Greek crisis won’t affect Wog Boy sequel
According to Producer Emile Sherman, the current Greek economic crisis will not affect the release of The Kings of Mykonos: Wog Boy 2 in that country.
“The Greek distributors have not changed their plans. It’s coming out in June for the beginning of summer,” Sherman told Encore.
The film, which was shot mostly on location in the Greek island of Mykonos, is the sequel to Nick Giannopoulos’ hit 2000 comedy. It will be released by Odeon S.A. in Greece on June 3.
“In tough economic times people tend to go to the movies as it’s a great, relatively cheap form of entertainment,” added Sherman.
The Kings of Mykonos follows wog boys Steve and Frank travel to Greece to claim an inheritance. It was produced by Sherman’s See-Saw Films and Giannopoulos’ G.O. films, with support from Screen Australia, Film Victoria, the Greek Film Centre, Odeon and private investment.
The first film made $11.4m at the box office, and Sherman expects a solid performance when Paramount/Transmission release it in Australia on May 20.
“There’s a strong large core audience for the film, and it has lots of elements such as romance, one of the world’s most beautiful locations, comedy and music that will hopefully broaden it even further.
“Australia is such a multicultural country, and there are few commercial films that really reflect that,” said Sherman.
The film will be introduced to the international market after the Australian release.
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