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More than 20 years after Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Color Purple" made its film debut, the property may hit the big screen again - this time as a musical adapted from the current hit Broadway play.
The Los Angeles Times reports that Oprah Winfrey is mulling the idea of turning her musical production into a feature film.
The talk show host starred as Sofia in Steven Spielberg's original 1985 movie, appearing opposite Whoopi Goldberg's Celie and Danny Glover's Mister. Twenty years later, the Winfrey-produced musical version of "The Color Purple" made its debut on the Great White Way.
Should Walker's story become a musical motion picture, it would follow a similar journey taken by the recent hit film "Hairspray," which began as a John Waters film in 1988, then hit Broadway in 2002, only to be re-imagined as a film this year with stars Queen Latifah and John Travolta.
Stage veteran LaChanze nabbed a 2005 Tony Award for her portrayal of Celie on Broadway. "The Color Purple's" box office got a jolt when "American Idol" winner Fantasia Barrino succeeded LaChanze in the role.
Barrino has extended her stay in the Broadway production with vocalist Chaka Khan, R&B singer Bebe Winans and fellow "American Idol" finalist LaKisha Jones set to join in January. A national tour features Tony nominee Felicia P. Fields, Michelle Williams of Destiny's Child and another "American Idol" alum LaToya London.
