Sean “Diddy” Combs, who reprises the role of Walter Lee, Jr., stars in the highly anticipated, special three-hour television movie adaptation from Sony Pictures Television of “A Raisin in the Sun,” along with the cast of the award-winning Broadway revival who recreate their roles for the new film, including Emmy and Tony Award winner Phylicia Rashad, four-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald, Tony Award nominee Sanaa Lathan, plus “ER” star John Stamos.
Based on the classic Lorraine Hansberry play, it will air on MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25 (8:00-11:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Network.
In related news, A Raisin in the Sun has been selected to be screened (out of competition) at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival later this month. This will be the first time that a broadcast network film will be featured at the celebrated festival.
Looks like it would be good
Can’t wait…looks like P. Diddy did a good job. All the main women look alike!
I need to check this out. People say it’s good!
I will be watching this…
Thank you Jesus. I loved the book and original movie with sidney p. Happy to see something so positive with black people on TV.
Thank you JESUS!!
Will P. Diddy be able to hold his own against these “seasoned” actors?
A Raisin in the Sun is such a wonderful play!!! I loved the original version w/ Ruby Dee and Sydney Poitier! I can’t wait to see this version as well…
Can’t wait to see this…i’ve read the book and seen the stage play a couple of times.
im sorry but the highly anticipated? by who? lol stop playing
Hmm Im not really buying Diddy as an actor but I heard he was good on broadway. I’ll still watch it tho
Even the Diddy-Haters can’t front on this!, I’m already impressed & it will be good to see a positive portrayal of black people on TV for a change. I’m surprised Oprah isn’t executive producing this?
I can’t get with the cast of people in this movie. sorry.
I first read the book in high school and it is one of my favorites. I heard Diddy did really well on Broadway. Can’t wait to watch this.
#9- Obviously, it is highly anticipated by some.
A must see! I loved the book. My mom sent me an email yesterday saying to remind her to watch this movie.
Grow up and open you mind to new things.
Puffy is in this and he looks to be doing a great job.
sometimes the biggest barrier to us elevating is US
well according to reviews diddy did a really good job in the broadway so imexpecting the same if not BETTER in this one. GOOD JOB EVERYONE
#9 it is a movie that has been anticipated by a lot of people, for a long while. When the play was on Broadway, a number of critics praised Puffy as Walter Lee. And if you can get a good review from one powerful critic on Broadway…you have pretty much made it as a real thesbian…or close to it.
Lorraine Hansberry originally wrote this play that take place in a tenement in Chicago. A strong Black woman, and she really made a name for herself, for one being Black, and two from being an openly gay woman.
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Wow! This looks really good. And Diddy is stepping up his acting game.
GO DIDDY!!!!!!!!!!!
Heard P-Diddy did a way-decent job on the broadway adaption, too. He should farewell alongside other actors in the television adaption.
It looks good and I can’t wait to see this movie on t.v.
I’ll be watching. Ya’ll know this all we get for Black History Month
damn i can’t wait to see dis diddy look lik he did a great job and i love Phylicia Rashad and Sanaa Lathan i read the book hope i lik it this movie ima record it on my t.v.
Didn’t know what this was about but now I’m soo glad I saw the trailer because my ass will be glued to the television come Feb 25th. I’m actually excited.
i saw all of them in the broadway production! they did an excellent job
Can’t wait to see this! Dost mine eyes decieve me, or is Mr. Combs REALLY acting??? Always love Ms. Rashad. All star cast, I don’t see how it can go wrong. I heard Oprah was backing this, is that true?
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I actually loved the Ruby Dee and Syndney Portier version better but I’m always opened to see see other variations of the play “Rasin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry you gotta love this woman for exposing different cultual norms. Plays at that time only exposed a standard ideal image of families, while Lorraine had exposed of African-American family lifestyles. Love her for that and that’s why she is classic American playwriter next to August Wilson..lol
raisin in the sun is a classic!!!
looks like a tear jerker… diddy actually looks like he’s holding his own… go DIDDY!
Can’t wait to see it, I supposed to be reading the book during the time the movie comes out =).
I know Tupac did ‘ A Raisen In The Sun’ when he was a young kid I know it’s on video anybody know where?
