Tyler Perry Among Industry Power Players Slamming Georgia Voting Law

Ryan Coogler is keeping the upcoming production of  in Georgia, despite the state's new voting law. On Friday, the actor revealed his decision in a letter published by Shadow and Act, explaining that he won't be moving production and will instead support voting rights organizations. «As an African-American, and as a citizen, I oppose all attempts, explicit and otherwise, to shrink the electorate and reduce access to the ballot.

Black Panther IIwill still film in Georgia despite the state's new, restrictive voting law.

“Black Panther II” will go ahead with filming in Georgia this summer as planned. 

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaFortune 500 companies, A-list movie stars, filmmakers and corporate heavyweights came out swinging on April 14, condemning Georgia’s new voting restrictions in an open letter that was printed in The Washington Post and the New York Times.The hundreds of signatories included the likes of Netflix, Amazon, ViacomCBS, Starbucks, Facebook and UTA, as well as celebrities such as Rooney Mara, George Clooney, Mark Ruffalo, Larry David, Josh Gad, Lee Daniels,

new voter law.The film — a thriller about a runaway slave that’s titled “Emancipation” — is the first big-budget movie project to pull out of the state on the basis of the new law, Variety reported.

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Tyler Perry officially hung up the iconic character's gray wig and colorful housecoats after the 2019 film, but he's not quite done with her yet.

After starting off on stage and then moving to the big screen, Tyler Perry’s Madea is now headed to television.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterTyler Perry is developing a drama prequel series about the early life of his iconic character Madea for Showtime, Variety has learned.Showtime has ordered multiple scripts for the projects, which is titled “Mabel.” Per the official description of the project, long before she was the force of nature known as Madea she was a smart, fierce, irresistible, dangerous, crazy 20-something black woman named Mabel Simmons.

Tyler Perry is doing all he can to help his production crew and staff get vaccinated. The 51-year-old media mogul set up a vaccination site at his Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, Ga.

Haley Bosselman editorThe third season of “Tyler Perry’s Sistas” will premiere on June 9, BET announced Tuesday.The one-hour drama will pick up right where the Season 2 finale left off, in the aftermath of Gary (Chido Nwokocha) being shot. The show follows a group of single Black women as they navigate love, careers and friendship in their 30s, with a cast that includes KJ Smith, Mignon, Ebony Obsidian, Novi Brown, DeVale Ellis, Nwokocha, Anthony Dalton II, Brian Jordan Jr., Kevin A.

Tyler Perry, who got his COVID-19 vaccine on TV in January in an effort to instill trust in it, is now helping his production crew get the shot. Over the weekend, the film and television mogul set up a vaccination site at his Tyler Perry Studios production facility in Atlanta, Georgia.

Tyler Perry is ending the protocol and helping his production crew get vaccinated.

Production powerhouse Tyler Perry has landed on the Forbes Billionaires list for the first time, with $1 billion. The prolific filmmaker behind the Madea franchise, A Fall From Grace and recently announced A Jazzman’s Blues – both for Netflix — is billionaire no. 2,677.

Tyler Perry was one of the first Hollywood producers to come up with a comprehensive plan to safely restart TV production in April 2020, just several weeks into the pandemic-related Hollywood shutdown. He got filming up and running by mid-July, employing a quarantine bubble model, in which cast and crew are sequestered on the lot for the duration of a shoot.

Major League Baseball is making a huge move.

Major League Baseball will move this summer’s All-Star Game out of Atlanta in direct protest of Georgia’s recently passed voting laws.

Hollywood studios are beginning to publicly denounce Georgia's newly passed voting law. ViacomCBS is the first major entertainment industry corporation to clearly condemn the restrictive bill, which President Joe Biden has called "Jim Crow in the 21st century." The company released a statement on Twitteron Thursday morning.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterViacomCBS has taken a stance in opposition to the Georgia voting rights law that restricts voting access, making it the first major entertainment media corporation to do so and part of a group of vocal big businesses that include Delta and Coca-Cola.“We unequivocally believe in the importance of all Americans having an equal right to vote and oppose the recent Georgia voting rights law or any effort that impedes the ability to exercise this vital constitutional