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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