Tyler Perry remains a force to be reckoned with in Hollywood. His achievements and contributions to film, television, theater, history, and philanthropy are highlighted with a specially curated exhibit. The exhitibit is featured at the Tubman African American Museum in Macon, Georgia, just miles from where his Tyler Perry Studios is located. It’s a historical feat for the billionaire.
Tyler Perry | Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Tyler Perry exhibits opens at Tubman Museum in Georgia
Perry’s exhibit, which highlights key moments from his life and career, opened on Feb. 18. The exhibit will run for two years, ending in Feb. 2025. Mark E. Swinton, Senior V.P of scripted programming at Tyler Perry Studios, says the exhibit is one of a kind.
“The exhibit will enlighten a lot of people about parts of Mr. Perry’s life that they, most likely, didn’t know,” he said in a statement. “You know, he...
Tyler Perry | Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Tyler Perry exhibits opens at Tubman Museum in Georgia
Perry’s exhibit, which highlights key moments from his life and career, opened on Feb. 18. The exhibit will run for two years, ending in Feb. 2025. Mark E. Swinton, Senior V.P of scripted programming at Tyler Perry Studios, says the exhibit is one of a kind.
“The exhibit will enlighten a lot of people about parts of Mr. Perry’s life that they, most likely, didn’t know,” he said in a statement. “You know, he...
- 2/19/2023
- by Brenda Alexander
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Exclusive: Mark Swinton has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Scripted Programming at Tyler Perry Studios. In his expanded role, Swinton will oversee the creative department which includes current programming, casting and development. Serving as head of scripted, Swinton reports to Tps’ Chief Operating Officer Robert A. Boyd II. He will also continue to write, produce and direct.
Swinton is a film, television, and theater writer, producer, and director who has been working in the entertainment industry for 25 years, the past 14 years with Tps. During that time, he has produced several of Perry’s shows that are currently on-air, including The Oval, Sistas and Ruthless on BET, Bruh on BET+ and Young Dylan on Nickelodeon. He serves as an Executive Producer, writer, and director on BET’s House of Payne and Assisted Living.
On the film side, he has produced features including Nobody’s Fool with Whoopi Goldberg and Tiffany Haddish,...
Swinton is a film, television, and theater writer, producer, and director who has been working in the entertainment industry for 25 years, the past 14 years with Tps. During that time, he has produced several of Perry’s shows that are currently on-air, including The Oval, Sistas and Ruthless on BET, Bruh on BET+ and Young Dylan on Nickelodeon. He serves as an Executive Producer, writer, and director on BET’s House of Payne and Assisted Living.
On the film side, he has produced features including Nobody’s Fool with Whoopi Goldberg and Tiffany Haddish,...
- 3/31/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Ahead of its Season 2 finale, Tyler Perry’s Young Dylan has been renewed by Nickelodeon for a 20-episode third season, which will begin production early next year at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta. The size of the order matches Season 2; Young Dylan’s first season consisted of 14 episodes.
The hit live-action comedy, created, written, directed and executive produced by Perry, marked TV mogul expansion into other areas of ViacomCBS beyond BET/BET+ whose portfolios he dominates with a slew of series.
Young Dylan follows a family whose world is turned upside down when their nephew, hip-hop mogul-in-training Dylan (Dylan Gilmer), moves in unannounced.
Season 3 will follow Dylan as he continues his pursuit of stardom, while getting his family into hilarious hijinks along the way. Accompanying him in his quest for music greatness are his uncle Myles (Carl Anthony Payne II), aunt Yasmine (Mieko Hillman), grandmother Viola (Aloma Lesley Wright...
The hit live-action comedy, created, written, directed and executive produced by Perry, marked TV mogul expansion into other areas of ViacomCBS beyond BET/BET+ whose portfolios he dominates with a slew of series.
Young Dylan follows a family whose world is turned upside down when their nephew, hip-hop mogul-in-training Dylan (Dylan Gilmer), moves in unannounced.
Season 3 will follow Dylan as he continues his pursuit of stardom, while getting his family into hilarious hijinks along the way. Accompanying him in his quest for music greatness are his uncle Myles (Carl Anthony Payne II), aunt Yasmine (Mieko Hillman), grandmother Viola (Aloma Lesley Wright...
- 11/11/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
FX released a new trailer for “American Horror Story: Double Feature,” the 10th season of “American Horror Story,” which premieres on FX on Aug. 25 at 10 p.m.
Each season of the horror anthology series follows new characters in a new setting, and this “Red Tide” trailer sees a struggling writer (Finn Wittrock), his pregnant wife (Lily Rabe) and their young daughter move to an isolated beach town with mysterious residents for the winter.
