Tyler Perry is bringing back his most beloved character, Madea, for an all-new adventure on Netflix.

Perry will write, direct and star in the film, donning Madea’s dress, wig and devil-may-care attitude one more time. Perry retired Mabel “Madea” Simmons in 2020 with the sold-out “Madea’s Farewell Tour”, while the character’s final film appearance came in 2019’s “A Madea Family Funeral,” where Perry closed the casket on the character.

Perry has been quietly developing the project since last fall.

“I was done with Madea, completely done with it,” Perry told Variety, when he was honored as 2020’s Showman of the Year. “But as I’ve been looking at the state of the world and I finished a tour in January, just before the pandemic started to break in the country and the amount of joy and laughter that it brought to so many people, that’s what I think is missing. We need that laughter and that joy.”

The new film will be shot entirely at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, Georgia with plans for a 2022 debut on Netflix. Overseeing the project are Tyler Perry Studios president of production and development Michelle Sneed, who will executive produce alongside Perry, with TPS execs Will Areu and Mark Swinton producing the film.

Perry announced the news on social media, slipping easily into Madea’s voice, if not her costume, saying: “This is Madea saying I’m coming back, and I’m not Netflix and I can’t wait to tell you.”

After her big screen debut in 2005’s “Diary of a Mad Black Woman, “the gun-toting grandma became a worldwide sensation. Over the course of eleven films, the Madea franchise has helped Perry gross more than $1 billion at the box office.

News of Madea’s return comes as Perry is increasing his workload with Netflix. In March, Perry announced he’s producing his longtime passion project, “A Jazzman’s Blues,” for the streamer.

Perry’s first Netflix project, “A Fall From Grace” was seen by 39 million households in its first month of release.