And not to compare but anytime I hear about ‘A Raisen In The Sun’ for some reason his name is the first to come to mind.
Can’t wait to see it. It looks good and it looks like Diddy is holding is own.
Excellent -
The 1960 original play included Sidney Poitier and Ruby Dee and was nominated for 4 Tony awards. You should watch the original play on DVD – not for a basis of comparison, but because it is powerful on so many levels.
I was surprised to know that Phylicia Rashad became the first African-American to win in the category of Best Lead Actress in a Play. Not that she won, but that it wasn’t until 2004 that a sister won.
On stage Diddy really did his thing, and I expect he will do the same in the movie.
I’ll be watching!!!!!
omg! i cant wait to see this… i had the play it was amazing …
i remeber this reading this play……hopefully diddy can hold his own compared to sidney poitier (sp?)…ill have to watch!
In all honesty, this movie looks good but Diddy ruins it for me. He is such a bad actor…
I will watch it though!
Im reading this book in class so Im soo excited to watch it. Im glad they put actors and actresses that I know in it too.
Yes! lol
They didn’t need to do this. Can’t touch the original and I am not sure I am interested in seeing diddy in this role. Not sure if I will watch but if I do it will be to see Phylicia.
this is great for black film. the book was excellent so now it’s time to show and prove
Faith can do NO WRONG in my book. By far, she is the most UNDERRATED R&B chick in the game. I love her, and I’m totally feeling this! I absolutely CAN NOT WAIT for new material from Faith. She is the real deal.
Lol @21 but I can’t wait to see it as well. I saw the original movie in school. I really will be watching to see Puffy put the “extra sexy on” lol.
I had a clip of the original on my myspace page for a while now. I’m so happy Sean Combs decided to this.
To do this*
One of my all time favorites…. a powerful, story…. one that all should see
I look forward to seeing this….
the cast looks amazing!.. I am excited…….
GO BLACK PEOPLE…. continue to shine
Love to see good black films!
I love the original movie with Sidney Poitier so I will most definitely be watching this. I hope Puffy does his role justice. I’ve never seen him act, so I don’t know, but he and the whole movie in general looks like it will be good.
Please support this film. It is being directed by Kenny Leon a brilliant director. He is very well known in Atlanta and we all need to support his work. His work is awesome, I consider him a friend and a legend to the theatre community.
A Raisin in the Sun is one of my favorite books and movies and I cannot wait to see this. Just the clip made me tear up…
THIS MOVIE IS OLD…DIDN’T THIS ALREADY COME ON TV ALREADY? BEN AFFLECK IS IN IT TOO…SO WTH? WHY ARE THEY ACTING LIKE IT’S BRAND NEW??? WTH?
love the book! definitely love the the original with sidney portier & ruby dee. lookin forward to seeing it.
I will have to take a look at this, it looks very interesting. I’ve seen the original movie and read the book as well so I hope these actors, well Puffy, can make it even better. If he did good on Broadway, maybe he can pull this off.
the little boy who plays diddy’s son in this movie actually goes to my church and one of my brother’s friends……so i’ll definitely be watching this movie!!!!!
Ugh! I loved reading this book and watching the old version of the movie, however I can’t help but cringe when I see Sean Combs in this movie! Again, he is surrounded by a cast of people w/ talent and somehow he hasn’t been able to pick up any for himself. I’ll have to watch this and see if he proves me right.
I’ll be watching w/ an open mind, but in no way should he have been in this role! Give it to a struggling young black actor who has the ability to make it something, not some conglomerate stool pigeon who has no concept of the art of acting.
i am happy to see this play ont tv.. i heard so many reviews about the play.. i loved the story and actually learned about it in school. cant wait
Which actor will be playing the African character “Ahs a Guy”(pardon the spelling)?
I canm’t wait until the movie comes out! I love Lorrine’s play…it’s timeless…Langston Hughes’ Dream Deferred’s poem is still relevant!…I can’t wait to see how Sanaa Lathan is with the Beneatha character.
This looks like it will be a great movie! Anything with Phylicia Rashad in it is a winner to me lol I have never seen the play nor read the book so this will be a first time experience for me
WOW…i can’t wait…I loved the Sidney Poiter and Ruby Dee version but I also liked the Esther Rolle and Danny glover version too…but this i gotta see.