HomeEntertainmentTyler Perry signs multiyear deal with NetflixTyler Perry signs multiyear deal with NetflixMon, October 23, 2023 by ABC News SHARE NOW ABC News/Stephen Iervolino One of the biggest names in Hollywood has officially joined forces with one of the biggest names in streaming. Tyler Perry has signed a first-look deal with Netflix. The partnership is described as a multiyear agreement that would have the writer, producer, director and entertainment mogul behind the Madea movies creating content for the platform. Perry was already in business with Netflix: His Tyler Perry Studios is backing 2024’s based-on-real-life WWII ensemble drama Six Triple Eight, with Kerry Washington leading an all-star cast. He also has lined up the legal drama Mea Culpa starring Kelly Rowland with the streamer. Tyler released 2020’s A Fall from Grace, and 2022’s A Jazzman’s Blues and A Madea Homecoming via Netflix. Incidentally, the documentary about his life, Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story, is bound for another streaming service, Prime Video, on November 17. Copyright © 2023, ABC Audio. All rights reserved. Get the top stories on your radio 24/7 on Finger Lakes News Radio 96.3 and 1590, WAUB and 106.3 and 1240, WGVA, and on Finger Lakes Country, 96.1/96.9/101.9/1570 WFLR.
