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The second weekend of “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World” and the debut of “Tyler Perry’s A Madea Family Funeral” are in a race too close to call for the box office crown, with each estimated to bring in about $25 million.

Should estimates hold, the number will mark a 53% decline for “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World,” which took in $55 million over its opening weekend. It’s totaled $291 million worldwide, including $74 million Stateside.

“Tyler Perry’s A Madea Family Funeral,” which is hitting 2,442 theaters, earned $9.2 million on Friday — above earlier tracking estimates and leading studios to reevaluate their weekend estimate to the $23 million to $25 million range.

The film heralds the end of Tyler Perry’s beloved Madea character, which dates back to his 1999 play “I Can Do Bad All By Myself.” It marks the 11th installment in Lionsgate’s franchise, with “Madea Goes to Jail...

Lord, hear our prayer: may the death of the world’s dearly beloved Madea not be in vain. And we thank you, Lord, that Tyler Perry shall never again don the grey wig and granny panties that inspire him to make incomprehensible jokes about disabled people, gay people, and old men objectifying younger women with wild abandon. Nevertheless: Say what you want about Tyler Perry, the prolific writer/director/performer is a master of character work — even totally unhinged and wildly problematic as those characters may be.

In “A Madea Family Funeral,” the twelfth and final installment to the blockbuster franchise on which he made his name, Perry pulls out all the old favorites: Pervy old man Joe, straight man Brian, a wiser, more beneficent Madea, and perhaps the most confounding, the paraplegic, Jheri curl-rocking Uncle Heathrow who can only speak through a vocoder. Rather than going out with a bang,...

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...

It’s lights out for Madea, the battle-ax sass queen with a criminal background created three decades ago and portrayed by Tyler Perry. That’s right. Perry, 49, says he will no longer put on a gray wig and wiggle his 6-foot-5 frame into the floral print dresses of the geriatric black woman who righteously goes whupass on any fool who gets in her way. A Madea Family Funeral is the 11th and final film to star the character most associated with Perry in a series of films, plays and books.

If writer-director-star Tyler Perry makes good on his threat to make “A Madea Family Funeral” the final film featuring his larger-than-life comedic heroine, then Madea will going out with a whimper and not with a bang, even by Perry standards.

When Madea and Uncle Joe (both played by Perry) and their friends Aunt Bam (Cassi Davis) and Hattie (Patrice Lovely) aren’t on screen to harass each other or the younger characters who so clearly need Madea’s wisdom and toughlove, the proceedings grind to a painful halt. And even when that quartet is around, the movie lumbers from one people-in-a-circle-sitting-around-talking scene to the next one. This is Perry’s 21st feature film, and 10th Madea vehicle, and his idea of directing still seems rooted in community theater.

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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...

“Tyler Perry’s A Madea Family Funeral,” the final film in director, writer and star Tyler Perry’s Madea franchise of films, earned $1.1 million in Thursday box office previews from 2,100 screens. It’s opening on approximately 2,400 screens this weekend.

“Madea Family Funeral” is the 10th (though it’s the character’s 11th appearance) and last film in the franchise that features Perry as the wise-cracking old woman Madea. The movie is being released by Lionsgate and is projected by independent trackers for an opening weekend between $18-20 million, which would place it among the lowest openings of the franchise.

The last “Madea” film, “Boo 2! A Madea Halloween,” grossed only $760,000 on its way to a $21.2 million opening back in October of 2017. The lowest opening weekend for any “Madea” film was 2013’s “Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas,” which opened to only $16 million after earning just $278,000.

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“A Madea Family Funeral” is the eleventh Tyler Perry film to showcase Perry in the role of the fire-breathing battle-axe-in-flowered-print-dresses inner-city drag matriarch Madea. Since Perry has said that it will be the last, it seems reasonable to assume that the funeral the movie pivots around might be Madea’s own. Is there anyone left for her to terrorize? Have no fear, though: Madea is alive and well (even if it seems a borderline spoiler to reveal that she doesn’t die). And I’m not convinced that her retirement will be any more permanent than a typical rock star’s. Also still kicking, I’m pleased to report, is her posse — the loose-cannon trio of geriatric relatives who’ve become her backup chorus in cussed infamy, though having been through more than a few Perry films themselves, their voices now come through just as loudly and riotously as Madea’s.

With “Captain Marvel” coming out next weekend, most studios are steering clear of releasing any films that could get caught in the Marvel movie’s undertow. The one studio that is putting out a new film this weekend is Lionsgate with “A Madea Family Funeral,” the tenth and final film in Tyler Perry’s long-running “Madea” series.