The series is executive produced by creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, along with Alexis Martin Woodall, John J. Gray and Manny Coto. Watch the trailer below.
Also in today’s TV news roundup:
First Looks
CBS Media Ventures released a trailer for “The Rachael Ray Show” premiering on Sept. 13. The trailer features Capital Cities’ song “One More Minute.” and clips of Ray garnishing dishes, drinking wine and laughing in her kitchen. Guests include Jessica Alba, Cameron Diaz,...
Each season of the horror anthology series follows new characters in a new setting, and this “Red Tide” trailer sees a struggling writer (Finn Wittrock), his pregnant wife (Lily Rabe) and their young daughter move to an isolated beach town with mysterious residents for the winter.
The series is executive produced by creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, along with Alexis Martin Woodall, John J. Gray and Manny Coto. Watch the trailer below.
Also in today’s TV news roundup:
First Looks
CBS Media Ventures released a trailer for “The Rachael Ray Show” premiering on Sept. 13. The trailer features Capital Cities’ song “One More Minute.” and clips of Ray garnishing dishes, drinking wine and laughing in her kitchen. Guests include Jessica Alba, Cameron Diaz,...
- 8/13/2021
- by Selome Hailu and Jennifer Yuma
- Variety Film + TV
Nickelodeon is expanding its live-action roster with the renewal of hit series Danger Force and Tyler Perry’s Young Dylan for second seasons. The net has also ordered six additional episodes of live-action buddy comedy Side Hustle, bringing the first season to 26 total episodes. The announcement was made in conjunction with Nickelodeon’s virtual upfront presentation.
Created by Dan Schneider and Dana Olsen, Danger Force is TV’s number-one live-action kids show with Kids 6-11. In the 26-episode second season, the students of Swellview Academy for the Gifted (Sw.A.G. for short), a school conceived by Captain Man (Cooper Barnes) and brought to life by Schwoz (Michael D. Cohen), continue to master their superpowers as they battle even bigger villains than ever before to protect the citizens of Swellview. Chapa (Havan Flores), Miles (Terrence Little Gardenhigh), Mika (Dana Heath) and Bose (Luca Luhan) must also keep their real identities...
Created by Dan Schneider and Dana Olsen, Danger Force is TV’s number-one live-action kids show with Kids 6-11. In the 26-episode second season, the students of Swellview Academy for the Gifted (Sw.A.G. for short), a school conceived by Captain Man (Cooper Barnes) and brought to life by Schwoz (Michael D. Cohen), continue to master their superpowers as they battle even bigger villains than ever before to protect the citizens of Swellview. Chapa (Havan Flores), Miles (Terrence Little Gardenhigh), Mika (Dana Heath) and Bose (Luca Luhan) must also keep their real identities...
- 3/18/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
BET has revealed the premiere date for Tyler Perry’s The Oval season 2 and the television debut of Madea’s Farewell Play.
The Oval, starring Brad Benedict, Ed Quinn and Kron Moore, will return to BET on Tuesday, February 16, the network announced on Friday. The one-hour drama returns and lifts the veil of what can happen when the leader of the free world, his wife and family are crazed maniacs. The series also highlights the personal side and everyday lives of the staff who run the inner workings of the nation’s most iconic residence.
The series from Tyler Perry will make its return to TV at 10:30 p.m. Et/Pt on February, but will move to its regular 9 p.m Et/Pt time slot the following Tuesday.
Perry directed, executive produced and wrote The Oval. Michelle Sneed also serves as executive producer of the series for Tyler Perry Studios.
The Oval, starring Brad Benedict, Ed Quinn and Kron Moore, will return to BET on Tuesday, February 16, the network announced on Friday. The one-hour drama returns and lifts the veil of what can happen when the leader of the free world, his wife and family are crazed maniacs. The series also highlights the personal side and everyday lives of the staff who run the inner workings of the nation’s most iconic residence.
The series from Tyler Perry will make its return to TV at 10:30 p.m. Et/Pt on February, but will move to its regular 9 p.m Et/Pt time slot the following Tuesday.
Perry directed, executive produced and wrote The Oval. Michelle Sneed also serves as executive producer of the series for Tyler Perry Studios.
- 1/15/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Nickelodeon has set the cast for Tyler Perry’s Young Dylan, starring young rapper Dylan Gilmer. Martin alum Carl Anthony Payne II, Mieko Hillman (Teen Wolf), Celina Smith, Hero Hunter (The Purge) and Aloma Wright (Scrubs) will join Gilmer in the kids and family live-action series.
