There are numerous production listings that imply Tyler Perry is engaged in new Netflix film production.
Tyler Perry will be producing and directing Six Triple Eight, a historical military drama that tells the tale of the Six Triple Eight, the only all-black female unit to serve in World War 2.
The planned historical battle drama Six Triple Eight is written, produced, and directed by Tyler Perry.
It will be the first time Perry’s production company, The Tyler Perry Company, has produced a War drama.
The project also lists Angi Bones (The House Next Door), Peter Gruber, Nicole Avant (Wag the Dog), Keri Selig (Passengers), and Carlota Espinosa as producers in addition to Perry.
Six Triple Eight’s plot summary was taken from ProductionWeekly: “During the height of World War II, about 1943,
Soldiers’ expectations are dashed as they lose communication with their relatives back home as warehouses start to overflow with unfulfilled supplies.
The Women’s Army Corps’ all-Black 6888th Battalion, which has over 800 female troops, is dispatched to take on the impossibly difficult task of sifting years
The Six Triple Eight are committed to giving soldiers and their families hope, despite the wishes of military leaders for the plan to fail.