Tyler Perry claims that all African-American casts are "becoming extinct," in a lengthy rant about the lack of support of new movie Red Tails.

The highest-earning man in entertainment has penned an open letter in which he addresses the black community in movies, and slams those who say "black" movies have lost popularity.

"Unfortunately, movies starring an all African American cast are on the verge of becoming extinct. THAT’S RIGHT, EXTINCT! Ask any executive at a Hollywood Studio why, and most of them will tell you one of two things," he begins.

"The first thing they’ll say is that DVD sales have become very soft, so it’s hard for a movie with an all black cast to break-even. Secondly they’ll say, most movies are now dependent on foreign sales to be successful and most “black” movies don’t sell well in foreign markets."

"So what that means is you will begin to see less and less films that star an all black cast. Isn’t that sad in a 2012 America? Somewhere along the way we still haven’t realized that we are more alike then not... I thought that as black people in Hollywood, this is just our reality, but I quickly realized that this is not racism."

Speaking about new movie Red Tails starring Ne-Yo, Terrence Howard and Cuba Gooding Jr., Tyler added: "Red Tails is an important story about, not just black history, but American history about the Tuskegee Airmen. It has an all-star African American cast, including Cuba Gooding Jr. and Terrence Howard, which opens this Friday. He went on to say that he brought the movie idea of Red Tails to several studios and no one wanted to make this film… AND THIS IS GEORGE LUCAS!"

" I think we should pull together and get behind this movie. I really do! Not just African Americans, but all of us."

Do you agree with Tyler's comments? Are "black" movies losing popularity?

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