Trailer for Tyler Perry's 'For Colored Girls'

The feature trailer for Tyler Perry's upcoming drama "For Colored Girls" has landed online, and you can watch it below. This definitely looks better and more serious than his annoyingly traditional recent flicks.

The film is based on Ntozake Shange's 1975 play "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf." The film version focuses on what happens to several nameless black women.

The cast is quite impressives, including Thandie Newton, Whoopi Goldberg, Anika Noni Rose, Kerry Washington, Janet Jackson, Loretta Devine, Macy Gray, Tessa Thompson and Rayna Tharani.

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Tyler Perry's 'For Colored Girls' to open Nov. 5

Lionsgate decided to move up Tyler Perry's upcoming drama "For Colored Girls" a couple of months. Instead of launching the film early next year (as originally planned), the studio will release it Nov. 2, 2010.

The film is based on Ntozake Shange's 1975 play "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf." The film version focuses on what happens to 20 nameless black women.

"It's a serious film that really lends itself to the fall period," Lionsgate's David Spitz told Variety. Now, "Colored Girls" will face Todd Phillips' comedy "Due Date" and DreamWorks' "Megamind" at the box office.

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Tyler Perry signs to direct 'For Colored Girls'

Tyler Perry isn't slowing down a bit. He's got "Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself" opening this September, and he's got "Why Did I Get Married Too" set for a Spring 2010 release.

On top of that, he's now all set to write, direct and produce a big-screen version of Ntozake Shange's 1975 play "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf."

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