Tyler Perry and DeVon Franklin to Produce Faith-Based Films at Netflix
- Tiffany Rigby
- May 9, 2024
- 1 min read
Fresh off his most recent film Mea Culpa, Tyler Perry and Netflix are expanding their creative partnership. Perry signed a new deal alongside producer DeVon Franklin who produced last year’s Oscar-nominated Flamin’ Hot. Together the duo is set to produce faith-based films that will stream exclusively on Netflix. The first in the line of faith-based films will be R&B, a modern-day retelling of the biblical love story of Ruth and Boaz.
“I’m so excited to be working with DeVon on this and future projects. I think in this polarizing world, and at a time where the world seems to be growing colder everyday, we both share the common goal of wanting to spread some good and there’s no better place than Netflix,” Perry said.
R&B will be set in Tennessee and tell the story of a young woman who escapes the Atlanta music scene to care for an elderly widowed woman. In the process, she finds the love of her life and gains the mother she never had, according to Netflix’s Tudum website.
“Tyler and I have been great friends for over 15 years, so when he called me to team up on movies that can uplift the human spirit, I jumped at the chance and we couldn’t have a better partner than Netflix to help us inspire the world,” Franklin added.
According to Variety, the faith-based films will be produced by the duo in conjunction with Tyler Perry Studios. This is the latest expansion of Perry’s partnership with Netflix which was inked as a first-look film deal in October 2023 and has broadened to include scripted and unscripted TV projects.
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