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Prince Is Getting the Movie Musical Treatment: Everything We Know So Far

‘Black Panther’ director Ryan Coogler is reportedly making a Prince jukebox musical movie

Prince’s subsequent dramatic films (1986’s Under the Cherry Moon, 1990’s Graffiti Bridge and 1994’s 3 Chains o’ Gold) didn’t match the cultural, critical or commercial success of Purple Rain. Days before the news of Coogler’s Prince musical made waves, THR reported that he was reuniting with Creed ’s Michael B. Jordan for an untitled Warner Bros. feature, set for a March 2025 release date. Coogler is working on a jukebox musical, one that will likely pull tracks from Prince’s entire discography (hopefully including some of Us ’ favorites, like “Kiss” from Parade, “Little Red Corvette” and “1999” from 1999, etc.)

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