Oprah Announces “Color Purple” Musical Cast WHUR Contributor February 10, 2022 at 10:30 am in ENTERTAINMENT Tweet By Brooks Welch Steven Spielbergy’s 1985 film “The Color Purple” and the The Color Purple Broadway musical (that opened in 2005) have a new adaptation joining the lineage of Alice Walker’s classic 1982 novel. On February 3rd, Oprah Winfrey announced the star studded cast list of The Color Purple Musical Film. The announced cast list is as follows: Fantasia Taylor as Celie Halle Bailey as Nettie Taraji P. Henson as Shug Avery H.E.R. as Squeak Danielle Brooks as Sofia Corey Hawkins as Harpo Colman Domingo as Mister Oprah told Vanity Fair, “This ain’t your mama’s Color Purple.” Which, by just a glance of the cast list, goes without saying! The movie will be directed by Blitz Bazawule (director of Beyoncé’s Black Is King), Marcus Gardley (writer for The Chi) as screenwriter, with Oprah Winfrey (played the role of Sofia in 1985 film), Steven Spielberg (director of 1985 film) and Quincy Jones (composer and producer of 1985 film) as producers. Watch Danielle Brooks’ reaction to Oprah surprising her with huge news! Tags: celie in new color purple film, Color Purple film cast, color purple movie, danielle brooks reaction to oprah, halle bailey in new color purple movie, her in new color purple movie, oprah announces, Oprah Announces "Color Purple" Musical Cast, oprah surprise, sofia in new color purple film, the cast list of the color purple musical film, the color purple musical film