Tyler Perry
Tyler Perry Puts $800M Studio Expansion on Hold After Seeing OpenAI’s Sora: “Jobs Are Going to Be Lost”
Over the past four years, Tyler Perry had been planning an $800 million expansion of his studio in Atlanta, which would have added 12 soundstages to the 330-acre property. Now, however, those ambitions are on hold — thanks to the rapid developments he’s seeing in the realm of artificial intelligence, including OpenAI’s text-to-video model Sora, […]
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Tyler Perry Inks First-Look TV Deal at Netflix
Netflix is doubling down on its commitment to the ever-busy Tyler Perry. The streaming service announced Monday that it was adding a multi-year, first-look series deal to its ongoing partnership with Perry. The first series under the new pact is titled Beauty in Black, a 16-episode hour-long drama, written, directed and produced by the man himself. Per […]
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‘Perimeter’: 1990s Atlanta Is the Backdrop for New BET+ Drama (Exclusive Trailer)
A new drama is coming to BET+ this winter from director Armani Ortiz (Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story). Perimeter, set in Atlanta in the 1990s (see the trailer, below), stars Tatyana Ali alongside newcomer Ava Mone’t and Donovan Christie Jr. The series centers around the Dawn family, daughter Paige (Mone’t), a sophomore at Spelman […]
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‘Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story’ Review: Doc Brings a Remarkable Creative Powerhouse Into Intimate, Tightly Controlled Focus
Gelila Bekele and Armani Ortiz's documentary feature, set to premiere on Amazon, explores the origins of the multihyphenate's artistic and corporate empire.
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Inside the A-List Pressure Campaign and Powerful Call That Brought SAG-AFTRA and Studios Back to the Table
A call from Disney CEO Bob Iger to SAG-AFTRA national executive director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland on Saturday, Oct. 21, set in motion the long-awaited return to negotiations between the union and Hollywood studios later this week. During that conversation, Iger expressed the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers’ desire to get back to bargaining and […]
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Tyler Perry Sets First-Look Film Deal With Netflix
The ever-busy Tyler Perry has signed a multiyear, first-look feature pact with Netflix, with the multihyphenate planning to write, direct and produce films for the streamer. Perry is already working with Netflix on several titles, including Six Triple Eight, a World War II period film about the only all-Black, all-female battalion stationed overseas in the […]
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Tyler Perry Says Bidding Process for Paramount’s BET Business Was “Disrespectful”
Tyler Perry said he was “disappointed” in the way that Paramount Global handled the bidding process for the potential majority stake sale of its BET business. In August, the Bob Bakish-led studio conglomerate took down its “for sale” sign on the unit — which includes the BET channel, streamer BET+ as well as VH1 and […]
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George Clooney Meets With SAG-AFTRA Leadership About State of Negotiations
SAG-AFTRA A-lister George Clooney met with his union’s leaders Tuesday in a bid to further understand how contract negotiations broke down on Oct. 11. Clooney spoke with union national executive director and chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland as well as president Fran Drescher over Zoom about why studios suspended discussions the previous week. Deadline, which was […]
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‘Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story’ Trailer Chronicles Media Mogul’s Rise in Life and in Hollywood
Prime Video has released the trailer for Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story, a documentary almost a decade in the making. The nearly three-minute trailer (below) details Perry’s rule-breaking rise to Hollywood prominence alongside an at-times-trying personal life. That includes an abusive upbringing, resulting in an estranged relationship with his father, and in his adulthood, […]
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Amazon Studios’ Tyler Perry Documentary ‘Maxine’s Baby’ to World Premiere at AFI Fest
Next month’s AFI Fest will shine a spotlight on Tyler Perry. The festival announced Monday that it has booked a world premiere of the documentary Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story as a centerpiece screening at Hollywood’s TCL Chinese Theatre on Oct. 27. The Amazon Studios and Bekele Films project comes from directors Gelila Bekele […]
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Tyler Perry Unveils First Amazon Studios Pic, ‘Black, White & Blue’
After getting into business with Amazon Studios, Tyler Perry has unveiled his first project as part a four-movie deal with the streaming giant. The film, Black, White & Blue, is written, directed and produced by Perry and stars Kat Graham, Tyler Lepley, Meagan Tandy, Josh Adeyeye, RonReaco Lee, Jimi Stanton, Shannon LaNier and Nick Barrotta. Black, […]
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‘Sistas’ Actress Mignon Wants People to Heal or “You’re Just Going to Keep Living in the Same Cycle”
Tyler Perry’s comedy-drama series Sistas follows the lives of a friendship group, whose storylines are conversation-starters in person and online. The sister circle includes Andrea “Andy” Barnes (KJ Smith), Daniella “Danni” King (Mignon), Karen Mott (Ebony Obsidian) and Sabrina Hollins (Novi Brown), who are dealing with relationship issues, career choices and friendship drama that many […]
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