Tyler Perry is bringing Madea out of retirement for his 12th film, A Madea Homecoming, at Netflix.

The streamer has set a 2022 release date for the film. 

You may recall, Tyler retired the iconic character in 2019 with much fanfare after the release of A Madea Family Funeral

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Tyler took to Instagram on Tuesday to announce Madea is coming to Netflix. 

The entertainment mogul said:

We need to laugh! Too much is going on in the country. We need to laugh.

He confessed, “I was done,” but clearly Madea wasn’t! 

Watch below. 

Are you excited about Madea’s return?