Photo: Focus Features
ThePortokalosfamily is back!
Focus Features shared the first cast photo from the upcoming comedyMy Big Fat Greek Wedding 3, for which the cast of the first two films have reunited, announcing the third installment will premiere in theaters worldwide on Sept. 8.
“#MyBigFatGreekWedding3 iscoming to theaters September 8!” the distributor shared Friday on Twitter. “Director, writer, and starNia Vardalosand the entire cast return for the latest Portokalos family adventure.”
The announcement also featured an on-set image of the cast on location in Greece, including Vardalos,John Corbett,Andrea Martin,Louis Mandylor,Maria VacratsisandElena Kampourisreprising their roles from the previous films, as well as newcomerElias Kacavas.
After writing and starring in the first movie in 2002 and its 2016 sequel, Vardalos, 60, adds a director credit to her name withMBFGW 3.
Tom Hanks and wife Rita Wilson produced the film with Gary Goetzman, as well as executive producers Paul Brooks, Scott Niemeyer and Steven Shareshian.
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“It’s thrilling to have Nia Vardalos, Academy Award-nominated writer, not only in front of the camera as our star,but also behind the camera as our director, guiding our beloved cast for this third film shot on location in Greece,” said Wilson, 66. “My Big Fat Greek Weddinghas brought audiences joy for twenty-one years. I’m so happy that more joy is on the way.”
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My Big Fat Greek Weddingstarred Vardalos as Toula Portokalos, a single 30-year-old woman working in her family’s restaurant when she meets, falls in love and gets married to non-Greek Ian Miller (Corbett). The sequel followed the couple as they raised their teen daughter, Paris Miller (Kampouris).
source: people.com
