Jon Batiste, who took household five Grammys earlier this month, will make his huge-display screen performing debut in the upcoming musical remake of “The Shade Purple.”
The 35-calendar year-aged musician — who also serves as musical director and bandleader for “The Late Exhibit with Stephen Colbert” — is established to perform Grady, the spouse of alluring blues singer Shug Avery, who will be portrayed by 51-12 months-aged Taraji P. Henson (“Hidden Figures,” “Empire”). Grady was played by Bennet Guillory, 75, in the Academy Award-nominated 1985 movie.
Oscar-winner Batiste won Album of the 12 months at the 2022 Grammys for “We Are,” also topping the nominations with 11 nods in all.
The new variation of “The Coloration Purple” — a tale primarily based on the 1982 novel by Alice Walker — was very first adapted for Broadway in 2005 and later revived as a 2015 Broadway musical starring Cynthia Erivo (“Harriet”) and Jennifer Hudson (“Dreamgirls”).
It will be generated by Oprah Winfrey, Scott Sanders, Quincy Jones and Steven Spielberg, who directed and produced the before film.
Other performers by now forged consist of Danielle Brooks, H.E.R., Halle Bailey, Aunjanue Ellis, Corey Hawkins, Fantasia Barrino, Ciara, Louis Gossett Jr., David Alan Grier and Colman Domingo.
The Warner Bros. motion picture will be directed by Blitz Bazawule and is set to hit theaters in December 2023.
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