Tyler Perry To Produce Films for Amazon Studios

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Prolific film/TV creator to develop four movies to stream on Prime Video

Tyler Perry accepts the Humanitarian Award during the 2021 Oscars
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Producer/director Tyler Perry has teamed with Amazon Studios to develop original movies as part of a new distribution deal.

Perry, who most recently developed original films for Netflix, will write, direct and produce four original movies for Prime Video, according to the company. Perry most recently developed original films for Netflix, including comedies A Madea Homecoming and dramas A Fall From Grace and A Jazzman’s Blues.

Along with original films, Perry has also developed numerous original series for BET and BET Plus, including Sistas, Bruh, Assistant Living, All the Queen’s Men, House of Payne, The Oval and most recently Zatima, a spinoff of Sistas. ■

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.