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Filmmaker and media mogul Tyler Perry has struck a new, multi-year first-look deal with Netflix that will see him write, direct and produce features for the streamer. News of the creative partnership comes following Perry’s pact with Amazon Studios in November 2022 to write, direct and produce four…

EXCLUSIVE: After meeting on a Tuesday Zoom call to figure out how to end an actors strike that soon will stretch beyond 100 days, a group of Hollywood's biggest stars laid out to SAG-AFTRA leaders a groundbreaking proposal that amounts to the town's biggest earners defraying the costs to AMPTP signatories…

EXCLUSIVE: Some of Hollywood's biggest names met with the leadership of SAG-AFTRA today to get the lowdown on the breakdown of talks with the studios and streamers last week. George Clooney, Emma Stone, Ben Affleck, Tyler Perry and Scarlett Johansson were among a group of top talent guild members…

UPDATED with lineup additions, 11:01 AM: The American Film Institute today added some films to its 2023 lineup. The five films selected by Guest Artistic Director Greta Gerwig are All That Jazz, An American in Paris, Wings of Desire A Matter of Life and Death and Pee-wee’s Big Adventure. She will…

A new documentary about the prolific multihyphenate Tyler Perry will be AFI Fest’s centerpiece film next month. The American Film Institute said today that Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story will make its world premiere October 27 at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. The pic from Amazon Studios…

Paramount Global shares dipped 2% Thursday morning after word surfaced Wednesday night that the company had abandoned its effort to sell a stake in BET Media Group. Shares fell at one point to $14.58, their lowest level since mid-May, though trading volume was lighter than normal. A source…

EXCLUSIVE: Jon Gosier's Southbox Entertainment has secured a $25 million partnership with sister company FilmHedge and is raising another $55 million from private investors — for $80 million in fresh funds to greenlight film and TV projects. The company has also expanded its management team with…

EXCLUSIVE: Just a day after announcing Black, White, & Blue as his first film under a four-picture deal with Amazon inked back in November, Tyler Perry has named Divorce in the Black as his second. Starring in the pic, which Perry will direct and produce from his script, are Meagan Good (Harlem), Cory…

Tyler Perry is making the movie Black, White & Blue at Amazon Studios. It’s the first title under a four feature film deal he inked with the streamer back in November. Kat Graham Harold Julian Perry wrote Black, Wh…

EXCLUSIVE: Voltron Global, the holding company that purchased Tyler Perry's first expansive Atlanta studio lot, is moving into the content game with a full-service film and TV production company. The production outfit will be known as Voltron Global Productions. The company said today it will be the…

EXCLUSIVE: More Tyler Perry's House of Payne and Tyler Perry's Assisted Living are on the way. Both series will return to BET with new episodes on Wednesday, March 22. House of Payne will air at 9 p.m. ET/PT, followed by Assisted Living at 9:30. Alretha Thomas, Chet Anekwe and Damien Leake…

UPDATED with Byron Allen interest: Byron Allen said he wants to buy BET as Paramount Global is looking at sale of the asset. He is the second suitor after Tyler Perry, who also is said to have expressed interest. “Byron Allen is interested in buying BET, and he will be pursuing the acquisition of…