First imagined by Perry for his 1999 play “I Can Do Bad All By Myself,” Madea was brought to the big screen in 2005 with “Diary of a Mad Black Woman,” a film made on a $5.5 million budget that grossed $50 million at the box office. Since then, Madea has been a dependable, low-budget moneymaker for Lionsgate, as the character has grossed a combined $547 million at the domestic box office.

But over the past few years, diminishing returns seem to have set in. The series peaked in 2009 with a $41 million opening and $90 million domestic total for “Madea Goes to Jail,...

Madea may be going to a funeral, but she’s the one fans will be saying goodbye to. Tyler Perry confirmed on Monday that “A Madea Family Funeral,” the eighth film in the franchise, will be its last.

In the film’s new trailer (along with a new poster), a joyous family reunion turns into a hilarious nightmare as Madea and the crew travel to backwoods Georgia and unexpectedly plan a funeral, which threatens to reveal sordid family secrets.

“The Bible say, yea though she walked in the valley with the shad-uh…with Little Red Riding Hood and The Three Bears, she feared no evil, because the Three Little Pigs was not around,” Madea says.

Also Read: 'Tyler Perry's Acrimony' Film Review: Taraji P. Henson Is Furious, But Is She Right?

The Madea franchise, which has been around since 2006 after her character was introduced in the 2005 film “Tyler Perry...

Our resident VOD expert tells you what's new to rent and/or own this week via various Digital HD providers such as cable Movies On Demand, Amazon, iTunes, Vudu, Google Play and, of course, Netflix. Cable Movies On Demand: Same-day-as-disc releases, older titles and pretheatrical Geostorm (action-fantasy; Gerard Butler, Jim Sturgess, Abbie Cornish, Alexandra Maria Lara, Daniel Wu, Andy Garcia, Ed Harris; rated PG-13) Boo 2! A Madea Halloween (comedy; Tyler Perry, Cassi Davis, Patrice Lovely; rated PG-13) God’s Own Country (Lgbt romantic drama; Josh O'Connor, Alec Secareanu, Gemma Jones; not rated) The Square (drama-comedy; Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss; rated R) Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (biographical romantic drama; Luke Evans, Rebecca...

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Game of Thrones fever continues this month with special season 7 fan screenings in select Us cities. Also in today's Horror Highlights: a new episode of the Splathouse podcast, home media release details for Tyler Perry's Boo! A Madea Halloween 2, info on the short film Night of the Witch's Amazon debut, and a trailer for the video game The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker.

Game of Thrones Season 7 Fan Screenings: Press Release: "New York, NY December 6, 2017 – To celebrate the release of Game of Thrones: The Complete Seventh Season on Blu-ray and DVD, HBO® is bringing this season’s most action-packed episode plus never-before-seen bonus content to the big screen for exclusive fan screenings in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Fans will have the opportunity to experience Daenerys’ dragons in full force as she rains down fire and blood on the Lannister army in the jaw-dropping episode,...

2017-10-22T09:59:06-07:00'Madea' Is the Week's Top Movie, 'Geostorm' Washes Out

Tyler Perry's Boo 2! A Madea Halloween was the most-watched new movie in theaters this weekend, but it still fell far short of the opening-weekend take of its predecessor. The week's biggest bomb, however, was the pricey Geostorm, which took in only about 10 percent of its production budget.

Via The Hollywood Reporter.

Lionsgate and Tyler Perry's Boo 2! A Madea Halloween had no trouble scaring up a No. 1 finish in its big-screen debut with $21.7 million from 2,388 theaters.

Overall, however, inclement weather was the big story at the box office, where the four other new nationwide offerings were swept away. The biggest casualty is Geostorm, the long-delayed environmental disaster epic from Warner Bros. and Skydance Media that opened to $13.3 million domestically after costing a reported $120 million to make before marketing.

Not even Boo 2! Madea emerged unscathed,...

Tyler Perry’s “Boo 2! A Madea Halloween” would be tone deaf, lacking in plot, and almost entirely humorless in any year. That is happens to arrive in theaters amid a cascade of sexual assault survivors sharing their stories about sexual assault doesn’t help its case. Perry has built his slice of a Hollywood empire profiting off the cheap laughter of the most insidious homophobic impulses in society — the ones that tell people there is nothing funnier than a man in a dress. “Boo!” is no exception.

