to produce a new musical adaptation for Broadway two years ago, it earned 11 Tony nominations — the same tally as it earned at the Oscars. But it wasn't totally snubbed. It reaped one win for best lead actress LaChanze.
The original film version fared a bit better at the Golden Globes where it had six nominations and one win — for Whoopi Goldberg as best acress.
Yesterday Oprah let slip some news she hadn't planned on announcing while touting the new Denzel Washington movie she produced, "The Great Debaters" during a press conference with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association " A journo asked Oprah if she's planning on making a film of the new musical version of "The Color Purple," much like "Hairspray" and "The Producers" recently went from non-musical screen original to Broadway tuner adaptation to film musical.
Oprah paused awkwardly, held her breath for a second, then blurted out, "Actually, I am." But she offered no further details.
Spielberg has said he wants to direct a musical.
Would he remake his own film? THAT would be interesting.
Posted by: MartinC | December 05, 2007 at 10:12 PM
Fantasia would be great as Celie in the Movie musical of The Color Purple, she is magnificent in the Broadway version. Can't wait to hear more details.
Posted by: Pupil | December 05, 2007 at 04:34 PM