Saturday, March 1, 2014

Tyler Perry Abandoning Los Angeles for Atlanta



Tyler Perry Abandoning Los Angeles for Atlanta
by Warner Todd Huston 1 Mar 2014, 5:54 PM PDT

Tyler Perry, successful film producer, director, and actor famed for his popular Madea series of films, is leaving Los Angeles and Hollywood for Atlanta, Georgia, closing his Los Angeles offices after his contract with Lionsgate Films came to an end last year.

Since 2008, Perry had an oft-renewed agreement with Lionsgate mostly to develop films from his stable of writers and directors, but their last contract ended as 2013 came to a close. A new agreement was not reached. As a result, Perry has closed his LA offices, announcing that he is consolidating his company in Atlanta.

Most of Perry's popular movies are produced out of Atlanta already, so this move is a logical one now that there is no longer an official connection to LA-based Lionsgate.

Perry has one more film to debut in conjunction with Lionsgate, however. The Single Moms Club is opening on March 14.

"Perry's last release through Lionsgate," The Hollywood Reporter writes, "Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas was released in December and grossed $52.5 million domestically, which is a fairly typically box office take for one of the filmmaker's features."

Perry has been working with Lionsgate since the 2005 release of Diary of a Mad Black Woman, a film he wrote, produced, and starred in.

Lionsgate
Lions Gate Entertainment is the distributor for Religulous.

Note: Religulous
Religulous /rɨˈlɪdʒʉləs/ is a 2008 American documentary film written by and starring comedian Bill Maher and directed by Larry Charles. The title of the film is a portmanteau derived from the words "religion" and "ridiculous". The documentary examines and mocks religion and religious belief.
Larry Charles is a director for Religulous, and a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Ari Emanuel is the co-CEO & director for William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, Rahm I. Emanuel & Ezekiel Emanuel’s brother.
Rahm I. Emanuel is Ari Emanuel’s & Ezekiel Emanuel’s brother, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the Chicago (IL) mayor, and was the White House chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration.
R. Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley Austin LLP
Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
Newton N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Commercial Club of Chicago, Members Directory A-Z (Past Research)
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a supporter for the Center for American Progress, and is a board member for the International Crisis Group.
Ezekiel Emanuel is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, Ari Emanuel & Rahm I. Emanuel’s brother, and was the health care policy adviser for the Barack Obama administration.
Frank Giustra is a board member for the International Crisis Group, and the founder & director for Lions Gate Entertainment.





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