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Grammy-winner Jon Batiste to make film acting debut in ‘The Color Purple’ musical

tazz | April 15, 2022
Grammy-winner Jon Batiste to make film acting debut in ‘The Color Purple’ musical
Grammy-winner Jon Batiste has scored his first movie role in the upcoming film adaptation of the “The Color Purple” musical.
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Jon Batiste, who took home five Grammys earlier this month, will make his big-screen acting debut in the upcoming musical remake of “The Color Purple.”

The 35-year-old musician — who also serves as musical director and bandleader for “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” — is set to play Grady, the husband of sexy blues singer Shug Avery, who will be portrayed by 51-year-old Taraji P. Henson (“Hidden Figures,” “Empire”). Grady was played by Bennet Guillory, 75, in the Academy Award-nominated 1985 film.

Oscar-winner Batiste won Album of the Year at the 2022 Grammys for “We Are,” also topping the nominations with 11 nods in all.

The new version of “The Color Purple” — a story based on the 1982 novel by Alice Walker — was first adapted for Broadway in 2005 and later revived as a 2015 Broadway musical starring Cynthia Erivo (“Harriet”) and Jennifer Hudson (“Dreamgirls”).

Jon Batiste performs at the 2022 Grammy Awards on April 3 in Las Vegas.
Jon Batiste also performed at the 2022 Grammys, which were held on April 3 in Las Vegas.
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It will be produced by Oprah Winfrey, Scott Sanders, Quincy Jones and Steven Spielberg, who directed and produced the earlier film.

Other performers already cast include 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. movie will be directed by Blitz Bazawule and is set to hit theaters in December 2023.

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