Do we hear the ringing bells of a marriage proposal? We have no choice, as filming on My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 has come to an end. Nia Vardalos, the film’s writer and star, made the announcement. Upon its first release in 2002, the film My Big Fat Greek Wedding was a huge box office hit. Despite being largely based on the author’s own experiences, the film became the greatest earning romantic comedy of all time. Vardalos celebrated the completion of filming by posting a message on the social media network Twitter.
After wrapping up primary photography, she posted a snapshot on her Instagram account showing herself and the rest of the cast celebrating with drinks and beer dumped on them. I write on my alone, then meet a thousand people at the same time. In keeping with my typical meticulous and quiet approach, I helmed this film For the first time in a long time, I was overcome with tears of thankfulness. “From Greece, with love.” Film director Joel Zwick’s original My Big Fat Greek Wedding follows the narrative of Greek-American Fotoula “Toula” Portokalos, played by Vardalos, who falls in love with a non-Greek guy named Ian Miller, played by John Corbett.
The two are faced with the difficult task of winning the acceptance of Toula’s family and preparing for their forthcoming nuptials despite the fact that she reluctantly decides to marry him against her parents’ desires. My Big Fat Greek Wedding made $368.7 million at the box office despite a $5 million budget. Further, being a commercial success, the first film in the series garnered Vardalos an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay in 2003.
This is a remarkable achievement, given that it was her first attempt at a script. Other projects were inspired by this success, including the 2016 sequel, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, as well as the short-lived TV series My Big Fat Greek Life. Some recognisable names will return to the franchise in the upcoming third instalment, but plot specifics are kept under wraps for the time being. Corbett, Gia Carides, Joey Fatone, Louis Mandylor, and Andrea Martin are among the original cast members who will be returning for the 3rd season. Sadly, the actor who played Vardalos’ father, Gus, in the film passed away in 2021, therefore he will not be in the movie. Vardalos will be back in the news shortly, as filming has finished.