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By Dominic Patten |deadline.com
Atlanta-based Tyler Perry has added his voice to Hollywood’s chorus urging Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal to reject a bill that discriminates against the LGBT community. “At Tyler Perry Studios, we believe in inclusion and equality for all people,” a spokesperson for the studios said Friday.
“We do not tolerate bigotry, division and discrimination,” added the spokesperson for the man behind the successful Madea franchise and OWN’s
biggest shows For Better or Worse and The Haves and Have Nots. “We have tremendous confidence in Governor Deal’s leadership and ability to continue to lead our great state forward and urge him to veto this bill.”
With a big production studio already in Atlanta, Perry is planning on bringing even more business to Georgia when his expanded studio on the former site of Atlanta’s Fort McPherson Army Base is finished. Having opened in 2006, Perry’s current production facilities are a 200,000-square-foot complex in southwest Atlanta that includes five soundstages and a 400-seat theater. (click here to read more)
