This year marks 20 years of Madea movies, dating back to her screen debut in 2005's Diary of a Mad Black Woman Perry tells PEOPLE he is "filled with a tremendous amount of pride" that the character ...

Tyler Perry has managed to sculpt an empire around Madea (full name Mabel Earlene Simmons), the no-nonsense matriarch he first portrayed in the 1999 play "I Can Do Bad All By Myself." Madea has a ...

For 20 years, Tyler Perry’s Madea has delivered laughs, tough love and some valuable life lessons in between. Madea, short for Mabel Simmons, is the no-filter grandmother figure fans have grown to ...

Tyler Perry‘s most famous character, the gun-toting grandma Madea, marks her 20th anniversary this year and, to celebrate, she’s heading to the Bahamas in “Madea’s Destination Wedding.” The Netflix ...

Tyler Perry first achieved mainstream success with the release of "Diary of a Mad Black Woman"; after raising $5.6 million himself for the film's production, it earned a gross of $50.7 million after ...

Although the Madea franchise is still anathema to critics, this has not stopped its latest movie, Joe’s College Road Trip, from dominating Netflix’s most-watched chart in America this weekend. Tyler ...

The new Madea movie is apparently a way bigger hit than you thought. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Will Netflix Seek Movie ...