Image by Getty Images via @daylifeTyler Perry has had undeniable success at the Hollywood box office, bringing in over $522 million in ticket sales from his films including For Colored Girls, Madea's Big Happy Family, and Diary of a Mad Black Woman. Apparently Lionsgate, the company behind his widely successful movies, is in talks of launching a 24/7 cable channel with Perry, tentatively called Tyler TV.
Jon Feltheimer, Lionsgate's CEO, has not given a formal comment, but reportedly told analysts this morning that "we strongly support" the idea of bringing Perry to "exciting new platforms." That could include a "not fully distributed [cable] channel that we could buy" or nesting Perry at "a channel we already have.... We have a lot of options if we choose to go down that path."
According to the New York Times Perry and Lionsgate are exploring three potential avenues for launching their cable venture. CONTINUE....
