By Steven Zeitchik 1 hour, 15 minutes ago
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) -
Tyler Perry is turning
Madea into a cartoon.
The prolific creator of the feisty old lady known for her
hard-bitten wisdom about family and life has teamed up with
animation company Exodus Film Group for the untitled series.
He will create, write and executive produce an undetermined
number of 22-minute standalone episodes, and also provide the
voice of Mabel "Madea" Simmons.
Exodus will finance the project, which could go to a
television network, to DVD, or to both.
Perry has turned his Madea plays into such movie box office
hits as "Madea's Family Reunion" and "Diary of a Mad Black
Woman." The next Madea feature, "Meet the Browns," will be out
next month from Lionsgate. He also has written for television
with the current TBS series "Tyler Perry's House of Payne."
Perry, who has never written an animated project before,
said his goal was to take the more adult-themed Madea and gear
it toward younger viewers. "A lot of the plays were not
kid-friendly . . . I wanted to do something more appropriate
and this seems to be it," he said.
Exodus is teaming with studios on a number of film
projects, including the John Cusack- and John Cleese-voiced
"Igor" with the Weinstein Co. and "The Hero of Color City,"
which Magnolia is distributing.
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
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