Tyler Perry completes casting for Netflix film A Jazzman s Blues ANI | Updated: May 08, 2021 21:58 IST
Washington [US], May 8 (ANI): American actor and filmmaker Tyler Perry is rounding out the cast of his new Netflix film A Jazzman s Blues.
Written and directed by the 51-year-old star, A Jazzman s Blues unravels forty years of secrets and lies in a tale of forbidden love and family drama sound-tracked by juke joint blues in the deep South. Perry penned the screenplay 26 years ago, and this is the first screenplay he had ever written.
Per The Hollywood Reporter, A Jazzman s Blues began shooting this week in Savannah, Georgia, and at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, where the multi-hyphenate films most of his projects. Perry and his shingle s president of production and development Michelle Sneed will executive produce the movie. The project is currently set for a 2022 release on the streaming service.
A Jazzman’s Blues “unravels forty years of secrets and lies in a tale of forbidden love and family drama soundtracked by juke joint blues in the deep South. Perry penned the screenplay 26 years ago, the first one he’d ever written,” the outlet writes. Tyler Perry/Getty Images)
“I have waited a quarter of a century to tell this story and now is the perfect time and Netflix is the perfect partner,” says Perry. According to the report, A Jazzman’s Blues began shooting this week in Savannah, Georgia, and at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta. It’s currently set for a 2022 release on Netflix.