After the success of Madea Goes to Jail, Tyler Perry has signed a deal with Lionsgate for his next two movies, reports Entertainment Weekly. Next week, Perry begins production for I Can Do Bad All by Myself , which is based on one of his plays and features the popular character Madea. The movie films at the new Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta and will be released September 2009.
The sequel Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too will go into production later this year and is set to be released Easter weekend 2010. Perry’s last seven movies have grossed more than $350 million domestically.
I loved the play of I can do bad.. and am looking forward to the movie. I am also eager about the sequel. I am not so crazy about his Madea movies as I am about his dramas that he puts out.
Kudos to Tyler. Yes, his Madea plays/films are formulaic but they make money & they’re funny. As we all know, it is all about the mighty dollar in business. I love this fact that this brother is “running his business”. I hope he’s done his due diligence— I read somewhere that Lionsgate is in trouble.
Tyler Perry is brilliant and its good to see him get the respect he deserves. Just think about all the people he is putting to work!
I concur with the other comments written about Mr. Tyler “Big Money” Perry! I appreciate the excellent example that he’s setting, and the new page in our history that he’s carving out for all of us. One of these days, I might just go ahead and get inspired and try it too!