Still, Perry is a versatile character comedian. Madea, the wise-cracking old lady he has played in drag for 15 years, is the movie’s central figure and also its funniest. Perry also plays her “creepy old man” brother, Joe, whose only breaks from slobbering over teenage girls are to call Madea “dude” or “man.” Perry’s discomfort with Madea’s drag is so palpable,...

Boo 2! A Madea Halloween scared up $760,000 in Thursday-night previews at 2,000 locations.

Tyler Perry again directs and stars in the Lionsgate sequel to the 2016 comedy-horror. This time out, Madea, Aunt Bam (Cassi Davis), Viv (Chandra Currelley) and Hattie (Patrice Lovely) take a vacation to a campground with their family members, unaware that the grounds are haunted by monsters, goblins and boogeymen. The follow-up is opening in 2,300 theaters this weekend and is predicted to earn over $20 million in its debut.

Boo 2's Thursday-night numbers fall just under those of the original, which earned $855,000 when it debuted last year. It went...

Tyler Perry's comedy-horror sequel Boo 2! A Madea Halloween is tipped to win a crowded race at the box office this weekend with a $20 million-plus debut.

Perry, who directed the Lionsgate release, reprises his role as Madea in the follow-up to Boo! A Madea Halloween, which launched to $28.5 million in October 2016. This time out, Madea, Aunt Bam (Cassi Davis), Viv (Chandra Currelley) and Hattie (Patrice Lovely) take a vacation to a campground with their family members, unaware that the grounds are haunted by monsters, goblins and boogeymen.

Boo 2 should have no trouble scaring...

Tyler Perry's Boo! 2: A Madea Halloween continues the further adventures of Madea (Tyler Perry), Bam (Cassi Davis) and Hattie (Patrice Lovely) as they attempt to survive the scares and dangers of a haunted campground. The original film made over $73 million domestically and one would expect this sequel will also find a [...]...

Vulture WatchWhat's on the menu at the Love Train Diner? Has the Love Thy Neighbor TV show been cancelled or renewed for a fourth season on Own? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of Love Thy Neighbor season four. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you? What's This TV Show About?Airing on the Own cable channel, Tyler Perry's Love Thy Neighbor stars Patrice Lovely, Palmer Williams Jr., Kendra C. Johnson, Andre Hall, Jonathan Chase, Darmirra Brunson, and Tony Grant. The sitcom centers on The Love Train Diner, an old locomotive car that’s been converted to a family-run eatery. The menu features the recipes of family matriarch Hattie Mae Love (Lovely). Hattie Mae's hands are full, managing both her customers and family drama, too. Read...

Network: OwnEpisodes: 114 (half-hour)Seasons: FourTV show dates: May 29, 2013 -- August 19, 2017Series status: EndedPerformers include: Patrice Lovely, Palmer Williams, Kendra C. Johnson, Andre Hall, Zulay Henao, Darmirra Brunson, and Jonathan Chase.TV show description: Created by Tyler Perry, this sitcom is set at The Love Train Diner. It's an old locomotive car that's been converted to a family run diner. The menu is filled with all of owner Hattie Mae's old recipes.Feisty family matriarch Hattie Mae Love (Patrice Lovely) has her hands full -- not only managing her customers but her family drama, too. Her daughter Linda (Kendra C. Johnson), recently moved into her mama Hattie's home after finally dumping her philandering husband.Read More…...

"People got dead up there for real!" Oh boy, here we go again... Lionsgate has revealed the trailer for the newest Tyler Perry joint, another Madea comedy (sequel) titled Boo 2! A Madea Halloween. This is, obviously enough, a sequel to the goofy Halloween comedy Boo! A Madea Halloween release just last year. Tyler Perry not only returns to write and direct, but also star again as Madea (and Joe and Brian). The cast includes Cassi Davis, Patrice Lovely, Chandra Currelley, Yousef Erakat, Diamond White, Lexy Panterra, and Andre Hall. The plot involves Madea, Bam & Hattie going to a haunted campground where they find monsters, goblins, and the boogeyman. As much as I have absolutely no interest in these movies, I have to give them props on the amusing poster design. Other than that, if you want to watch then go ahead. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Tyler Perry's Boo 2! A Madea Halloween,...

