Perry, Lionsgate visit 'Marriage Counselor'

PerryTyler Perry is within pre-prorduction on the feature version of his play "The Wedding Counselor" through his cope with Lionsgate, marking the thirteenth feature project between your multihypenate and studio.Production will start March. 25 with Perry and partners Ozzie Arau and Paul Hall creating. No cast continues to be attached."The Wedding Counselor," the tenth abide by Perry, opened up in 2008. Story focuses on a husband and wife -- a cpa and the wife, an Ivy League-educated counselor who gives marital advice but finds it hard to deal with difficulties with her very own marriage. In March, Lionsgate extended its first-look pact with Perry for film and homevid not less than 2 yrs, ongoing a partnership that dates to 2005. The offer requires Perry to provide a minimum of two more "Madea" movies, among other possible photos.Perry's 11 films for Lionsgate in the last six years have made nearly $600 million in the United States box office, and the Dvd disks have offered a lot more than 40 million models. Their twelfth project, romantic drama "Good Deeds" opens February. 24 and informs the storyline of the effective, soon-to-be-married businessman who falls deeply in love with a lower-on-her-luck single mom.The newest Perry film, "Madea's Large Happy Family," opened up on April 22 and required in $53 million.Perry's debut play, "I Understand I have Been Transformed" was carried out first in 1992. He bowed the Madea character in 2000's play "I'm Able To Do Bad simply by Myself," resulting in 2005's "Diary of the Mad Black Lady."Perry adopted with "Madea's Family Reunion," "Daddy's Young Girls," "Why Did I Got Married?," "Satisfy the Browns," "The Household That Preys," "I'm Able To Do Bad simply by Myself," "Why Did I Got Married Too?" and "For Colored Women."Perry also produces the television series "Tyler Perry's House of Payne" and "Satisfy The Browns" for The best spinner's and first-run distribution. Both skeins are distribbed by Lionsgate's Debmar-Mercury distribution arm.Perry's repped by WME.Lionsgate is delivering Perry's romantic drama "Good Deeds" on February. 24. Perry shows a soon-to-be-married businessman who starts to question his foreseeable existence when he offers assistance to -- and finally falls deeply in love with -- a lower-on-her-luck single mom battling to pay the bills. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com