A fan of Tyler Perry, but don’t like to watch him direct a film? Then 2012 will apparently be your year. Or at least this October will be a far more interesting month for you.

According to ComingSoon, Summit has announced that their upcoming film, Alex Cross, will hit theaters on October 26. The film stars Perry, Matthew Fox, Rachel Nichols, and Ed Burns, and follows the story of a “homicide detective/psychologist (Perry) as he meets his match in a serial killer (Fox). The two face off in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse, but when the mission gets personal, Cross is pushed to the edge of his moral and psychological limits in this taut and exciting action thriller.”

The eBook deal of the day today for the Amazon Kindle is MAX: A Maximum Ride Novel, by James Patterson, for only $2.99 (that’s 63% off the regular price of $7.99).

Note, this deal is valid only for today, Monday, October 17, 2011, until 11:59 PST.

If you’d like to own a physical copy of MAX: A Maximum Ride Novel, the book is also available in paperback for $7.99 and trade paperback for $8.99. Both paperback editions are currently part of Amazon’s 4-for-3 promotion, where you can purchase four select items for the price of three (see the Special Offers and Product Promotions section of the product pages).