''Wog Boys Forever'' is a 2022 Australian comedy film and the third installment in the ''Wog Boy'' trilogy. The film is written by the franchise creator

Nick Giannopoulos Nicholas "Nick" Giannopoulos (; born 1 July 1963) is an Australian stand-up comedian, stage, TV and film actor and film director. He is best known for his comedy stage show '' Wogs Out of Work'' alongside George Kapiniaris, the television sitc ...

, and directed by Frank Lotito. The film was preceded by two movies in the franchise, ''

The Wog Boy ''The Wog Boy'' is a 2000 Australian comedy film directed by Aleksi Vellis and starring Nick Giannopoulos, Vince Colosimo, Lucy Bell, Abi Tucker, Stephen Curry, Tony Nikolakopoulos and Derryn Hinch. Whilst the word wog is extremely derogatory ...

'' (2000) and '' Wog Boy 2: Kings of Mykonos'' (2010).

Plot

Steve Karamitsis is an awkward and a depressed,

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man who drives

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for a living. He lives in

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’s inner north, and in his 50s, is still recovering from a break up with his ex Zoe ( Zeta Makripoulia as portrayed in '' The Wog Boy 2: Kings of Mykonos''). He once again finds himself in challenging circumstances, but is assisted out of these by his friend Frank (

Vince Colosimo Vincenzo Colosimo is an Australian stage, television and screen actor. He has worked in both Australia and the United States. He is of Italian descent and lives in Melbourne, Australia. He was previously married to Australian actress Jane Hall ...

). Steve realises he still has feelings for "the one that got away" girl Cleo ( Sarah Roberts), an ex girlfriend, after she randomly hops into his taxi one day. He decides to

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her, with the help of friends, however is faced with a revenge campaign from the evil Minister for Immigration, Brianna Beagle-Thorpe (Annabel Marshall-Roth), who with her brother Clayton (Liam Seymour) to get revenge on Steve for destroying their late mother Raelene's political career (as depicted in ''

'').

Production

The film started production in 2019 and started shooting in Melbourne in June, 2021

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initially had challenges getting finance for the film as it was turned down for finance by

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. He has said the Steve character was influenced by a number of real people "My films are pretty much based on the communities that I grew up in and people I grew up with. The main character in the ''Wog Boys'' films, Steve Karamitsis, is a combination of a great number of people I have met over the years." Frank Lotito, who directed, had worked with both Giannopolous and Colosimo on some of their stage shows, and he was given the role after

saw his film Growing Up Smith The film features a Greek ethnic style house in Reservoir, Melbourne, that the production crew had witnessed for sale in a real estate advertisement. It was granted for use by the vendor before the new owners purchased it.}

Cast

as Steve Karamitsis *

as Frank Di Benedetto * Sarah Roberts as Cleo * Annabel Marshall-Roth as Brianna Beagle-Thorpe * Liam Seymour as Clayton Beagle-Thorpe * Anthony J. Sharpe as Goldi * Costa D'Angelo as Michael *

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as Pino, Vince and Guiseppina * Newnest Addakula as Pardeep *

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as Sapphire *

Derryn Hinch Derryn Nigel Hinch (born 9 February 1944) is a New Zealand-born media personality, politician, actor, journalist and published author. He is best known for his career in Australia, on Melbourne radio and television. He served as a Senator for ...

as himself *

Jason Agius Jason Agius is an Australian actor best known for his role as George in ''Wog Boys Forever'' and as Nikos Aristides in ''Newton's Law (TV series), Newton's Law''. Career In 2012, Agius made his television debut in Southern Star's ''Tangle ( ...

as George * Claudia Hruschka as Sophie * JJ Pantano as Mario Jnr *

Tony Nikolakopoulos Tony Nikolakopoulos is a Greek Australian film, theatre and television actor. Career Nikolakopoulos has appeared in many tv series, feature films and short films. He is best known for his work in the films of Nick Giannopoulos – ''The Wog B ...

as Theo * Brett Swain as Rusty Nail

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{{Reflist Australian comedy films 2022 films 2022 comedy films 2020s Australian films Films set in Melbourne Films shot in Melbourne 2020s English-language films

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