Yesterday it was announced in the 'Hollywood Reporter' that Golden Globe-nominated actor Idris Elba will host and produce BBC America's newly branded drama franchise 'Dramaville,' which will include three BBC original series.

The franchise will premiere on August 17 at 10PM with the hour-long 1950s espionage-themed thriller, 'The Hour,' followed by Elba's 'Luther' on Oct. 5, while the crime drama 'Whitechapel' debuts on November 2.

To get a pulse on fan reaction to Tyler Perry's latest film, BlackVoices went coast to coast with a video camera and asked moviegoers what they thought of this much talked about adaptation.

Our team of roving reporters visited AMC movie theater locations in Harlem, Long Beach, Detroit, Houston and Chicago, Illinois to get opening night reaction to 'For Colored Girls.'

See our exclusive video of Long Beach below. And don't forget to click on the thumbnails beneath the video to see what fans in other cities thought.

To get a pulse on fan reaction to Tyler Perry's latest film, BlackVoices went coast to coast with a video camera and asked moviegoers what they thought of this much talked about adaptation.

Our team of roving reporters visited AMC movie theater locations in Harlem, Long Beach, Detroit, Houston and Chicago to get opening night reactions to 'For Colored Girls.'

See our exclusive video of fan reaction in Detroit below. And don't forget to click on the thumbnails beneath the video to see what fans in other cities thought.

To get a pulse on fan reaction to Tyler Perry's latest film, BlackVoices went coast to coast with a video camera and asked moviegoers what they thought of this much talked about adaptation.

Our team of roving reporters visited AMC movie theater locations in Harlem, Long Beach, Houston, Detroit and Chicago to get opening night reaction to 'For Colored Girls.'

See our exclusive video of Houston fan reaction below. And don't forget to click on the thumbnails beneath the video to see what fans in other cities thought.

To get a pulse on fan reaction to Tyler Perry's latest film, BlackVoices went coast to coast with a video camera and asked moviegoers what they thought of this much talked about adaptation.

Our team of roving reporters visited AMC movie theater locations in Harlem, Long Beach, Houston, Detroit and Chicago to get opening night reaction to 'For Colored Girls.'

See our exclusive video of Chicago fan reviews below. And don't forget to click on the thumbnails beneath the video to see what fans in other cities thought.