Executive produced, directed and written by Perry, the story follows a family whose world is turned upside down when their nephew, Young Dylan (Gilmer), an aspiring hip-hop star, moves in unannounced. Michelle Sneed also serves as Executive Producer along with Will Areu and Mark E. Swinton who serve as Producers of the series, which films at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, Georgia.
When Dylan’s grandmother Viola (Wright) realizes raising her grandson is too much to take on, she decides to send him to live indefinitely with her affluent son Myles Wilson (Payne), his wife Yasmine (Hillman) and their two kids Rebecca (Smith...
Executive produced, directed and written by Perry, the story follows a family whose world is turned upside down when their nephew, Young Dylan (Gilmer), an aspiring hip-hop star, moves in unannounced. Michelle Sneed also serves as Executive Producer along with Will Areu and Mark E. Swinton who serve as Producers of the series, which films at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, Georgia.
When Dylan’s grandmother Viola (Wright) realizes raising her grandson is too much to take on, she decides to send him to live indefinitely with her affluent son Myles Wilson (Payne), his wife Yasmine (Hillman) and their two kids Rebecca (Smith...
- 1/23/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
ReFrame, the coalition formed by Women in Film, the Sundance Institute and IMDbPro, has designated a total of 20 films among 2018’s 100 highest-grossing titles to receive the ReFrame Stamp, which recognize standout, gender-balanced films.
The list released Wednesday includes Fox Searchlight’s Oscar Best Picture-nominated The Favourite, Paramount’s Transformers pic Bumblebee, Disney’s A Wrinkle In Time, Stx’s I Feel Pretty and Lionsgate’s The Spy Who Dumped Me. Nine additional films outside the top 100 were awarded stamps after applying (see the full lists below).
The stamp, launched last June, awarded 12 film stamps in 2017. But the group’s 2018 study found continued disparities in female representation and women of color, with just 4% of the top 100 films directed by a female (down from 6% a year ago), and 23% written by a female. A total of 37% featured female leads, with only 9% being women of color.
“While 2017 saw an uptick in films directed by women,...
The list released Wednesday includes Fox Searchlight’s Oscar Best Picture-nominated The Favourite, Paramount’s Transformers pic Bumblebee, Disney’s A Wrinkle In Time, Stx’s I Feel Pretty and Lionsgate’s The Spy Who Dumped Me. Nine additional films outside the top 100 were awarded stamps after applying (see the full lists below).
The stamp, launched last June, awarded 12 film stamps in 2017. But the group’s 2018 study found continued disparities in female representation and women of color, with just 4% of the top 100 films directed by a female (down from 6% a year ago), and 23% written by a female. A total of 37% featured female leads, with only 9% being women of color.
“While 2017 saw an uptick in films directed by women,...
- 3/7/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
The ReFrame coalition of industry leaders and IMDBPro have unveiled 20 movies certified as gender-balanced productions among the top 100 box office films released in 2018.
The list includes Disney’s “A Wrinkle in Time,” Paramount Pictures’ “Bumblebee,” Fox Searchlight Pictures’ “The Favourite,” Stx’s “I Feel Pretty,” Lionsgate’s “The Spy Who Dumped Me,” Fox’s “The Hate U Give,” and Warner Bros.’ “Crazy Rich Asians.”
ReFrame, founded by Women in Film and the Sundance Institute, launched the data initiative last June in an effort to recognize and promote gender-balanced films and television shows. It said Wednesday that the increase in recipients of the ReFrame Stamp from 12 in 2017 to 20 stemmed from gains in the roles of department heads and women-of-color leads and co-leads. Still, the report noted that there remained shortfalls in several key areas.
“This positive news within the top 100 films is offset by the significant discrepancy in female hires with...
The list includes Disney’s “A Wrinkle in Time,” Paramount Pictures’ “Bumblebee,” Fox Searchlight Pictures’ “The Favourite,” Stx’s “I Feel Pretty,” Lionsgate’s “The Spy Who Dumped Me,” Fox’s “The Hate U Give,” and Warner Bros.’ “Crazy Rich Asians.”
ReFrame, founded by Women in Film and the Sundance Institute, launched the data initiative last June in an effort to recognize and promote gender-balanced films and television shows. It said Wednesday that the increase in recipients of the ReFrame Stamp from 12 in 2017 to 20 stemmed from gains in the roles of department heads and women-of-color leads and co-leads. Still, the report noted that there remained shortfalls in several key areas.
“This positive news within the top 100 films is offset by the significant discrepancy in female hires with...
- 3/6/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Tyler Perry’s “A Madea Family Funeral” is challenging “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World” for the top spot at the domestic box office, early estimates showed on Friday.
