Tyler Perry and Kelly Rowland Team Up for ‘Mea Culpa’ at Netflix
variety.comAngelique Jackson Tyler Perry has set his latest movie with Netflix, with plans to write, direct and produce “Mea Culpa” for the streamer.
Kelly Rowland will star in and produce the film, which centers on a criminal defense attorney who, in the hopes of becoming partner, takes on the case of an artist who may or may not have murdered his girlfriend.
The ensemble cast also features Trevante Rhodes (“Moonlight,” “Birdbox,” “Bruiser”) Sean Sagar (“The Gentleman,” “The Covenant,” “Sistas”), Nick Sagar (“The Princess Switch” trilogy, “Run the World”), and RonReaco Lee (“Nappily Ever After,” “Coffee and Kareem”).
The new project is set to begin filming this spring. Producing the film alongside Perry and Rowland are Tyler Perry Studios president Angi Bones and Will Areu. “Mea Culpa” marks Perry’s fifth film directed for Netflix, following “A Fall From Grace,” “A Madea Homecoming,” the period drama “A Jazzman’s Blues” (Perry’s longtime passion project, produced from his first screenplay, written 27 years prior) and the upcoming World War II-set drama “Six Triple Eight,” which is currently in production.
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