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Tyler Perry: Talk to the Hand, Cuz!

Posted Jun 17th 2008 4:34PM by TMZ Staff

Tyler Perry's flicks mine his family for all kinds of material, but heaven help the family member who uses Tyler's name for a little career boost!

Tyler's cousin Marlon Campbell, an Atlanta producer-director, tells TMZ that when he mentioned his cousin's name in connection with his own movie, something called "Oblivious", he got a smackdown letter from Tyler's lawyers. (We're told by another source that they've hardly seen each other since they were little kids.)

Any connection between Marlon's stuff and Tyler, says the letter, is "intentionally misleading" and "wrongfully infringes upon the economic value of Mr. Perry" -- a guy whose movies and plays have made well over $200 million.

Perry's next flick? "The Family That Preys." No joke.

Tags: Marlon Campbell, MarlonCampbell, Tyler Perry, TylerPerry

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1.
NO more insulting FIRST people !

Posted at 4:36PM on Jun 17th 2008 by charleswhitman

2. But he's such a good ol' christian boy....NOT! I always say the almighty dollar is best at revealing true character.

Posted at 4:38PM on Jun 17th 2008 by Fake Religion

3. Hey, I ain't mad at him, he made his empire without name dropping. Who knows, maybe his cousin's stuff was crap that he didn't want his name on. TMZ is always trying to start something.

Posted at 4:47PM on Jun 17th 2008 by why should he ride the coattails

4. Never heard of either of them.

Posted at 4:46PM on Jun 17th 2008 by Tim

5. Everybody has that one relative that comes out of the woodwork to make money off of you!

Posted at 4:47PM on Jun 17th 2008 by goldiggers!

6. I agree with #5

Posted at 4:57PM on Jun 17th 2008 by hehe

7. #4 and 5 are right. IT is just business. Why don't Maroln just do it on his own without mentioning Tyler Perry and Marlon's name is not even Perry. Business,

Posted at 10:30AM on Jun 18th 2008 by Business

8. Excuse me "Fake Religion" where was good ole Marlon when Tyler was HOMELESS and living in his car? It's funny how when you get $$$$ you inherit all these relatives that could not be found when the $$$$ wasn't around.

Besides he helps people all the time. Homeless people, people down on their luck and the Katrine victims etc.etc.etc. Did you know he paid for 20 homes to be built for displaced Katrina Families? OR how he helped the homeless woman who only wanted shoes to put her feet and he ended getting her a place to stay and as it turned out she turned her life around. Got a job and a permanent home.

What have you done for anyone......that's what I thought NOTHING!!!!!!!!

Posted at 5:15PM on Jun 17th 2008 by Paleeez

9. By the way......I agree with #5 also!!!!!!

Posted at 5:17PM on Jun 17th 2008 by Paleeez

10. Good for Tyler!!!! I totally agree with the comment about where were these peeps when Tyler was struggling? In the same hole that Mr. Perry was in! Now they are using his fame to climb out also! Lawyers hell, Just send Madea out with her piece of steel to settle the matter between kin!! lol

Posted at 5:32PM on Jun 17th 2008 by Perry Fan

11. Uh, isn't it spelled "whose movies and plays..."?

Posted at 6:00PM on Jun 17th 2008 by PHX Ahole

12. Gimme a break...Tyler Perry sounds like a jerk. Why would someone not want to gve his family member a boost when Tyler's had so much LUCK in the business? It's not like he's hard up on money. I think that when you've made as much money as Perry has, you have a moral obligation to help out your family. And a cease and desist letter? Come on...ever heard of picking up the phone and asking your cousin not to use your name? Either way, how arrogant can you be, when you won't let your own family member say hes related to you. GET OVER YOURSELF!

I never liked his movies before-they're REALLY predictable and badly acted. Now I have even more reason not to watch them.

Posted at 5:59PM on Jun 17th 2008 by californiadreamer

13. Tyler might be the black director/producer du jour, but his movies suck. If I were the cousin I wouldn't want to mention him anyway.

Posted at 6:20PM on Jun 17th 2008 by Bird

14. helerrr

Posted at 6:44PM on Jun 17th 2008 by bitmeifurhungry

15. Tyler is correct!!! His cousin is trying to use Tylers name to make his mark. He should have been man enough to go to Tyler with his plan.

Posted at 10:13PM on Jun 17th 2008 by Jheart

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