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Is The Color Purple on Netflix after theaters? (Where to stream)

The Color Purple is getting a 2023 remake, but with the same story that touched our hearts in 1985. Will this be a release that comes to Netflix after theaters?

ByAlexandria Ingham|
TCM Big Screen Classics Presents 'The Color Purple'.. Academy Award® winner Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover and Oprah Winfrey star in director Steven Spielberg's adaptation of Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Color Purple.. Image Courtesy Fathom Events and Turner Classic Movies
TCM Big Screen Classics Presents 'The Color Purple'.. Academy Award® winner Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover and Oprah Winfrey star in director Steven Spielberg's adaptation of Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Color Purple.. Image Courtesy Fathom Events and Turner Classic Movies

Are you ready for a remake of The Color Purple? The story is an important classic, and it’s worthy of a 2023 remake. This is a story that can’t be allowed to be forgotten about.

The story follows Celie, a woman torn away from her sister and children. She’s forced to deal with an abusive husband and various hardships in life. If it wasn’t for a sultry singer called Shug Avery and her stepdaughter, she may not have found the extraordinary strength needed to get through it all.

This is a story of preservation and strength. It’s a story of sisterhood. There’s no doubt that you’ll want to see it in theaters. The question is where it streams after that so you can watch it again.

Is The Color Purple on Netflix?

We do start this post with some bad news. The Color Purple will not come to Netflix after theaters.

Where will The Color Purple stream?

This is a Warner Bros. movie, which means it is heading to one particular streaming platform after this. It will head to Max for the first exclusive streaming. It could head to Netflix after that, but it won’t be for a couple of years at the least.

The movie will also be available to buy on Digital. You’ll be able to get it on Amazon Instant Video, Vudu, Google Play, or wherever you get your digital releases.

The Color Purple cast

This remake has an outstanding cast that you will make you want to watch it. Fantasia Barrino will play Celie Harris-Johnson, with Phylicia Pear Mpasi playing the younger version of the character. Taraji P. Henson takes on the role of Shug Avery with Danielle Brooks as Sofia.

The rest of the cast is:

  • Colman Domingo as Albert “Mister Johnson”
  • Corey Hawkins as Harpo Johnson
  • H.E.R. as Squeak/Mary Agnes
  • Ciara as Nettie Harris
  • Halle Bailey as Young Nettie
  • Aunjanue Ellie as Mama
  • Jon Baptiste as Grady
  • Louis Gossett Jr. as Ol’ Mister Johnson
  • David Alan Grier as Rev. Samuel Avery
  • Deon Cole as Alfonso
  • Tamela J. Mann as First Lady
  • Stephen Hill as Henry “Buster” Braodnax
  • Elizabeth Marvel as Miss Millie

The Color Purple is now available to watch in theaters.

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