#Madea witness protection program movie

What follows is George working with Brian gathering evidence for the case, while his wife and kids adjust to living in a different culture. Attorney Brian Simmons (also played by Perry in a more conventional performance) who also happens to be Madea's nephew and son to her housemate Joe (again played by Perry, in aging makeup doing a cranky old man act) is given the task of placing them someplace where the mob won't find them, so he has them move into Madea and Joe's house. The FBI decides that they need George to help put the bad guys away, so they put him and his family in their witness protection program.

George's marriage with Kate already isn't going too well, the kids from a previous marriage don't like him or Kate very much, and his mother is losing her memory and becoming delusional. He risks going to prison if he does nothing about it, but he and his family (wife Kate played by Denise Richards, son Howie played by Devan Leos, daughter Cindy played by Danielle Campbell, and mother Barbara played by Doris Roberts) are threatened with death if he testifies. He isn't too bright and has been rather naïve about the whole thing until now. The Needlemans had to leave New York after George (Eugene Levy) finds out the company he has been Chief Financial Officer for has been involved in fraudulent practices with the Mob, and those responsible have set him up to take the fall for it. In Witness Protection, Madea takes in the Needleman family from New York at her house near Atlanta. For the uninitiated, Madea (full name Mabel 'Madea' Simmons) is a loud-mouthed, older Southern African-American woman, in actuality played by Perry in make-up and drag, using a not-so-convincing female voice but we are supposed to just accept that she is a woman.

#Madea witness protection program movie

Talent deals for the film were negotiated on behalf of Lionsgate by Robert Melnik, EVP of Business and Legal Affairs.Tyler Perry is back again with his 'Madea' character- Madea's Witness Protection is the seventh theatrical movie (not including straight-to-video releases) featuring Madea and the first to not be based on a stage play. Levy is represented by Anonymous Content and ICM. Perry is represented by WME and attorney Matt Johnson from Ziffren Brittenham. His third television show, “For Better or Worse” debuted on TBS in November. Perry also produces two hit television shows, “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” and its spinoff, “Meet The Browns,” which are distributed by Lionsgate’s Debmar-Mercury and continue to establish new standards of distribution and syndication success. GOOD DEEDS, starring Perry with Thandie Newton, will be released by Lionsgate this February 24 th, with THE MARRIAGE COUNSELOR in theaters on July 27 th, 2012. Perry’s theatrical releases for Lionsgate have grossed more than $572 million at the North American box office alone, and his films, stage plays and DVDs are all distributed by the company. The film is being produced under Perry’s ongoing first look partnership with Lionsgate. Perry wrote the script, is directing and producing the film, and will reprise three of his best loved roles – as tough talking grandma Madea, as Madea’s indelicate cousin Joe, and as plain-spoken attorney Brian, who places the family with Madea, resulting in the hilarious scenario that unfolds under her roof. The announcement was made by Perry with Rob Friedman and Patrick Wachsberger,Ĭomic legend Eugene Levy (the AMERICAN PIE franchise, BEST IN SHOW) stars in the film as George, a high level CFO at the center of a Ponzi scheme in New York City who is enrolled in the Witness Protection program along with his family in the one place that absolutely no one will think to look for them: Madea’s house down South.

The film marks the prolific filmmaker and multi-media tycoon’s 14 th feature film production with Lionsgate in seven years. SANTA MONICA – Lionsgate, a leading global entertainment company, together with Tyler Perry, today announced the commencement of production of MADEA’S WITNESS PROTECTION.