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Tyler Perry Halts $800M Studio Expansion, Citing Concerns Over OpenAI’s Sora


Perry's planned expansion would have added 12 sound stages to the Atlanta backlot.

Tyler Perry ‘s planned $800 million studio expansion in Atlanta has been put on the back burner due to his growing concerns over developments in artificial intelligence. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter published on Thursday, Perry expressed a need for the industry to get ahead of AI’s potential impact, saying, “There’s got to be some sort of regulations in order to protect us. I was in the middle of, and have been planning for the last four years, about an $800 million expansion at the studio, which would’ve increased the backlot a tremendous size, we were adding 12 more sounds stages.

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