Last season, the ratings for Tyler Perry's Love Thy Neighbor TV show dropped off by nearly 26% in the demo and over 19% in terms of total audience size. Fans don't have to spend the fourth season wondering if Love Thy Neighbor will be cancelled or renewed for season five, though. Own previously announced that season four would be the final installment of this family comedy. Will the numbers go up this time around?Airing on the Own cable channel, Tyler Perry's Love Thy Neighbor stars Patrice Lovely, Palmer Williams Jr., Kendra C. Johnson, Andre Hall, Jonathan Chase, Darmirra Brunson, and Tony Grant. The sitcom centers on The Love Train Diner, an old locomotive car that’s been converted to a family-run eatery. The menu features the recipes of family matriarch Hattie Mae Love (Lovely). Hattie Mae's hands are full, managing both her customers and family drama,...

Vulture WatchWhat's on the menu at the Love Train Diner? Has the Love Thy Neighbor TV show been cancelled or renewed for a fourth season on Own? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of Love Thy Neighbor season four. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you? What's This TV Show About?Airing on the Own cable channel, Tyler Perry's Love Thy Neighbor stars Patrice Lovely, Palmer Williams Jr., Kendra C. Johnson, Andre Hall, Jonathan Chase, Darmirra Brunson, and Tony Grant. The sitcom centers on The Love Train Diner, an old locomotive car that’s been converted to a family-run eatery. The menu features the recipes of family matriarch Hattie Mae Love (Lovely). Hattie Mae's hands are full, managing both her customers and family drama, too. Read...

Tyler Perry’s “Boo 2! A Madea Halloween” will hit theaters on Oct. 20, Lionsgate announced Thursday.

Written and directed by Perry, the comedy will star himself, Cassi Davis and Patrice Lovely. The film follows Madea and the gang as they venture to a haunted campground and they must literally run for their lives when monsters, goblins and the bogeyman are unleashed.

“Boo! A Madea Halloween” earned $28.5 million its opening weekend last October and went on to gross $73 million domestically. It also starred Bella Thorne.

The other “Madea” films.

Folks in the Brooklyn area are in for a treat. Nitehawk Cinema is hosting a screening of the highly anticipated horror anthology, Xx. Also in today’s Horror Highlights: the Twenty Twenty-Four screening details, Shriekfest 2017 call for submissions, Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween home media info, a new trailer for Diane, and Child Eater release details.

Nitehawk Cinema’s Brooklyn Xx Screening Details: “Nitehawk presents a preview and midnite screenings of the new all female-helmed horror anthology, Xx. We also ask the Xx directors to select a couple of their influential films for midnite screenings and they chose: Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon and Mary Lambert’s Pet Sematary.”

To learn more, visit Nitehawk Cinema’s official website.

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Twenty Twenty-Four North American Premiere Details: “We have two screenings in San Francisco, hosted by San Francisco Independent Film Festival. Twenty Twenty-Four is making its North American premiere at...

Madea is definitely larger than life with each new movie.

In the next installment from Tyler Perry, Boo! A Madea Halloween will be available on Blu-ray, DVD and digital download tomorrow. The film was made in part due to a mockery in Chris Rock’s Top Five as the next Tyler Perry movie back in 2014.

Here’s the synopsis:

Trying to win the approval of her friends, 17-year-old Tiffany sneaks out of the house to go to a Halloween bash at a fraternity. The fun soon ends when police and the cranky, fast-talking Madea arrive to crash the party. Unhappy with this sudden turn of events, the vengeful collegians decide to scare Madea and her cronies with a series of pranks. She soon finds herself under attack and on the run from assortment of ghosts, ghouls and zombies on the scariest night of the year.

The films also stars Cassi Davis,...

Love Thy Neighbor is coming to an end. Today, Own announced the TV series has been renewed for a fourth and final season.From Tyler Perry, the sitcom revolves around The Love Train Diner and the family and customers of its owner, feisty Hattie Mae Love (Patrice Lovely). The rest of the sitcom cast includes Palmer Williams Jr., Kendra C. Johnson, Andre Hall, Zulay Henao, Jonathan Chase, Darmirra Brunson, and Tony Grant.Read More…...

Madea returns in Tyler Perry’S Boo! A Madea Halloween available on Blu-ray (plus Digital HD), DVD, Digital HD and On Demand January 31 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment. Also on January 31, Tyler Perry’S Madea On The Run (The Play) will be available on Blu-ray (plus Digital HD), DVD, Digital HD and On Demand.

Kick off the new year, and those well-intentioned resolutions, with the Matriarch herself in Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween on Blu-ray (plus Digital HD), DVD, Digital HD and On Demand January 31 from Lionsgate. NAACP Image Award-winning director Tyler Perry returns as Madea along with fan favorites Aunt Bam and Hattie to prevent her teenage niece from attending the crazy frat party next door. The outrageously funny return of Madea – after a three-year theatrical hiatus – was number one at the box office two weekends in a row with a $74 million-dollar worldwide box office. The laugh-out-loud film...

