Release Date:3/30/18; In Theaters Genre:Drama/Thriller Rating:R Director: Tyler Perry Studio(s): The Tyler Perry Company; Lionsgate
Cast: Taraji P. Henson (Melinda);Ajiona Alexus (Young Melinda); Danielle Nicolet (Sara); Jazmyn Simon (June); Lyriq Bent (Robert); Kendrick Cross (Kalvin); Katie Carpenter (Carly).
Story: Follows a faithful wife who, after growing tired of standing by her devious husband, gets enraged when it becomes clear she has been betrayed. Source: Movie Insider.
Release Date: 3/1/19; In Theaters Genre:Comedy Rating:Unknown Running Time: Unknown Director: Tyler Perry Studio: Tyler Perry Studios; Lionsgate Cast: Tyler Perry (Madea), Patrice Lovely (Hattie), Cassi Davis (Aunt Bam).
Story: Centers on a joyous family reunion that becomes a nightmare as Madea and the crew travel to backwoods Georgia, where they find themselves unexpectedly planning a funeral that might unveil unsavory family secrets. Will be the last Madea movie in the franchise. Source: Movie Insider; IMDB.
Release Date: 3/9/18; In Theaters Genre:Sci-Fi/Fantasy Rating:Unknown Running Time: Unknown Director: Ava DuVernay
Studio(s):Walt Disney Pictures, Whitaker Entertainment, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.
Cast:Storm Reid (Meg Murry), Oprah Winfrey (Mrs. Which), Chris Pine (Dr. Alex Murry), Reese Witherspoon (Mrs. Whatsit), Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Dr. Kate Murry), Mindy Kaling (Mrs. Who), Michael Peña (Red), André Holland (Principal Jenkins).
Story: Follows Meg Murry (Storm Reid), a young girl traumatized by the disappearance of her scientist father (Pine) years before. She finds herself on an interplanetary journey with a schoolmate and her younger brother to find her father. They are aided by a trio of supernatural beings: Mrs. Whatsit (Witherspoon), Mrs. Who (Kaling) and Mrs. Which (Winfrey). Source: Movie Insider.
Release Date: 12/5/17; DVD
(Original Release: 2016) Genre:Drama Rating:NR Running Time: 120 mins. Director: Jerome “JB” Brown Studio: JBStar Productions, Maverick Entertainment Cast: Zeeky Minnis, JB Brown, Lainie Smith
Story:An abusive woman who stops at nothing short of murder to get her way. Monee Kinyard emasculates, humiliates and physically abuses her ex-military fiancee’, Earnest Anderson, who does all he can to appease her. She torments his friends, terrorizes her own children and plots his horrific death, but as fate would have it she ultimately faces the biggest revelation of her life when Earnest’s best friend, Thomas Peterson, unveils his own wrath of fury. Source: Maverick Entertainment.
Release Date: 11/7/17; DVD
(Original Release – 2011) Genre: Inspirational Rating: NR Running Time:72 mins. Director: William L. Sheals Studio: End Touch Movies; Maverick
Cast: Bryan Davoll, Eunice Edmonds, Caleb Callahan, Gwendolyn Lindsay, Tommy “Tiny” Lister, Brandon Cantilang, Herb Bowens, Sherrie Peterson, Steve Warren, Herman Pennamon, Jr.
Story: One day Jesus is coming! You may be at work, you may be at home, you may be awake or you may be asleep. God grant that you will be ready when He makes His personal appearance. What if His appearance occurs on a Sunday Morning? Award winner Tommy “Tiny” Lister along with sermon excerpts from Bishop William L. Sheals star in this living parable to let the world know about the second coming of Jesus Christ. Pastor Tim is a man struggling with worldly desires despite his standing in the church. Caleb and Victoria Winters are a married couple dealing with the loss and heartbreak of their second miscarriage while trying to hold themselves together for the sake of their adopted son Brandon. Riley and Katrina Kilgore are a wealthy married couple bound together by love, but unequally yoked. And Anne Roundtree believes she has her salvation on track, but she, as with all the others fatefully come to discover that they just weren’t ready to face the rapture. Source: Maverick Entertainment.
Release Date:10/20/17; In Theaters Genre: Comedy Rating: PG-13 Running Time: Unknown Director: Tyler Perry Studio: The Tyler Perry Company, Lionsgate
Cast: Tyler Perry (Madea/Joe/Brian), Patrice Lovely (Hattie), Cassi Davis (Aunt Bam), Diamond White (Tiffany)
Story:Madea, Bam, and Hattie venture to a haunted campground and the group must literally run for their lives when monsters, goblins, and the bogeyman are unleashed. Source: Variety.
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Details: On May 26, 2017, Variety reported that Lionsgate is launching the comedy sequel Tyler Perry’s Boo 2: A Madea Halloween on Oct. 20. Perry brought his signature Madea character back to life last year in his ninth “Madea” movie — Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween. Perry credited the story’s origin to Chris Rock’s inclusion of a fictitious Madea Halloween movie in his 2014 film Top Five. Boo! A Madea Halloween was a solid performer for Lionsgate with $73 million in domestic grosses. Lionsgate released the following logline: “Madea, Bam, and Hattie venture to a haunted campground and the group must literally run for their lives when monsters, goblins, and the bogeyman are unleashed.” Source: Variety.
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