Tyler Perry Studios And Devon Franklin Form Faith-Based Film Partnership With Netflix; ‘R&B’ First Film Announced Under New Deal
deadline.comTyler Perry Studios and DeVon Franklin (Flamin’ Hot) have formed a partnership with Netflix to produce faith-based films under a multi-year and multi-picture first-look deal.
This deal marks the latest extension of Perry and Netflix’s creative partnership which sees Perry write, direct, and produce films and series, however, these films will be produced by Franklin and Perry in conjunction with Tyler Perry Studios.
The first film under the new partnership will be R&B written by Mike Elliott (Brown Sugar) & Cory Tynan (Play’d). Most recently the writing duo (Tynan & Elliot) has written the faith based romantic comedy Relationship Goals, for Franklin and Amazon Studios.
R&B is a modern-day retelling of the story of Ruth and Boaz, one of the most iconic love stories in the Bible. Set in Tennessee, R&B tells the story of a young woman who escapes the Atlanta music scene to care for an elderly widowed woman and in the process finds the love of her life and gains the mother she never had.
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