Tyler Perry never tries to make a horror comedy out of Boo! A Madea Halloween. Don’t be fooled by promotional posters spoofing The Exorcist, Halloween and other classic horror films. Madea is as Madea does, and she’s back for another preachy sermon about how kids these days need a swift kick in the ass. You know, like in the good old days when Madea was stripping on a pole like a real ratchet hoe (her words). It’s more of the same Christian tomfoolery and annoying “Hallelujer!” exclamations – just with spooky masks and Halloween themes this time around. Expectations, meet G-rated haunted house mediocrity featuring lippy PG-13 elders.

Perry is back in drag as America’s favorite senior sass-queen, enlisted this time to babysit a group of misbehaving teens. Tiffany (Diamond White), a 17-year-old high school student, wants to attend the local frathouse’s “epic” Halloween party with...

Check out the new poster for Tyler Perry’S Boo! A Madea Halloween and then watch the trailer for the upcoming comedy‬ – haunting theaters October 21.

Directed by Tyler Perry, the movie also stars Perry, Cassi Davis, Patrice Lovely, Lexy Panterra, Yousef Erakat, Andre Hall, Brock O’Hurn, Jimmy Tatro and Bella Thorne.

In Tyler Perry’S Boo! A Madea Halloween, Madea winds up in the middle of mayhem when she spends a hilarious, haunted Halloween fending off killers, paranormal poltergeists, ghosts, ghouls, and zombies while keeping a watchful eye on a group of misbehaving teens.

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Last season, Own moved Love Thy Neighbor to Fridays (a night many people don't watch television). The ratings dipped but were still pretty consistent. How will the comedy series perform this time around? Will it be cancelled or renewed for a fourth season? Stay tuned.Created by Tyler Perry, Love Thy Neighbor revolves around The Love Train Diner and the family and customers of its owner, feisty Hattie Mae Love (Patrice Lovely). The rest of the sitcom cast includes Palmer Williams Jr., Kendra C. Johnson, Andre Hall, Zulay Henao, Jonathan Chase, Darmirra Brunson, and Tony Grant.Below are the show's TV ratings, typically the best way to tell if the series will be cancelled or renewed. These figures will be updated as the weeks progress:Read More…...

Lionsgate has released the new full trailer and new poster for Tyler Perry'S Boo! A Madea Halloween, starring Tyler Perry, Bella Thorne, Cassi Davis, Patrice Lovely, Andre Hall, Yousef Erakat, Lexy Panterra, Diamond White, Liza Koshy, Brock O'Hurn, Jimmy Tatro, Jc Caylen, Kian Lawley, Mike Tornabene

In Tyler Perry'S Boo! A Madea Halloween, Madea winds up in the middle of mayhem when she spends a hilarious, haunted Halloween fending off killers, paranormal poltergeists, ghosts, ghouls, and zombies while keeping a watchful eye on a group of misbehaving teens.

Tyler Perry'S Boo! A Madea Halloween will hit theaters on October 21, 2016.

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Following the poster premiere earlier this week, Tyler Perry Studios and Lionsgate have now released the new trailer for "Tyler Perry's Boo! A Madea Halloween".

Perry pens, directs, produces and stars in the comedy in which Madea winds up in the middle of mayhem when she spends a hilarious, haunted Halloween fending off killers, paranormal poltergeists, ghosts, ghouls, and zombies while keeping a watchful eye on a group of misbehaving teens.

Bella Thorne, Cassi Davis, Patrice Lovely, Andre Hall, Yousef Erakat, Lexy Panterra, Diamond White, Liza Koshy, Brock O'Hurn, Jimmy Tatro, Jc Caylen, Kian Lawley and Mike Tornabene star in the film which hits theaters on October 21st.

Lionsgate has released the teaser trailer for Tyler Perry'S Boo! A Madea Halloween, starring Tyler Perry, Bella Thorne, Cassi Davis, Patrice Lovely, Andre Hall, Yousef Erakat, Lexy Panterra, Diamond White, Liza Koshy, Brock O'Hurn, Jimmy Tatro, Jc Caylen, Kian Lawley, Mike Tornabene

In Tyler Perry'S Boo! A Madea Halloween, Madea winds up in the middle of mayhem when she spends a hilarious, haunted Halloween fending off killers, paranormal poltergeists, ghosts, ghouls and zombies while keeping a watchful eye on a group of misbehaving teens.

