Tyler Perry has set his 2025 TV and film slate at Netflix and it includes two new projects: the film Madea’s Destination Wedding and the TV series, She the People. This is Perry’s second Madea project with the streaming following A Madea Homecoming released in 2022.
Madea’s Destination Wedding follows Brian and his ex-wife Debrah who are shocked to learn their daughter Tiffany is engaged to a rapper she met on a yacht—and the wedding is in two weeks. Madea and her crew head to the Bahamas, stirring up chaos and heartwarming fun.
The cast includes writer, director and producer Tyler Perry, Cassi Davis Patton, David Mann, Tamela Mann, Taja V. Simpson, Diamond White, Jermaine Harris and Xavier Smalls. Angi Bones and Yolanda T. Cochran also produce.
The first-look photo of the film can be found above.
She the People follows Lieutenant Governor candidate Antoinette Dunkerson, who runs a successful
campaign and now must figure out how to thrive under a sexist and condescending governor while attempting to keep her family in line now that they’re all in the public eye.
The series stars Terri J. Vaughn, Jade Novah, Drew Olivia Tillman, Tré Boyd, Dyon Brooks, and Jo Marie Payton.
Perry served as writer, director and producer. Producers also include Angi Bones and Tony Strickland under the Tyler Perry Studios banner. Executive producers are Niya Palmer, Keisha Lance Bottoms and Terri J. Vaughn.
First-look photo can be found below.
Terri J. Vaughn as Antoinette Dunkerson in She The People
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Also on the slate is Part 2 of the drama series Beauty in Black‘s first season, premiering on March 6, 2025; the drama feature Straw; and the faith-based feature R&B.
From writer, director and producer Perry, Beauty in Black follows two women leading very different lives. While Kimmie (Taylor Polidore Williams) struggles to make a living after her mother kicked her out, Mallory (Crystle Stewart) runs a successful business. They find themselves entangled in each other’s lives.
The series also stars Taylor Polidore Williams, Crystle Stewart, Amber Reign Smith, Ricco Ross, Debbi
Morgan, Richard Lawson, Steven G. Norfleet, Julian Horton, Terrell Carter, Shannon Wallace, Bryan Tanaka, Joy Rovaris, Xavier Smalls, Charles Malik Whitfield, Tamera “Tee” Kissen, Ursula O. Robinson, Ashley Versher, George Middlebrook and Ts Madison.
Producers include Angi Bones and Tony Strickland for Tyler Perry Studios.
First-look photo is below.
(L to R) Ricco Ross as Horace, Taylor Polidore Williams as Kimmie in Beauty in Black
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Straw follows a single mother who faces a series of unfortunate events that lead her down an unexpected path. Struggling against circumstances beyond her control, she becomes entangled in a situation she never imagined. Fueled by desperation, she finds herself at the center of suspicion in a world that seems indifferent to her existence.
The Perry written, directed and produced feature stars Taraji P. Henson, Sherri Shepherd, Teyana Taylor, Glynn Turman, Sinbad and Rockmond Dunbar. Angi Bones and Tony Strickland also serve as producers.
Taraji P. Henson in ‘Straw’
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From writers Michael Elliot and Cory Tynan, R&B is a contemporary version of the story of Ruth and Boaz, one of the most iconic love stories in the Bible. Set in Tennessee, the film tells the story of a young woman who escapes the Atlanta music scene to care for an elderly widowed woman and in the process finds the love of her life and gains the mother she never had.
The cast includes Serayah McNeill, Tyler Lepley, Phylicia Rashad, Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds, Walnette Santiago, Nijah Brenea, James Lee Thomas, Jermaine Dupri, Lecrae Moore, Christopher Broughton and Yung Joc.
Alanna Brown served as director of R&B produced by DeVon Franklin and Perry. Angi Bones, Tony L. Strickland and Bart Lipton executive produced.
R&B
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