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Tyler Perry Announces New Netflix Flick 'Mea Culpa'

The legal crime drama's making will star Kelly Rowland, Trevante Rhodes, Sean Sagar, Nick Sagar, and RonReaco Lee.

Cover Image Source: Getty Images | Photo by Stephen Lovekin | IMDb

After four major successes A Fall From GraceA Madea Homecoming, A Jazzman’s Blues, and Six Triple Eight in a collaboration with Netflix, Tyler Perry is back behind the camera to direct, produce and write the fifth and most ambitious project of all Mea Culpa. The announcement of the movie thrilled the audience who were happy to hear about the new Perry project in making after a long time now. The thriller film is set to be the most awaited project of all by Perry as he shared the news while confirming its making on February 24, 2023.

Image Source: Getty Images | Photo by Stephen Lovekin
Image Source: Getty Images | Photo by Stephen Lovekin

Who are on the casting team?

Mea Culpa is a Netflix original film starring Kelly Rowland, Trevante Rhodes, Sean Sagar, Nick Sagar, and RonReaco Lee. The actors were all taken into consideration to play integral roles in the upcoming flick as per the announcement. However, it wasn’t Netflix that gave the audience this thrilling news which is said to have taken over the movie in January 2023. On February 8th, ReelChicago made the first public mention of the project, noting that "the Mea Culpa production office is already up and operating at the Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta."

Image Source: Getty Images | Photo by Gregg DeGuire
Image Source: Getty Images | Photo by Gregg DeGuire

About Production

CBS News Atlanta reported on February 28th that the production was aggressively looking for extras. The production overlaps with Perry's second picture, Six Triple Eight, which began filming in the UK in early 2023 and is expected to conclude in April 2023. "The filming dates are planned for March 6-24, and the location is Atlanta and Chicago," they stated, adding that the only narrative specifics available at the time were "Guy meets girl is not that easy when pandemonium erupts." Will Areu and Angi Bones, in addition to Rowland and Perry, are producers on the film, as are casting directors Kim Coleman and Rhavynn Drummer.

Image Source: IMDb
Image Source: IMDb

When is it set to release?

The movie will arrive, sometime in late 2023 or early 2024 as per speculations. While Netflix hasn’t set up any release date for the same.



 

What is the plot around?

Given that it is a thriller, suspense, and drama are to be expected. The official plot as of now reads, “In the hopes of becoming partner, a criminal defense attorney takes on the case of an artist who may or may not has murdered his girlfriend.” The crime legal drama is set to keep the audience gripped, however not much has been disclosed but we are already excited about it.