Comedy | August 31, 2009 | 4 comments

My Big Fat Greek Wedding Sequel to Sequel Itself in a Sequel of Sequels.

source: http://www.hammertonail.com/monologues/big-fat-repeat-my-big-fat-greek-wedding-remake/

jlichman
Ah, parody truly is amazing, especially as sequels for Bad Boys and Rambo are being announced in development. And since they are the exact same movie.

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BIG FAT REPEAT: Vardalos & Co. Prep For My Big Fat Greek Wedding Remake

In what appears to be an industry first, the entire cast and crew behind the 2002 indie breakout phenomenon My Big Fat Greek Wedding, from writer/star Nia Vardalos to director Joel Zwick to co-star John Corbett to cinematographer Jeffrey Jur to assistant head carpenter Tim Ovans to boom operator Thomas Hayek to production assistant David Zikovitz, has signed on to remake the exact same film.

Wedding is one of the decade’s most lucrative success stories. Budgeted at five million dollars, the movie went on to rake in almost 350 million at the worldwide box office. However, since that time, Vardalos hasn’t been able to recapture the same magic that made her such an unexpected household face. Though her directorial debut I Hate Valentine’s Day has reportedly done well through the IFC’s OnDemand service, it barely made a dent at the box office, earning only $10,000 in its first two weeks of release. When asked to provide statistical evidence of the film’s small screen success, IFC Films VP of Marketing & PR Ryan Werner replied, “We don’t do that. But trust me, it did, like, amazing.”
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4 comments // My Big Fat Greek Wedding Sequel to Sequel Itself in a Sequel of Sequels. // Video

  • Thomas_Hayek
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      Thomas_Hayek  

    • It's not such a bad idea. But as the original boom operator for the Big Fat huge grossing movie I have ever worked on, I would like to see at least a small percentage of the profits this movie has made. Let's see: The original cost was something like $5 mil US. The gross in the US only was $241 mil, who knows what the world gross was. That is like 4,820 % return on investment.
      If the sequel was half as successful, and I got paid in points of gross, I could pay off this mortgage of mine, at least...
      Who has the best idea for the sequel ?
      It was a great movie to work on, one way or another. Nia had a great idea, and was lucky to meet people (Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman) who understood the potential, and knew how to make it happen.
      Several nice, slower, more sensitive scenes did not make the cut. I would like to see the version, cut by someone else than a TV director (no offense Joel, but there is a feature film story there to tell). One example would be a very beautiful, sensitive scene between the Greek father (Michael Constantine), and his son (Luis Mandylor), discussing man's role in the family and society. A gem.

    • 1 year ago
  • jlichman
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  • smurph25
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      smurph25  

    • Does anyone remember the short-live sitcom "My Big Fat Greek Life", the spin-off TV series of the film? That was a flop...

    • 2 years ago
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