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Serena Williams‘ husband Alexis Ohanian is undoubtedly among the most successful tech investors and entrepreneurs in the world right now. However, Ohanian has several interests beyond tech, and one of those interests happens to be movies. Over the years, the movie buff in Ohanian has been vocal on multiple occasions. Most recently, the tech tycoon took to Twitter and took a walk down memory lane and into the near future simultaneously.

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As it turned out, Ohanian is looking forward to the remake of the iconic Steven Spielberg movie ‘The Color Purple’. The original came out in 1985 and was both a commercial and critical success. At the time, everyone thought that the movie would bag an Oscar. Unfortunately, in what proved to be a shocker, the Oscars snubbed it altogether. Ohanian believes that the movie’s remake will make amends for the original’s Oscar snub.

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Serena Williams’ husband Alexis Ohanian makes yet another bold prediction

When it comes to predicting businesses that will taste success and ones that are destined to fail, there’s no one better than Alexis Ohanian. However, Ohanian’s most recent prediction pertained to the remake of the iconic 1985 Steven Spielberg classic ‘The Color Purple’. The trailer for the remake, produced by Oprah Winfrey, came out recently. Judging by Ohanian’s tweet, he was definitely impressed.

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In his tweet, Ohanian wrote, “Prediction: They’re gonna finally win that Oscar they got denied”. At the 1986 Academy Awards, ‘The Color Purple’ deservedly earned 11 nominations. However, Spielberg, the creative force who engineered the movie’s success, didn’t make it to the Best Director nominations list.

Despite the 11 nominations, the movie didn’t manage a single Oscar, and unsurprisingly, this shocked many fans and critics. Commercially, the movie did fantastic business. Made on a budget of $15 million, it grossed a whopping $98.4 million. However, the fact it could not muster a single Oscar hurt the entire team who put their blood, sweat, and tears into creating it from scratch.

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Is another theater rent out on the cards?

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In 2018, Alexis Ohanian and Serena Williams hosted a one-of-a-kind ‘Black Panther’ screening. At the time, the couple invited the ‘Black Girls Code’ girls for the private screening of the box office blockbuster. Earlier this year, Ohanian indicated via a tweet that he would do the same thing yet again for Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’.

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From Ohanian’s reaction to the trailer of ‘The Color Purple’ remake, it seems like he is quite excited about it. So, there may very well be another private screening on the cards. While only time will tell if that happens or not, one thing’s clear – Ohanian wants the movie to finally get its due reward.

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Sudipto is a Tennis writer at EssentiallySports. He completed his graduation in Journalism and Mass Communication in 2012. His passion for writing became a full-time profession in 2019 after working as a musician and travelling educator. Rafael Nadal's aggressive and never-say-die approach to tennis inspired him to follow the sport closely from the early 2000s, and since then, his love for it has only continued to grow. When not following the exploits of the 'King of Clay' on the ATP Tour, Sudipto can be seen expressing his love for music.

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