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Tyler-Perry will crank out a range of films in new multi-year partnership deal with Netflix as his film galaxy continues to expand

What is available now and what is coming out... (TSN): Tyler Perry is cranking out a remarkable range of cinema for Netflix and Amazon. Despite not being able to secure the purchase of BET in what he called a "disrespectful" deal, the multi-hyphenate is at the top of his game. Perry has signed another 8-film expanded agreement with Netflix to write produce and direct feature films for the streamer. He was already working on the highly anticipated film "Six Triple Eight”, the real-life story of the only all-Black woman 6888th battalion that saved and optimized mail delivery during World War II. Headed up by Kerry Washington, the cast of the overseas war drama also includes Ebony Obsidian, Milauna Jackson, Pepi Sonuga, Sarah Jeffery, Shanice Shantay, Jay Reeves, Dean Norris, Sam Waterston, Kylie Jefferson, Jeanté Godlock, Moriah Brown, Oprah Winfrey and Susan Sarandon. Now The Slice reported the announcement about the period film earlier this year but the release...