00:00It looks like Tyler Perry is not bidding farewell to Medea after all.
00:05The prolific creator and producer is bringing his iconic character out of retirement,
00:09this time for Netflix. Perry is planning a 12th installment of the film franchise
00:13A Medea Homecoming for a 2022 debut on the streaming service.
00:18The feature will be shot at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta,
00:21where the multi-hyphenate films most of his projects.
00:23Medea was first introduced on stage in the 1999 play I Can Do Bad All By Myself.
00:29Since then, the character has been at the center of other theater productions
00:32and dozens of films, TV shows, and even a book.
00:36In 2019, Perry talked about retiring the Medea character as he premiered a Medea family funeral,
00:41telling The Hollywood Reporter,
00:43I don't want to be her age playing her, so it was time to shut it down and move on.
00:47I've got some other things I want to do, and in this next 50, I'm going to do something different.
00:52A Medea Homecoming also expands Netflix's relationship with Perry with his 2020 film
00:57A Fall From Grace also on the streamer. Perry is also shooting the upcoming A Jazz
01:01Man's Blues for Netflix. For more on this story, head to THR.com.
01:06For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Neha Joy.
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