steven spielberg and oprah winfrey are joining hands to bring the color purple to the big screen but this time as a musical according to a report the project will be developed at warner bros quincy jones and scott sanders are also on board to produce the moviethe announcement comes 36 years after alice walkers novel the color purple was published and won the pulitzer prize the new version is currently in early development with a cast director and writers yet to be locked read alsoshankar is indias james cameron and steven spielberg rajinikanthspeaking at the trailer launch of the magnum opus the superstar expressed his confidence over the movies successdirected and produced by spielberg the 1985 movie followed whoopi goldbergs celie a black southern woman in the early 20th century who is abused by her father and husband the film was winfreys feature film debut both she and goldberg received oscar nominations in best supporting actress and best actress categories respectively it received rave reviews and went on to bag 11 academy award nods but was shut out from winning an oscar the musical with a book by playwright marsha norman opened on broadway in 2005 and earned 11 tony nominations stephen bray brenda russell and alee willis scored the musical and penned the lyrics the 2016 revival starring cynthia erivo won two tonys including best musical revival sanders produced the revival