Madea’s Big Happy Family

TYLER PERRY: REAL ESTATE SIZE QUEEN

Tyler Perry’s spending habits are the talk of Atlanta. The incredibly successful film-maker’s movies are non-union, but he keeps buying larger and more extravagant houses – in spite of the fact that he’s single. Our friend The Real Estalker has dubbed him a “real estate size queen.” (And he always seemed like such a modest, down-to-earth guy.) He’s in the process of unloading his 8800 sq ft LA house for 13 million, and his 17,000 sq ft Atlanta mansion for $3,650.000. Tyler bought a 58 acre Atlanta estate (with an 18 hole golf course, a garage for forty cars, and a band shell) and DEMOLISHED the monstrous 36,000 sq ft house so he could build a BIGGER house! (above) What does one man DO in a house the size of Macy’s in New York? Tyler insists God gave him all this because he “believes,” but we think his moviemaking skills had more to do with it.

THE OLD SPICE GUY IS TYLER PERRY’S NEW LEADING MAN

Tyler Perry knows what he’s doing. He snapped up the Old Spice guy, Isaiah Mustafa, to do a small role in his “Colored Girls” movie, but Tyler liked him so much he pulled Isaiah OUT of the movie and instead gave him his first STARRING role in “Madea’s Big Happy Family.” Isaiah, 36, will play a guy with relationship problems. His Old Spice commercial changed everything for the former footballer- he became an internet sensation and was offered a number of small acting roles. This is his first LEAD and Isaiah is “thrilled and grateful.”