‘Why Did I Get Married Again?’ Took Tyler Perry’s Cast From Lake Como to Atlanta for a Destination Wedding

Tyler Perry’s ‘Why Did I Get Married Again?’ finally answered a question fans had been asking for more than a decade, and the film’s setting turned out to be just as significant as its returning cast. The movie arrived in US theaters and on Netflix on September 9, 2026, starring Tyler Perry, Taraji P. Henson, Jill Scott and Richard T. Jones. The release capped off a long wait for viewers who had followed these couples since the franchise began nearly two decades earlier.

Part of what makes the third installment feel different from its predecessors is where it was actually shot. The film was made across Italy and Georgia, including the historic Villa Pizzo on Lake Como and Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta. For a series once associated with cozy mountain getaways, that shift toward a more international backdrop became one of the bigger talking points once the film premiered.

Lake Como Filming Locations Give the Franchise a New Look

Filming initially began with a major on location shoot in Lombardy, Italy, specifically around the iconic Lake Como, running from late September through late October 2025. According to production reports and publicly verified filming information, the Italian block took place in September and October 2025, while the Atlanta leg began in January 2026. That timeline lines up with early set photos that started circulating before the project had even been formally announced.

Beyond its central estate, the production filmed more broadly across the Lake Como area in Lombardy, with filming beginning around September 29, 2025. Lake Como has long been a favorite location for international productions, and the Cernobbio side of the lake offers a slightly less tourist heavy atmosphere than Bellagio or Varenna. The area’s waterfront villas, mountain scenery and elegant residential character helped establish the film’s upscale destination wedding setting.

Lake Como is known for its religious sites, historic villas and rich culture, which makes it a significant travel and filming destination in its own right. One of the film’s new additions to the cast spoke about shooting there. Taraji P. Henson described the experience of filming on location at Lake Como to People as breathtaking, and she was also struck by the food.

She added that this was one of those projects she knew she had to say yes to, not just because of Perry, but because of the entire cast, and that working alongside her friend Tasha Smith made the shoot especially memorable. That kind of firsthand account gives a sense of how the location shaped the mood on set, beyond just the visuals audiences eventually saw on screen.

Villa Pizzo Cernobbio Serves as the Film’s Visual Centerpiece

The film’s most important location is Villa Pizzo, a historic estate in Cernobbio on the western shore of Lake Como. The destination wedding at the heart of the story was filmed here, making the villa the visual centerpiece of the movie. Villa Pizzo is a centuries old estate that gave the film its unmistakable visual signature, and it became the beating heart of the Italian shoot.

The choice to anchor the story’s biggest scenes at a single grand estate reflects how central the wedding itself is to the plot. Angela and Marcus summon their nearest and dearest to Europe for their daughter Jasmine’s nuptials to her athlete fiancé Wesley, the son of Roselyn, a successful businesswoman and longtime member of the friend group whom audiences are meeting for the first time.

Production was not without its complications during the Italian leg. Reports indicated that Perry suffered a broken collarbone in a bicycle accident shortly before the Italian shoot began, yet he continued with both directing and acting duties throughout the Lake Como schedule. That detail underscores how demanding the international shoot was, even before the production moved on to its second major location.

Tyler Perry Studios Atlanta Handles the Bulk of the Production

After wrapping in Italy, the production moved stateside, with principal photography officially kicking off its main leg at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, Georgia on January 7, 2026. A significant portion of the film was reportedly shot in the city of Atlanta, the county seat of Georgia’s Fulton County, where the production team used the facilities at Tyler Perry Studios, located on One Tyler Perry Studio Way.

The Atlanta leg was used for the majority of interior and dialogue heavy scenes, a natural complement to the sweeping outdoor and wedding sequences captured in Lombardy. Splitting the shoot this way let the production lean on Italy for scale and spectacle while relying on the studio’s controlled environment for the character driven material that has always defined the franchise.

This two location structure is not new territory for Perry, who has built much of his career around his Atlanta studio complex. The original ‘Why Did I Get Married?’ also used Tyler Perry Studios extensively, alongside locations in British Columbia, showing how the filmmaker has long balanced hometown production with the occasional distant backdrop. The difference this time is the sheer scale of the Italian portion of the shoot.

Destination Wedding Setting Shapes the Franchise’s Return

The move to a European wedding setting also reflects how the story itself has evolved. The third film brings the entire original friend group back together, minus Janet Jackson, for the lavish Lake Como set wedding of Jasmine, the daughter of Angela and Marcus, and Wesley, the son of newly introduced Roselyn. The reunion takes place in Italy, where the couples’ children are now adults navigating relationships of their own, forcing the parents to consider the examples they have provided.

Perry set the cast for the project with himself starring alongside Taraji P. Henson, Jill Scott, Richard T. Jones, Tasha Smith, Michael Jai White, Lamman Rucker, Sharon Leal, Armani Greer, Everett Osborne, Da’Vinchi, Laya DeLeon Hayes, Jaden Michael, Charles L. Smith and Derrick A. King. That combination of returning original couples and a new generation of characters gives the destination setting extra weight, since the wedding is meant to mirror the choices their parents made decades earlier.

Critics have already picked up on that generational framing. One review noted that the film leans into the idea that if you do not accept your mistakes in life, your children are doomed to repeat them, a theme that runs through the entire Lake Como set wedding. The shift from a domestic retreat to an international estate gives that theme room to breathe, even as the story stays grounded in the same messy, familiar relationships that built the franchise.

Given how much the setting shaped the tone of this reunion, readers who caught the wedding in Cernobbio might have their own take on whether Lake Como suits this friend group better than their old mountain getaways.