The 11th installment of Lionsgate’s Madea franchise is performing at the top end of expectations, with an opening of about $23 million at 2,442 sites on Friday. “How to Train Your Dragon 3” was pegged to finish with about $24 million at 4,296 venues, a 56% decline that would give it a repeat victory at the North American box office and $90 million in its first 10 days.
Fox’s third weekend of “Alita: Battle Angel” is leading the rest of the pack with about $6 million at 3,096 locations. Focus Features’ launch of the thriller “Greta,” starring Isabelle Huppert and Chloe Grace Moretz, is in line with forecasts, with about $5 million at 2,409 venues. It will be contending for fourth place with Warner Bros.’ fourth weekend of “The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part...
The 11th installment of Lionsgate’s Madea franchise is performing at the top end of expectations, with an opening of about $23 million at 2,442 sites on Friday. “How to Train Your Dragon 3” was pegged to finish with about $24 million at 4,296 venues, a 56% decline that would give it a repeat victory at the North American box office and $90 million in its first 10 days.
Fox’s third weekend of “Alita: Battle Angel” is leading the rest of the pack with about $6 million at 3,096 locations. Focus Features’ launch of the thriller “Greta,” starring Isabelle Huppert and Chloe Grace Moretz, is in line with forecasts, with about $5 million at 2,409 venues. It will be contending for fourth place with Warner Bros.’ fourth weekend of “The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part...
- 3/1/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Tyler Perry’s “A Madea Family Funeral” has come alive with $1.1 million in Thursday night previews at 2,100 locations.
The 11th installment of Lionsgate’s Madea franchise will expand to 2,442 sites on Friday and is expected to take in $18 million to $20 million. Universal-DreamWorks’ sophomore frame of “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World” is heading for a repeat victory at the domestic box office in the the $27 million to $36 million range.
Focus is also opening the thriller “Greta,” starring Isabelle Huppert and Chloe Grace Moretz, at 2,409 venues with expectations of a quiet $4 million weekend.
“A Madea Family Funeral” is Perry’s farewell to his long-running feisty Madea character, which he introduced in the 1999 play “I Can Do Bad All By Myself,” then brought to the big screen in 2005’s “Diary of a Mad Black Woman.” “Madea Goes to Jail” had the top launch in the series, opening with $41 million...
The 11th installment of Lionsgate’s Madea franchise will expand to 2,442 sites on Friday and is expected to take in $18 million to $20 million. Universal-DreamWorks’ sophomore frame of “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World” is heading for a repeat victory at the domestic box office in the the $27 million to $36 million range.
Focus is also opening the thriller “Greta,” starring Isabelle Huppert and Chloe Grace Moretz, at 2,409 venues with expectations of a quiet $4 million weekend.
“A Madea Family Funeral” is Perry’s farewell to his long-running feisty Madea character, which he introduced in the 1999 play “I Can Do Bad All By Myself,” then brought to the big screen in 2005’s “Diary of a Mad Black Woman.” “Madea Goes to Jail” had the top launch in the series, opening with $41 million...
- 3/1/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
“I saw Bridesmaids,” says Tiffany Haddish in this new trailer for her Nobody’s Fool – a red-band trailer, by the way, so she’s about to tell us exactly what she intends to do in the frilly dress she’s just tried on.
Executive produced, written and directed by Tyler Perry, Nobody’s Fool stars Haddish as Tanya, just released from prison and, trying to get back on her feet, moving in with her uptight sister Danica (Tika Sumpter).
As would be expected, Tanya upsets her sister’s well-ordered life, a life that includes a mysterious about-to-be husband whom Danica herself as never met. Cue the guys from Catfish.
Also in the cast are Omari Hardwick, Mehcad Brooks, Amber Riley and Whoopi Goldberg. Paramount Pictures, Paramount Players, Tyler Perry Studios and Bet Films present the Tyler Perry Studios Production. Associate producer is Carole Wurst,...
Executive produced, written and directed by Tyler Perry, Nobody’s Fool stars Haddish as Tanya, just released from prison and, trying to get back on her feet, moving in with her uptight sister Danica (Tika Sumpter).
As would be expected, Tanya upsets her sister’s well-ordered life, a life that includes a mysterious about-to-be husband whom Danica herself as never met. Cue the guys from Catfish.
Also in the cast are Omari Hardwick, Mehcad Brooks, Amber Riley and Whoopi Goldberg. Paramount Pictures, Paramount Players, Tyler Perry Studios and Bet Films present the Tyler Perry Studios Production. Associate producer is Carole Wurst,...
- 10/23/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
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