My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 is a 2023 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Nia Vardalos. The third installment in the My Big Fat Greek Wedding franchise, the film stars Vardalos, John Corbett, Louis Mandylor, Elena Kampouris, Gia Carides, Joey Fatone, Lainie Kazan, and Andrea Martin. It is the first entry not to star Michael Constantine (who died in 2021) and Bess Meisler. Filming took place in Athens, Greece, from June through August 2022. The film was released in the United States on September 8, 2023, by Focus Features. It received generally negative reviews from critics and has grossed $38 million worldwide. Plot Roughly a year after the events of My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, the family is still mourning following both Gus' and Ian's father Rodney's deaths. Meanwhile, Maria is being cared for by Athena and her husband Yianni due to dementia. A separated Nick is living back home and again behaving immaturely. Toula Portokalos-Miller is still very happily married to Ian, a recently retired teacher. Their daughter Paris is struggling in college. The mayor of Vrisi (Gus' former village) has invited Toula, Ian, Paris, Nick, Aunt Voula, and Aunt Freida there for a supposed reunion. Aunt Voula secretly hires Aristotle, a Greek-American Paris knew in college, as her assistant, surprising everyone. Toula takes Gus's journal containing his life story to give to his three childhood friends in Greece as promised.