Tyler Perry's Next Film is Filled With Stars

Tyler Perry’s next movie is saturated with stars. While promoting his movie Why Did I Get Married Too? Perry confirmed the superstar cast for his new film For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf.

MTV reports Perry casted Whoopi Goldberg, Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, Anika Noni Rose, Kerry Washington, Loretta Devine, and Phylicia Rashad, among others. However, reports Halle Berry and Jill Scott are in the cast are false.

Perry said filming will begin this summer in New York with a tentative release date of late 2010 or early 2011, MTV reports.

The film is an adaptation of a 1975 play by Ntozake Shange about 20 poems from a woman who is categorized with a color of the rainbow. The material ranges from love and abortion to rape.

According to MTV, Perry is thrilled about the project, saying:

“… 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."