Tyler Perry's "Straw" nearly doubled its viewership in its second week on Netflix to score the biggest audience a Netflix movie has seen so far in 2025.

Tyler Perry has come a long way from simply being a playwright. Over the past two decades, he's solidified himself as a major power player in the film industry and, through his successful business, Tyler Perry Studios,

Tyler Perry's accuser, Derek Dixon, claimed the assault began in 2020 after the filmmaker approached him to offer him a role.