Tyler Perry inks a deal with Netflix to write, direct, and produce new projects...
From Deadline
Filmmaker and media mogul Tyler Perry has struck a new, multi-year first-look deal with Netflix that will see him write, direct and produce features for the streamer.
News of the creative partnership comes following Perry’s pact with Amazon Studios in November 2022 to write, direct and produce four features for Prime Video. Perry comes to it after working extensively with Netflix in recent years, including on the forthcoming features Six Triple Eight and Mea Culpa.
Exec produced by Kerry Washington, who also leads the starry ensemble, Six Triple Eight spotlights the inspiring true story of the first and only Women’s Army Corp unit of color to be stationed overseas during World War II. Kelly Rowland and Trevante Rhodes star in Mea Culpa, a film about a criminal defense attorney who takes on the case of an artist who may or may not have murdered his girlfriend.
Other past Perry films for Netflix include recent Humanitas Prize winner A Jazzman’s Blues, a tale of forbidden love that world premiered in Toronto; A Madea Homecoming, the 12th installment of the billion-dollar Madea franchise, in which Perry also stars; and the thriller A Fall from Grace starring Crystal Fox.
Perry’s personal story will soon be coming to the screen via Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story, a doc directed for Amazon Studios and Bekele Films by Gelila Bekele and Armani Ortiz, which has been set to world premiere as AFI Fest’s centerpiece film on October 27, at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. Reps for the always-busy multi-hyphenate are WME and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole.
11 comments:
Congratulations Tyler Perry!
Make that 💰 money Mr. Perry.
Congrats to him. Not a fan but welcome any historical fiction/drama or documentaries he does.
Another reason I'm glad I don't have Netflix.
White trash will pay for black trash.
Collect those paychecks and make your movies, Tyler. Somebody must be watching. Just nobody I know.
People kill me talking about make that money. That man and celebs like him have more than enough money to feed a small country if they want to. And the crazy part is it's your money if you actually support him/them. So how much more money does one person need when they're making money off you and don't really do a damn thing to help those truly in need on a massive scale? And building a 93 y.o. a house when she's about to croak don't count. Smh
That’s right Tyler if they pay Steven Spielberg they can pay you.
The low budget black movies on Tubi are way more entertaining than anything Tyler Perry has done. Hopefully these streamers recognize that other black writers/directors are out there because for al the money Mr. Perry makes he DOES NOT HIRE BLACK WRITERS AND DIRECTORS. He keeps the money to himself and makes poorly written garbage.
@ 3:25 PM.
And….
@9:05 And what? Is there something you didn't understand about that statement? Tyler Perry makes crap and doesn't hire black talent. Why he's being celebrated for getting Netflix money to churn out more garbage and act like he's some type of hero in black entertainment is beyond me. He literally does nothing for up and coming black creatives.
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