Move over Madea, there's a new grandmother in town. This year filmmaker Tyler Perry, known for making hugely popular entertainment that strikes a chord with African-American audiences will be expanding his franchise to include a series of movies devoted to the Chinese-American experience. Perry has reportedly received $50 million to direct and star in three films about an over the top, loudmouth, elderly Chinese-American woman named Mingmei. In a statement released to the press Perry was quoted saying: "When I realized that there were four million Chinese-Americans out there buying movie tickets I thought to myself, 'someone needs to make movies that speak to them.' And that someone is me." ... Perry also went on to say that with another 1.4 billion Chinese in the overseas market, it's more important than ever to provide the Asian people with the message of the importance of community. And never one to shy away from religious themes, the first movie in the series: "Mingmei's Family Business" also contains a strong message about Buddhism. But don't think for a second that these movies are somber in tone. Moviegoers who attended early test screenings said there is plenty of Tyler Perry's trademark physical humor. When Mingmei's grandchildren were arguing, "Who should get the last potsticker?", and she slapped them all. And I thought, this is what it is like to be Chinese. Not everyone loved the screening, however. I'm usually a really big fan of Tyler Perry but this was not as good as his earlier stuff. I guess the debate will be settled at the theater where Perry plans to release two Mingmei movies along with two Madea movies every year for the next ten years. Alright, so stick around because later on we've got Kim Kardashian's shocking revelation that there may be multiple universes.