Despite the bad press and poor ratings, Tyler Perry continues to slaughter box office records with his beloved homespun advice-giving granny, Madea, a character who embodies a full spectrum of African-American stereotypes – overweight, uneducated, violent, superstitious and loud-mouthed. While audiences continue to eat up every serving and beg for more, Hollywood has become aware of the many damages the industry has suffered at the hands of Perry. Marvel and DC, however, didn’t seem to get the memo as Perry recently revealed that he has had talks with both comic book studios.
In an interview about his current film on the circuit, Boo 2! A Madea Halloween, Perry told Screen Rant that he has had conversations with both Marvel Studios and Warner Bros. And guess what? He isn’t interested in doing a comic book film with either of them. Hallelujer!
“I’ve had a couple conversations, but I would always say, ‘I’m not the guy to do this’. I’m not the guy that can bring this vision to life cause it takes such a village to pull it together, and I’m not a guy that can work with fifty other directors and producers telling you what to do, how to do it, when to do it. That doesn’t work for me. I saw that in a couple of the sci-fi movies that I’ve been apart of and I think, ‘Uhh, I’m not doing that’.”
Before you start gathering up small rocks for a stoning, it’s important to remember that Tyler Perry has managed to gain a lot of success by working independently. He has written, directed, produced and acted in almost all the films he has worked on. He has also managed to rake in huge returns from films with small budgets. Boo! A Madea Halloween, for example, might have been panned by critics but it made a whopping $73.2 million off a $20 million budget and took first place the weekend it released a year ago.
Of course, many DC and Marvel fans will probably breathe a sigh of relief. Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! A Madea Halloween has been roasted by just about every major publication lately:
Either you’re part of the fan base that keeps this staggeringly untalented director making movies, or you can barely imagine finding him funny … In the end, the scariest thing about Boo 2! is the idea that A Madea Easter might be next. — The Hollywood Reporter
The prospect of Mr. Perry’s rambunctious Madea possibly taking on a Jason Voorhees-type killer has an amusement value that is not even vaguely realized here. This movie finds Mr. Perry, never the most deft at the technical aspect of filmmaking, drastically off whatever his best game is. — New York Times
Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! A Madea Halloween is a plodding mess of a movie. Neither funny nor scary, its structural incoherency and lack of relatable characters make it nearly unwatchable. — CinemaBlend
The box office, of course, will probably vindicate “Boo 2!,” but the time is overdue for Tyler Perry to throw a wrench into the assembly line. — Variety
These movies make a lot of money and are cheap and easy to make. Like Madea, Perry’s getting away with attempted murder. I can’t knock his hustle. I just pray I’m not living in a fool’s paradise hoping he’ll make some kind of masterpiece to show us critics how wrong we’ve been. — RogerEbert.com
I would prefer Tyler Perry’s retirement from the entertainment industry.
Hell no. It’ll be utter rubbish.
Green eyeshadow. Green Lantern confirmed!
Hahahaha
Geezus, if his conversations with them go anywhere, please strap me to some concrete and drop me into the ocean
Shut up and take my money for Madea-Man: Prawn of Injustice
Fuk. Off.
Or maybe and Ex-men movie instead
I can’t stand that dude. I avoid wasting time on any of his abominations.
Tyler Perry is a stand up person for his own achievements and I kinda liked him as Baxter Stockman. With that being said I see no purpose for him in a DC Marvel anything but it honestly might not be half bad.
Actually, I wouldn’t mind him being Mr Terrific.
Maybe but I digress that I don’t see him being as physical as Mister Terrific but that might fall back on stunt doubles.
He ruined my name. Every time I must hear…byyyrrrrrooooooon. If he could do that the Asshole can stuff up anything
Next joke, please.
Justin Neubauer
Pass….with respect. DC has enough problems
Zaheerah Parker Safiya Sanglay Aayshah Jaffer
Oh my word, no
He needs to stay in his lane please
He has so many lanes though 😂😂😂
Batman vs Superman starring, directing and produced by Tyler Perry
A revival of the Adam West style Batman would be welcomed, and TP would do a great job. I’m getting tired of the world nearly coming to an end in every super hero movie. It’d be nice to see some humor and wit introduced back into superhero movies.
Heller im batmane. Cum ta beatchya azzz joker. I can see how that bitch tyler perry would make another retarded movie already
After how badly he fucked off Alex Cross this wouild kill the franchise
Shoo! My heart LITERALLY just skipped a beat reading this headline! Thank goodness for massive mercies…
Dudes funny as fuck but I don’t know how he’d do directing a movie of this type!
Nah uh. -_-
Interesting Theory.
Give him something like Black Canary or a Booster Gold film.
Praise the Lort! Madea’s coming to the universes
Please black people!! Stop watching this asshat, he’s not funny!! Why does he keep making this garbage?!?!
this comment…lol eow
I feel like he’d be better suited for Marvel if either of them, but I’d prefer he stay away from them. He was tolerable as a purposely over-the-top Baxter Stockman in the most recent TMNT movie. That should be the extent of his comic book film involvement, imo.
worst idea of the 21st century, after Trump as CIC
A Blankman remake perhaps?