Perry, Lionsgate visit 'Marriage Counselor'

PerryTyler Perry is at pre-prorduction around the feature version of his play "The Marriage Counselor" through his deal with Lionsgate, marking the thirteenth feature project involving the multihypenate and studio.Production will begin March. 25 with Perry and partners Ozzie Arau and Paul Hall creating. No cast remains attached."The Marriage Counselor," the tenth follow Perry, opened up up in 2008. Story concentrates on a couple -- an accountant los angeles and also the wife, an Ivy League-educated counselor who gives marital advice but finds it tough to cope with problems with her own marriage. In March, Lionsgate extended its first-look pact with Perry for film and homevid not under couple of years, ongoing a partnership that dates to 2005. The sale requires Perry use a the least two more "Madea" movies, among other possible photos.Perry's 11 films for Lionsgate within the last six years make nearly $600 million within the U . s . States box office, and also the Digital video disks have offered greater than 40 million models. Their twelfth project, romantic drama "Good Deeds" opens Feb. 24 and notifies the story from the effective, soon-to-be-married businessman who falls deeply deeply in love with a lesser-on-her-luck single mother.The latest Perry film, "Madea's Large Happy Family," opened up on April 22 and needed in $53 million.Perry's debut play, "I Realize I've been Changed" was completed first in 1992. He bowed the Madea character in 2000's play "I am Able To Perform Bad by simply Myself," leading to 2005's "Diary from the Mad Black Lady."Perry adopted with "Madea's Family Reunion," "Daddy's Youthful Women," "Why Did I Acquired Married?," "Fulfill the Browns," "Your Family That Preys," "I am Able To Perform Bad by simply Myself," "Why Did I Acquired Married Too?" and "For Colored Women."Perry also produces the tv series "Tyler Perry's House of Payne" and "Fulfill The Browns" for top 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 Feb. 24. Perry shows a soon-to-be-married businessman who begins to question his expected existence when he offers help -- and lastly falls deeply deeply in love with -- a lesser-on-her-luck single mother fighting to settle the debts. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com