Tyler Perry Announces Dream Cast for ‘Colored Girls’

by A on Sep.10, 2009, under For The Ladies, For The Men

When it was announced last week that Tyler Perry will be writing, directing and producing a film version of Ntozake Shange’s award-winning 1975 play ‘For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf,’ there was plenty of talk as to who would be cast.

Well, while promoting his latest film, ‘I Can Do Bad All By Myself,’ which opens Sept. 11, Perry talked about who he wanted to appear in the movie. Among the chosen few are Oscar winner Halle Berry, Angela Bassett, Ruby Dee, Cicely Tyson, Maya Angelou, Oprah Winfrey, Thandie Newton, Kimberly Elise, Beyonce Knowles, Mariah Carey and Alicia Keys.

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Of the 11 actresses mentioned, six have already committed to be in the film, but Perry wouldn’t say who exactly.

Oprah loves to act, so will you ever do a film for her?

Tyler Perry: Yes, she’s in my next movie, ‘For Colored Girls.’ Here’s what I will tell you. Here’s my dream cast, and it hasn’t been officially announced yet. There are 15 characters in the film and my dream cast is Kimberly Elise, Cicely Tyson, Ruby Dee, Maya Angelou, Oprah Winfrey, Halle Berry, Angela Bassett, Thandie Newton, Mariah Carey, Alicia Keys, and Beyonce. I’ve talked to 6 of the women and they have said yes. You have to figured out that part.

No Mary J. Blige?

TP: She just told me that she wants to be in it, so we’ll see.

Will ‘Colored’ be different from the play and will you be throwing your name in front of the title?

TP: My name will not be in front of the title because it’s not an original work for me. There will be no Madea, so all of you can relax. It’s going to be true to what it is. If you know anything about the play, you know that it’s a bunch of poems. There’s no real story, and that’s probably why it’s never been made into a movie. The way the movie opens is that all of these different women are leading their own lives, and they pass each other and you follow their stories. No one knows each other and halfway in the movie, they end up in this center that this woman started called ‘The Colored Girl center,’ where women go through like a 12-step program for healing. That’s what the script is about. I want to make sure that I respect and honor the play because it was written before I was born.

Principal photography is scheduled to begin in Atlanta in November and continue through December, with a release planned for next year.

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:Alicia Keys, Beyonce Knowles, Cicely Tyson, Halle BerryAngela Bassett, Kimberly Elise, Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, Maya Angelou, News, Oprah Winfrey, Ruby Dee, Thandie Newton, Tyler Perry

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