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Halle Bailey to Team Up with Pharrell Williams and Michael Gondry for Universal Musical

Photo by Courtesy of Disney – © Disney Halle Bailey will be co-starring in an upcoming musical being created by Pharrell Williams and Michael Gondry for Universal. According to Variety, the 24-year-old singer-actress will appear opposite Kelvin Harrison Jr. in the show, set in Virginia Beach in the summer of 1977. Other principal cast members will include…

The Color Purple: Fantasia Barrino Leads Empowering Musical Update

@Courtesy of Warner Brothers Losing love can lead to harrowing heartbreak, but finding inner strength and resilience can guide people to eventually rediscover endearment and joy. Celie Harris-Johnson, the protagonist of the successful The Color Purple franchise, certainly knows that pain in the new screen adaptation. Torn apart from her sister and her children in…

Film Review: Halle Bailey Swims to New Heights in Breakout Performance as The Little Mermaid

The visual beauty and emotional allure of any classic Disney movie fairytale is that they not only rely on spectacular effects and fantastical traditional mythology, but also find ways to connect their themes to modern audiences. The studio’s latest live-action reimagination of one of its iconic animated films, 1989’s Oscar-winning fantasy musical The Little Mermaid,…

The Color Purple | Official Trailer : Halle Bailey, Phylicia Mpasi, Taraji P. Henson

Warner Bros. Pictures has released the first trailer for their new “The Color Purple” film, Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg have reunited to revive into a movie musical, directed by Blitz Bazawule. The project is based on the Tony-winning stage musical based on Alice Walker’s 1982 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “The Color Purple” centers on Celie, a…

Disney : The Little Mermaid | A World Reimagined / Starring Halle Bailey, Melissa McCarthy, Awkwafina

A new featurette, “A World Reimagined,” from Disney’s “The Little Mermaid,” which provides an exclusive look at the live-action reimaging of the studio’s animated musical classic. “The Little Mermaid,” helmed by visionary filmmaker Rob Marshall, opens exclusively in theaters nationwide May 26, 2023. “The Little Mermaid” is the beloved story of Ariel, a beautiful and…