VANCOUVER, British Columbia and
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Oct. 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/
-- Writer/director/producer Tyler
Perry makes his first foray into family animation with the
release of Tyler Perry's
Madea's Tough Love arriving on DVD (plus Digital) and On
Demand January 20, 2015 from
Lionsgate. The film will be available on Digital HD one week
earlier on January 13.
Having conquered stage and screen, Tyler
Perry has now turned his attention to creating entertaining
programs specifically for families to enjoy together. In
Tyler Perry's first animated film,
fans of Madea can now watch all of their favorite characters
including Madea, Uncle Joe and Aunt Bam in a whole new way! The
larger than life Madea gets herself into even more over the top and
outrageous situations – all in the name of helping children save
their youth center.
The comic adventure features the voice talent of Tyler Perry as "Madea" and "Uncle Joe" among
others and Cassi Davis (TV's "House
Of Payne") as "Aunt Bam" along with Rolonda
Watts (TV's "Curious George"), Avery
Kidd Waddell (Road Trip), William "Bootsy" Collins
(Night at the Museum) and Cree Summer (TV's "WordGirl").
Tyler Perry's Madea's Tough
Love is based on "Madea" created by Tyler Perry, from a story by Ben Chambers, screenplay by Matt Fleckenstein, supervising director is
Frank Marino and produced for Tyler
Perry Studios by Tyler Perry,
Ozzie Areu and Matt Moore.
"We are thrilled to partner with Tyler
Perry on the launch of Madea's Tough Love," said
Anne Parducci, Lionsgate EVP of
Marketing and Family Entertainment. "Given the tremendous
success and appeal of his beloved character Madea across screen and
plays for the past 15 years, we know fans and families will love to
watch and laugh with Madea in her first animated movie."
After a hilarious run-in with the law, Madea is sentenced to
community service. Determined to do good for the 'hood, Madea
enlists Aunt Bam and Uncle Joe to try and save the Moms Mabley
Youth Center from being shut down. With her irresistible sass and
wisdom, Madea rallies the local kids to make a stand—and proves
that behind her tough exterior is a whole lot of love!
Including a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the film and
a sketch-to-screen storyboard comparison that show Tyler in the
recording studio voicing his characters, the Tyler Perry's
Madea's Tough Love DVD will be available for the suggested
retail price of $19.98. Madea fans
can get a sneak peek of the movie starting November 25 when "Introducing Tyler Perry's Madea's Tough Love" debuts as
a special feature on Tyler
Perry's A Madea Christmas Blu-ray, DVD and Digital
HD.
DVD SPECIAL FEATURES*
- "Madea Gets Animated" featurette
- "Madea's Storyboard Comparison" featurette
*Subject to change
PROGRAM INFORMATION
Year of Production:
2014
Title Copyright: Tyler Perry's Madea's Tough Love ©
2014 Very Perry Films. All Rights Reserved. Artwork &
Supplementary Materials © 2014 Lions Gate Entertainment Inc. All
Rights Reserved.
Type: Home Entertainment release
Rating: PG for Some Rude Humor and Brief Scary Images
Genre: Family, Animation, Kids
DVD Closed Captioned: NA
Subtitles: English and Spanish
Feature Run Time: 64 minutes
DVD Format: 16x9 Widescreen (1.78:1)
DVD Audio Status: English and Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital
***For artwork, please visit
www.lionsgatepublicity.com***
***Tyler Perry's Madea's Tough Love Official
Trailer: http://youtu.be/8-E5kZXjBoA***
ABOUT TYLER PERRY
Tyler Perry is an established
American actor, director, screenwriter, producer, playwright, and
author. Born into poverty and raised in a household scarred
by abuse, Tyler fought from a young age to find the strength, faith
and perseverance that would later form the foundations of his
work. Tyler started his career writing plays, many of which
later became the inspiration for his film projects and included the
introduction of the now-legendary Madea character, played by Tyler
himself. Tyler's first feature film, Diary of a Mad
Black Woman, debuted at number one nationwide in 2005. His
ensuing films, Madea's Family Reunion, Daddy's Little Girls, Why
Did I Get Married?, Meet The Browns, The Family That Preys, I Can
Do Bad All by Myself, Why Did I Get Married Too?, For Colored
Girls, Madea's Big, Happy Family, Good
Deeds and Madea's Witness Protection have
all been met with massive commercial success, delighting audiences
across America and around the world. He also starred in
the Rob Cohen directed Alex
Cross, helped release Academy
Award-nominated Precious, and has a role opposite
Ben Affleck in David Fincher's film, Gone
Girl. Tyler has also made his mark in the television
space, with the TBS series House of
Payne and Meet the Browns, in addition to
his collaborations with Oprah
Winfrey on her cable
network, OWN. Tyler was most recently seen
in his 34th Street Film's production, which he
also directed, Single Mom's Club. A new show for
OWN entitled If Loving You Is Wrong, based on the film,
will premiere later in the year.
ABOUT LIONSGATE
Lionsgate, home to The Hunger Games, Twilight and
Divergent franchises, is a premier next generation global
content leader with a strong and diversified presence in motion
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syndication, home entertainment, digital distribution, new channel
platforms and international distribution and sales. Lionsgate
currently has more than 30 television shows on over 20 different
networks spanning its primetime production, distribution and
syndication businesses, including such critically-acclaimed hits as
the multiple Emmy Award-winning Mad Men and Nurse
Jackie, the comedy Anger Management, the broadcast
network series Nashville,
the syndication success The Wendy Williams Show and the
critically-acclaimed hit series Orange is the New Black.
Its feature film business has been fueled by such recent
successes as the blockbuster first two installments of The
Hunger Games franchise, The Hunger Games and The
Hunger Games: Catching Fire, the first installment of the
Divergent franchise, Now You See Me, Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain, Warm
Bodies, The Possession, Sinister, Roadside
Attractions' A Most Wanted Man, Lionsgate/Codeblack Films'
Addicted and Pantelion Films' breakout hit Instructions
Not Included, the highest-grossing Spanish-language film ever
released in the U.S.
Lionsgate's home entertainment business is an industry leader in
box office-to-DVD and box office-to-VOD revenue conversion rate.
Lionsgate handles a prestigious and prolific library of
approximately 16,000 motion picture and television titles that is
an important source of recurring revenue and serves as the
foundation for the growth of the Company's core businesses. The
Lionsgate and Summit brands remain synonymous with original,
daring, quality entertainment in markets around the world.
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Lionsgate
310.255.3624
kclarkson@lionsgate.com
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