Madea Has Her Groove Back, and She's a Riot

“Madea has her groove back, and she's a riot”

-- Alonso Duralde,TheWrap

Madea is Back in This Outrageous Holiday Comedy Arriving on Blu-ray™, DVD, Digital HD and Video on Demand November 25 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment

SANTA MONICA, CA (September 4, 2014) – Laugh out loud with Madea and her entire family this holiday season when Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas – The Movie arrives on Blu-ray (plus Digital HD), DVD (plus Digital), Digital HD and Video on Demand November 25 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment. Written for the screen, produced and directed by Tyler Perry, who also stars as Madea, the hilarious holiday extravaganza also features Kathy Najimy (HBO’s “Veep,” TV’s “King of the Hill”), Chad Michael Murray (TV’s “One Tree Hill,” TV’s “Chosen”), Anna Maria Horsford (Friday After Next, Our Family Wedding), Tika Sumpter (Ride Along, Get on Up), Eric Lively (Deep Winter, The Butterfly Effect 2), JR Lemon (TV’s “The Night Shift”), Alicia Witt (TV’s “Justified,” Two Weeks Notice), Lisa Whelchel (TV’s “The Facts of Life,” TV’s For Better or For Worse) and Larry the Cable Guy (Cars, Cars 2, Delta Farce).

Madea gets coaxed into helping a friend pay her daughter a surprise visit in the country for Christmas, but the biggest surprise is what they'll find when they arrive. As the small, rural town prepares for its annual Christmas carnival, new secrets are revealed and old relationships are tested while Madea dishes her own unique brand of Christmas spirit to all.

Including a first look at Tyler Perry’s first-ever animated feature, Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Tough Love, and a hilarious behind-the-scenes featurette, the Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas Blu-ray and DVD will be available for the suggested retail price of $39.99 and $29.95, respectively.

BLU-RAY/DVD SPECIAL FEATURES*

· “Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Tough Love” First Look

· “Jolly Follies” featurette

*Subject to change

PROGRAM INFORMATION

Year of Production: 2013

Type: Theatrical Release

Rating: PG-13 for sexual references, crude humor and language

Genre: Comedy

Blu-ray Closed Captioned: English SDH

DVD Closed Captioned: English

Subtitles: English and Spanish

Feature Run Time: 100 minutes

Blu-ray Format: 1080P High Definition 16x9 Widescreen (1.78:1)

DVD Format: 16x9 Widescreen (1.78:1)

Blu-ray Audio Status: English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio™ and Spanish 5.1 Dolby

Digital

DVD Audio Status: English and Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital

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ABOUT TYLER PERRY

Tyler Perry is an established American actor, director, screenwriter, producer, playwright, and author. Born into poverty and raised in a household scarred by abuse, Tyler fought from a young age to find the strength, faith and perseverance that would later form the foundations of his work. Tyler started his career writing plays, many of which later became the inspiration for his film projects and included the introduction of the now-legendary Madea character, played by Tyler himself. Tyler’s first feature film,Diary of a Mad Black Woman,debuted at number one nationwide in 2005. His ensuing films, Madea's Family Reunion, Daddy's Little Girls, Why Did I Get Married?, Meet The Browns, The Family That Preys, I Can Do Bad All by Myself, Why Did I Get Married Too?, For Colored Girls, Madea's Big, Happy Family, Good DeedsandMadea's Witness Protectionhave all been met with massive commercial success, delighting audiences across America and around the world. He also starred in the Rob Cohen directedAlex Cross, helped release Academy Award-nominatedPrecious,and has a role opposite Ben Affleck in David Fincher’s forthcoming film,Gone Girl. Tyler has also made his mark in the television space, with the TBS seriesHouse of PayneandMeet the Browns,in addition to his collaborations with Oprah Winfrey on her cable network,OWN.Tyler was most recently seen in his34thStreet Film’s production, which he also directed,Single Mom’s Club.A new show for OWN entitledIf Loving You Is Wrong, based on the film, will premiere later in the year.

ABOUT LIONSGATE

Lionsgate is a leading global entertainment company with a strong and diversified presence in motion picture production and distribution, television programming and syndication, home entertainment, digital distribution, new channel platforms and international distribution and sales. Lionsgate currently has over 30 television shows on more than 20 networks spanning its primetime production, distribution and syndication businesses, including such critically-acclaimed hits as the multiple Emmy Award-winning Mad Men and Nurse Jackie, the comedy Anger Management, the network series Nashville, the syndication success The Wendy Williams Show and the critically-acclaimed hit series Orange is the New Black.

Its feature film business has been fueled by such recent successes as the blockbuster first two installments of The Hunger Games franchise, the first installment of the recently-launched Divergent franchise, Now You See Me, Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain, Warm Bodies, Sinister, Roadside Attractions' A Most Wanted Man and Pantelion Films' breakout hit Instructions Not Included, the highest-grossing Spanish-language film ever released in the U.S.

Lionsgate's home entertainment business is an industry leader in box office-to-DVD and box office-to-VOD revenue conversion rate. Lionsgate handles a prestigious and prolific library of approximately 15,000 motion picture and television titles that is an important source of recurring revenue and serves as the foundation for the growth of the Company's core businesses. The Lionsgate and Summit brands remain synonymous with original, daring, quality entertainment in markets around the world.

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