Tyler Perry'S Boo! A Madea Halloween will hit theaters on October 21, 2016.

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Tyler Perry will write, produce, direct and star in "Boo! A Madea Halloween" for Lionsgate with production having just gotten underway in Atlanta ahead of an October 21st release.

Perry and Chris Rock originated the idea as a joke - a fictitious Madea Halloween movie which appeared in Rock's 2014 film "Top Five".

Lionsgate then approached Perry and suggested that they actually make the movie which will be the ninth Madea film since the release of the first - "Diary of a Mad Black Woman" - back in 2005.

Set on Halloween night, Madea will keep a watchful eye on a group of misbehaving teens and must fend off killers, paranormal poltergeists, ghosts, ghouls and zombies while

Bella Thorne, Cassi Davis, Patrice Lovely, Andre Hall and Yousef Erakat also star while Ozzie Areu and Will Areu will produce.

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Tyler Perry Studios announced today that they have started production on a new Madea film, Boo! A Madea Halloween, which will be distributed by Lionsgate.

The film releases October 21st, 2016.

Tyler Perry will write, produce, direct, and star in the latest project with the popular character Madea. Ozzie Areu and Will Areu will also be producers on the film. The film’s origins date back to when Perry and Chris Rock conspired to include a fictitious Madea Halloween movie in Rock’s film Top Five. Lionsgate then approached Perry and suggested that they make the movie for real.

In Boo! A Madea Halloween, Madea winds up in the middle of mayhem when she spends a hilarious, haunted Halloween fending off killers, paranormal poltergeists, ghosts, ghouls, and zombies while keeping a watchful eye on a group of misbehaving teens.

Perry will play the roles of “Madea,” in addition to the roles of “Joe” and “Brian.

The ratings slowly dwindled downward over the course of Love Thy Neighbor's large first season (52 episodes!) but it was renewed for a second season on Own. Will viewership rise in season two or fall further? Cancelled or renewed for season three? Stay tuned.

Created by Tyler Perry, Love Thy Neighbor revolves around The Love Train Diner and the family and customers of its owner, feisty Hattie Mae Love (Patrice Lovely). The rest of the sitcom cast includes Palmer Williams, Kendra C. Johnson, Andre Hall, Zulay Henao, Darmirra Brunson, and Jonathan Chase.

Below are the show's TV ratings, typically the best way to tell if the series will be cancelled or renewed. These figures will be updated as the weeks progress:Read More…...

Own: Oprah Winfrey Network announced today that it has ordered an additional 26 episodes of the network's popular comedy from Tyler Perry Love Thy Neighbor (Wednesdays at 9 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.) bringing the total season order to 52 episodes. The current cycle will have its two-episode finale tonight, with the new episodes premiering in January 2014.  Love Thy Neighbor is set at a family-run diner, where feisty matriarch Hattie Mae Love (Patrice Lovely) has her hands full not only managing her customers but also her family drama.  Since its debut on May 29, the series is averaging over 1 million total viewers, registering high in the women 25-54 demographic, and is...

Oprah Winfrey's Own Network is doubling down on Tyler Perry's Love Thy Neighbor. The cable network announced ahead of the scripted comedy's finale Wednesday that it has picked up 26 more episodes to premiere in January 2014. Own has also ordered four more episodes for Perry's scripted drama The Haves and Have Nots, bringing the total to 36. Love Thy Neighbor is set at a family-run diner, where feisty matriarch Hattie Mae Love (Patrice Lovely) has her hands full not only managing her customers but also her family drama. Since its May 29 debut, the series has averaged more

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Exclusive: The Dukes Of Hazzard and Smallville alum John Schneider is set to star in Tyler Perry’s drama series for Own, The Haves And The Have Nots, while six actors, including Jonathan Chase and Palmer Williams, have been cast in Perry’s comedy series for the cable network, Love Thy Neighbor. Both shows, written, directed and Produced by Perry through his Tyler Perry Studios, are set to premiere at the end of May. The Haves And The Have Nots follows the dynamics of the affluent Cryer family and the impoverished family of Hanna, their housekeeper, and the obstacles and secrets that exist within both families. Innovative-repped Schneider will play Jim Cryer, the Cryer family patriarch. Love Thy Neighbor is set at Love’s Diner, where every day the menu serves up good food, great laughs, valuable life lessons and a whole lot of love for its zany neighbors. Patrice Lovely...