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TYLER PERRY RE-UPS WITH LIONSGATE: Filmmaker extends longtime relationship with studio.
*Entertainment mogul Tyler Perry has signed a new three-year first look deal with his longtime studio partner Lionsgate covering his upcoming theatrical and home entertainment releases.
Under the new agreement, Perry will provide at least three additional feature films to Lionsgate following the fiscal 2009 release of Tyler Perry's "The Family That Preys," due in theaters on Sept. 12, and Tyler Perry's "Madea Goes to Jail," based on his most popular play and scheduled for nationwide release on Feb. 20, 2009.
Lionsgate will also continue to distribute his popular DVDs - based on his hit films as well as from his large catalog of plays and other material. Under the new pact, two of Perry's senior development executives will be based at Lionsgate's Santa Monica, California corporate headquarters.
Perry has been working with Lionsgate since his breakthrough theatrical box office hit "Diary of a Mad Black Woman" in February 2005.
"Lionsgate has shared and nurtured my creative vision in a way that no other studio could match," Perry said in a statement. "They continue to play a vital role in bringing my messages to new audiences in new markets every single day with unequalled marketing brilliance. I'm delighted to continue partnering with them on a rich palette of exciting projects for years to come."
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