My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 Heads to Theatres this Fall

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 welcomes again most of its unique solid, together with Nia Vardalos and John Corbett.

Another massive Greek soirée is headed our manner! My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 will hit theaters on Sept. 8, based on Deadline. The third movie within the My Big Fat Greek Wedding franchise will comply with the solid as they embark on a Grecian trip that ends with (you guessed it) a Greek wedding ceremony. Nia Vardalos, who has starred in and written the 2 earlier movies, writes and directs the upcoming movie.

“The candy friendship which bloomed from the producers’ first taking an opportunity on me then grew into an attractive relationship as they entrusted me to direct this installment of our franchise. We filmed our household reunion totally in Greece which was thrilling for us all. Plus, we ate without spending a dime,” Vardalos stated in a press release launched by Focus Features.

Vardalos and John Corbett return as married couple Toula and Ian, together with solid mates Louis Mandylor, Andrea Martin, Gia Carides, Joey Fatone, Lainie Kazan, Maria Vacratsis, and Elena Kampouris. In addition, the movie introduces two new faces to the Portokalos-Miller brood: Elias Kacavas and Melina Kotselo. Michael Constantine, who portrayed Toula’s father within the first two movies and the sequence, handed away in 2021.

Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson, and Gary Goetzman will function producers (as they did on the primary two movies) below their Playtone banner. Paul Brooks, Scott Niemeyer, and Steven Shareshian govt produce. Focus Features will launch the movie within the U.S., whereas Universal Pictures International will oversee worldwide distribution.

“It’s thrilling to have Nia Vardalos, Academy Award nominated author, not solely in entrance of the digital camera as our star, but additionally behind the digital camera as our director, guiding our beloved solid for this third movie shot on location in Greece,” Wilson stated. “‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding’ has introduced audiences pleasure for twenty-one years. I’m so completely happy that extra pleasure is on the way in which.”

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My Big Fat Greek Wedding’s History

My Big Fat Greek Wedding, directed by Joel Zwick, premiered in 2002. The romantic comedy follows Toula Portokalos, a girl dwelling in Chicago, as she falls in love with, and later turns into engaged to, a white man named Ian Miller. While planning her wedding ceremony, audiences are launched to her opinionated Greek household, and hilarity ensues. Worldwide, it earned over $368 million on the field workplace (in opposition to a $5 million funds) and have become IFC’s highest-grossing movie. In the United States, My Big Fat Greek Wedding stays the highest-grossing romantic comedy. The movie acquired essential reward and was embraced by audiences. Vardalos earned an Oscar nomination for greatest unique screenplay.

The following yr a sitcom titled My Big Fat Greek Life, persevering with the movie’s story, premiered. Unfortunately, it acquired detrimental opinions and was canceled by CBS after seven episodes. The movie’s 2016 sequel, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, did not fare a lot better. While it grossed $90.6 million on the worldwide field workplace, essential reception was poor.