Bestselling writer Terry McMillan has partnered with Lifetime to govt produce a slate of latest films beneath the banner “Terry McMillan Presents.” Finest recognized for her novels turned hit movies “How Stella Received Her Groove Again” and “Ready to Exhale,” McMillan’s new films for Lifetime will deal with the love and lives of African American ladies, and function a part of Lifetime’s fortieth anniversary.

“As ladies, we may be messy. We may be difficult. We may be so many issues,” McMillan mentioned in an announcement. “Life isn’t tied up in a bow so it’s thrilling to be again in enterprise with Lifetime who permits ladies to inform our personal tales in an genuine approach.”

The unique films beneath the “Terry McMillan Presents” banner will probably be introduced later this yr with casting data. Lifetime and McMillan beforehand collaborated on “A Day Late and a Greenback Brief,” which starred Whoopi Goldberg, Mekhi Phifer, Anika Noni Rose, Kimberly Elise, Tichina Arnold and Ving Rhames.

“Terry is an American treasure together with her skill to seize the feminine expertise to find love and happiness,” says Lifetime EVP and head of programming Elaine Frontain Bryant. “We’re so excited to accomplice together with her on these new films that I do know may also resonate with our viewers.”

McMillan has gained the NAACP Picture Award and the Essence Journal Lifetime Achievement Award. Her debut novel “Mama” additionally obtained the Doubleday New Voices Award and the American E-book Award. Moreover, all of her novels grew to become New York Occasions Bestsellers, together with her newest novel “It’s Not All Downhill From Right here.”