On April 2, Tyler Perry will probably make another big splash at the box office when "Why Did I Get Married Too?" opens nationwide. But the writer/director is already thinking about his next project, the film adaptation of Ntozake Shange's 1975 play "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf."
Shange's 1975 work is based on a series of 20 poems, each of which is about a woman who is identified with a single color of the rainbow. The stories deal with a wide spectrum of topics, including love, abandonment, rape and abortion. So far Tyler has booked Janet, Mariah, Phylicia Rashad and Macy Gray. He is talking to Whoopi now, This will be huge.
"Making a film of 'For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf' is a dream come true for me," Perry said. "Ntozake Shange's play is a magnificent tribute to the strength and dignity of women of color, and I think audiences of all generations will be able to recognize and embrace the experiences these women represent. Creatively, this movie is one of the most exciting undertakings of my career."
"For Colored Girls" is scheduled to shoot in June in New York, and will be released in late 2010 or early 2011. Im not familiar with "For Colored girls" but with this kind of cast shaping, Ill be ther opening day.
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