Tyler Perry Returns with Two New Movies

After the success of Diary of a Mad Black Woman and Madea's Family Reunion, it would appear that the winning formula for actor-writer-director Tyler Perry's whirlwind film career is Perry + fat suit + dress + wig = big bucks.

But it looks like he's ready to try making a movie minus the cross-dressing, with two 2007 projects that don't appear to even remotely feature his popular Madea character.

Perry directs, but doesn't star in, Daddy's Little Girls (opening Valentine's Day), which co-stars the lovely Gabrielle Union as a successful attorney who falls in love with a working stiff with three kids.

Perry is also directing a screen adaptation of his play Why Did I Get Married?

Shooting begins in January for a possible release before the end of the year.