Tyler Perry Sets Eight-Picture, First-Look Feature Film Deal With Netflix

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer “3 Body Problem,” the highly anticipated sci-fi series from “Game of Thrones” executive producers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, and Alexander Woo (“The Terror: Infamy,” “True Blood”), will debut its first eight episodes on March 21, 2024, Netflix announced on Friday as part of its Geeked Week promotional campaign.

“Maxine’s Baby.”The 54-year-old multi-talented Oscar winner appeared on the daytime talk show to promote the Prime Video doc, which dives into his traumatic childhood and surviving his abusive father, the uneasy road to box office success, and his mother Maxine’s unwavering love. Willie Maxine Perry, after whom Tyler modeled his famous Madea character after, died of cancer in December 2009.“This film, I will watch every time I need my own power,” Haines raved to Perry at “The View” table on Tuesday. “I wanted to run laps.

Tyler Perry is speaking out on the SAG-AFTRA strike, now in its 117th day, as it appears a possible deal is getting much closer.

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Zack Sharf Digital News Director Tyler Perry appeared on “CBS Mornings” and was asked to speak publicly for the first time about the SAG-AFTRA strike, which remains ongoing after the union responded to the AMPTP’s “best and final” offer by saying the two groups still differ on “several essential items.” Although Perry praised SAG-AFTRA negotiators, he also said the union needs to realize when it’s won “for now.” The media mogul noted that SAG-AFTRA is only negotiating a three-year contract, inferring that it might not be the best strategy to continue prolonging the strike so the union can get everything it wants now when more negotiations are in store in the future. “Here I am, a studio head and an owner of a streamer, but also understanding how it is for the working actor,” Perry said. “I get what we’re fighting for…I paid Cicely Tyson $1 million for one day of work because when actors get to a certain age they’re pretty much discarded.

This is Day 116 of the SAG-AFTRA strike.

Looking to build out on its impressive film slate on a piece of IP they are all too familiar with, Apple said it is developing a new, untitled Peanuts feature film from WildBrain and Peanuts Worldwide.

Matthew Perry’s dream of launching a foundation has come true.

Matthew Perry was in "extremely good spirits" before his sudden death, says the 'mystery brunette' who he was spotted having lunch with.Twenty five year old model Athenna Crosby was photographed dining with the former Friends star, 54, at the Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles on Friday, 27 October. Despite rumours that they may have been dating, Athenna has confirmed they were just friends and met through a mutual friend a few months ago.

paid homage to a legend in the making: . The Scandal actor specifically chose to emulate the track star's 2021 U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials look, which required orange hair, long nails, and tattoos.

Selome Hailu Mike Birbiglia has set his newest comedy special, “The Old Man and the Pool,” at Netflix. The hour-long set debuts on the streamer on Nov.

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Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Marketers, mark you calendar: Google is bringing YouTube‘s Brandcast back to New York City during TV’s upfront ad-sales season for 2024 for a third year running. Next year’s YouTube Brandcast will be held Wednesday, May 15, 2024, starting at 6 p.m. at Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall.

Actress Ione Skye is revealing the final text exchange she had with the late actor Matthew Perry, which took place on October 15, just 13 days before his death.

Very little has been heard from Indonesian filmmaker Mouly Surya since her buzzy 2017 Cannes title Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts. 

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic Ultra-prolific writer-director, fiercely independent producer, pioneering entrepreneur, self-made studio chief. Any and all of these labels apply to Tyler Perry, though the one he chooses for himself is “Maxine’s Baby” — the same moniker that documentary duo Gelila Bekele and Armani Ortiz opted to give their motivational profile of the boundary-obliterating multi-hyphenate, who comes off disarmingly humble for someone who’s achieved so much.

Addie Morfoot Contributor Writer, actor, filmmaker, studio head and media mogul Tyler Perry is the latest celebrity to be the subject of a documentary, “Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story.” The title nods to Perry’s late mother, Willie Maxine Perry, who died in 2009. Directed by Armani Ortiz, the documentary is a revealing look at the entertainment behemoth’s abusive childhood, his time as a homeless playwright and his rise to media superstar. Ortiz began filming Perry in 2016, just a year after moving to Atlanta from New York to work at Tyler Perry Studios.

Regarding movie runtimes, Alexander Payne apparently likes short and lean and “sharklike” in their efficiency. IndieWire reports that the director of “The Holdovers” had some choice words about inflated runtimes of recent film releases at the Middleburg Film Festival last weekend.

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Selome Hailu “Stranger Things: The First Shadow” is shaping up to replicate the high stakes of the Netflix drama, as demonstrated by photos released from rehearsals of the West End stage play. Among the first looks are images of Henry Creel and Dr. Brenner (played by Louis McCartney and Patrick Vaill) in an intense face-to-face standoff and Lonnie Byers sitting with and holding Joyce Maldonado (played by Chase Brown and Isabella Pappas), as well as of the larger company and “Stranger Things” creators Ross and Matt Duffer.