Keshia Knight-Pulliam to Play Prostitute in Tyler Perry Movie

Atlanta, GA 4/18/2008 09:25 PM GMT (FINDITT)

Keshia Knight-Pulliam will star as an imprisoned prostitute in the latest Tyler Perry movie "Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail'.

Knight-Pulliam, who is best known for her role as Rudy on "The Cosby Show", will be joined in the cast by Perry, Derek Luke, Tamela Mann and David Mann.

The play-turned-movie centers on Madea (Perry), whose propensity for causing trouble lands her in jail. She comes to the rescue of Candy (Pulliam), a fellow inmate who is locked up for prostitution and gets preyed upon by a woman named Big Sal in jail. Luke is on track to play Joshua, an attorney who has a past with Candy.

Writer-director Perry, who based the film on his play, is producing the project under Lionsgate with Reuben Cannon as well as playing multiple roles. Filming is set to begin in mid-May in Atlanta, with a tentative early 2009 release planned.

Pulliam, whose name is constantly misspelled as Keisha, recently appeared in Perry's TBS series "House of Payne" and is launching an Atlanta-based production company for film and television projects that she has in development.

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