Tyler Perry News

'I Can Do Bad' tops weekend box office

Sep 14, 2009, 19:27 GMT

Tyler Perry’s 'I Can Do Bad All by Myself,' presided over a slow box office weekend with $24 million. ... more

Tyler Perry sees the 'Rainbow'

Sep 4, 2009, 21:21 GMT

Lionsgate has hired Tyler Perry to write, direct and produce an adaptation of the 1975 play 'For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf.' ... more

Janet Jackson says yes to 'Married'

Jun 26, 2009, 21:24 GMT

Janet Jackson will reprise her role in Tyler Perry's comedy sequel 'Why Did I Get Married Too.' ... more

Tyler Perry's real-life 'Mad Black Woman' stalker

Apr 20, 2009, 14:56 GMT

Filmmaker and smallscreen producer Tyler Perry has a stalker. ... more

In photos: 'New York Premiere of Madea Goes to Jail'

Feb 22, 2009, 12:04 GMT

We have added a new set of images from the event 'New York Premiere of Madea Goes to Jail.' ... more

Tyler Perry's Marriage Counselor – DVD Review

Jan 21, 2009, 12:59 GMT

Tyler Perry brings to DVD the performance of one of his best loved plays, The Marriage Counselor.  Judith (Tamar Davis) is a marriage counselor whose problems are on the increase.  As her schedule fills up with dissatisfied couples, her own married life takes a nosedive.  Will the counselor be able to save her marriage? ... more

The Family That Preys – DVD Review

Jan 20, 2009, 12:05 GMT

Starting with a wedding, this film takes a different look at the lives and loves of its characters.  Usually the wedding ends the film, but in The Family That Preys, the wedding of Andrea (Sanaa Lathan ) and Chris (Rockmond Dunbar) is just the beginning of a complicated blending of plots and characters. ... more

Halle Berry and Tyler Perry host 40th NAACP Image Awards on FOX

Dec 19, 2008, 6:04 GMT

Academy Award winner Halle Berry and screenwriter/actor Tyler Perry will host the 40TH NAACP Image Awards, broadcast live from Los Angeles’ historic Shrine Auditorium, Thursday, Feb. 12 (8:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed) on FOX. ... more

DVD Review: Meet The Browns (Special Two Disc Edition)

Jul 17, 2008, 14:00 GMT

Meet the Browns is another movie offering from Tyler Perry whose glimpses into the lives of families known to “Medea” a large and in-charge African American matron lady (played by Tyler himself) has created a new genre of movies.  ... more

Blu-ray Review: Meet the Browns

Jul 9, 2008, 12:49 GMT

Meet the Browns the play was written by Tyler Perry, a one-man cottage industry in this series of plays/films, to highlight the hilarious Mr. Brown.  What’s odd is that the Brown clan is pushed to the background and a new set of characters is given the forefront of the show.   ... more

Lionsgate brings Tyler Perry back to DVD in July

May 5, 2008, 14:50 GMT

LionsGate has announced these upcoming DVD releases of Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns and Tyler Perry's House of Payne: Volume Two on July 1st. ... more

Jennifer Hudson in talks for Tyler Perry's Family

Jan 18, 2008, 14:28 GMT

Jennifer Hudson is in talks to join the cast of Tyler Perry's the Family That Preys – a drama Perry wrote, will direct, and star in for Lionsgate. ... more

Lionsgate signs up for two more Tyler Perry films

Nov 15, 2007, 14:18 GMT

Lionsgate acquired rights to the next two Tyler Perry projects - The Family That Preys Together and Madea Goes to Jail. The deal will be the sixth and seventh team-up between Perry and Lionsgate. Both films will go into production in the spring. ... more

DVD Review: Tyler Perry’s Daddy’s Little Girls

Jul 19, 2007, 17:23 GMT

There are a lot of tragedies in today’s world that can make us feel as if there is no hope for anyone to have a good life.   To combat that feeling, Tyler Perry has given us all a gift, a film that has answers for some of society’s depressing situations. ... more

Madea's Family one sheet

Jan 8, 2006, 19:18 GMT

Advertising for the mad black woman's new family movie ... more

First still from Tyler Perry's 'Madea's Family Reunion'

Nov 9, 2005, 18:25 GMT

We have added the first still from the forthcoming movie adaptation of Tyler Perry's play 'Madea's Family Reunion'. ... more

Tyler Perry Set to Publish First Novel

Apr 11, 2005, 21:31 GMT

Tyler Perry is to bring character at the center of 'Diary of a Mad Black Woman' and 'Madea Goes to Jail' to a new book, 'Don't Make a Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings: Madea's Uninhibited Commentaries on Love and Life.' ... more

Theatre Review: Madea Goes to Jail

Mar 5, 2005, 15:12 GMT

Tyler Perry’s play “Madea Goes to Jail” is on the road and accompanied in Newark, New Jersey by laughter and acclaim. ... more

Seven DVD Deal with Lions Gate and Tyler Perry

Mar 2, 2005, 20:54 GMT

Following yesterday's announcement of the movie deal between Lions Gate and Tyler Perry, today the studio announced a seven DVD deal. ... more

Tyler Perry and Lions Gate Working on Madea's Family Reunion

Mar 1, 2005, 14:58 GMT

Lions Gate Films has announced it will follow on from Tyler Perry's 'Diary of a Mad Black Woman' with 'Madea's Family Reunion.' ... more