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Winfrey will return to the 2023 film adaptation as a producer. In 2020, she surprised \"Orange is the New Black\" actress Danielle Brooks with a Zoom call, to tell her that she had landed the role of Sophia.

\"I wanted to be the one to tell you I have such love for her, this character, everything she represents and everything she brought to my life,\" Winfrey told Brooks at the time. \"And what I'm hoping is that she does the same thing for you.\"

The Spielberg film also earned an Academy Award nomination for best picture and was nominated for five Golden Globes, with Goldberg winning for best actress in a drama.

Warner Bros. Pictures greenlit the new musical feature in 2020 and announced that author Walker would serve as an executive producer on the film.

The film is expected to be released on Dec. 25.

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