The follow up to My Big Fat Greek wedding is taking on Starfleet Academy! We get the skinny on this show off from our friends at cinematical:
Cinematical has just been informed that Nia Vardalos’ My Life in Ruins has scheduled a May 8, 2009 release date, which, so far, puts it opposite Star Trek as the weekend’s only other wide release. And yes, we’re told it will be a wide release, and that a brand, spanky new trailer will arrive soon (pay no attention to the one leaked online earlier in the month). Produced by Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, Ruins stars Nia Vardalos as she returns to her Greek roots (and to the country itself) as a tour guide who discovers her romantic side while showing a ragtag group of tourists around. Directed by Donald Petrie (How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days), Richard Dreyfuss and Rachel Dratch also star.
I do not see Star Trek and My Life In Ruins having the same audience, so I think this makes strategic sense. I know which film I would pick, and it involves Klingons not Greeks.
I think My Big Fat Greek Wedding was a cool Rom Com, it blew up, everyone seems to love it, and they should leave it be. They tried to milk the film already with a sitcom that bombed, so I am unsure why they have decided to make another film. Perhaps they think it is worth another shot just to see if lightning will strike twice.
What are your thoughts international friends? Do you think this film will be as big a hit as the first, or
