Tyler Perry has worked out a creative partnership with Netflix that will see him write, direct and produce feature films. Netflix called it a multiyear first-look deal.
Perry has had a relationship with Netflix for years. His films with that streamer include 2020 thriller A Fall From Grace, 2022 comedy A Madea Homecoming, 2022 drama A Jazzman’s Blues, upcoming legal drama Mea Culpa, about an attorney who represents an artist who may or may not have murdered his girlfriend, and upcoming war drama Six Triple Eight, about an all-black, all-female battalion in World War II. Kerry Washington is in the cast of Six Triple Eight.
Various media reports have described the new Netflix deal as involving eight movies.
A Madea Homecoming was the 12th movie to feature Perry’s Mabel "Madea" Simmons.
Perry already has a deal with Amazon Studios that sees him write, direct and produce four movies. That deal was inked late in 2022.
Next up for Amazon is the documentary Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story. Gelila Bekele and Armani Ortiz direct.
Tyler Perry Studios opened in Atlanta in 2019, after Perry acquired the former Army base Fort McPherson.
Perry’s TV work includes Sistas, Meet the Browns, The Oval and For Better or Worse.
