At last, Nia Vardalos is returning to movies...

I was very excited to get a press release from Fox Searchlight Pictures yesterday announcing that it woild be distributing the romantic comedy "My Life In Ruins" starring Nia Vardalos sometime next year.

Nia, such a sensation in the surprise blockbuster hit "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," has only starred in one film - the comedy "Connie & Carla" - since the spectacular 2002 run of "Wedding.".

"I am thrilled!" Nia said in a statement. "Working with Fox Searchlight is the perfect marriage."

Here's the plot: Georgia (Nia Vardalos) has lost her kefi (Greek for "mojo"). Discouraged by her lack of direction in life, she works as a travel guide, leading a rag-tag group of tourists as she tries to show them the beauty of her native Greece. While opening their eyes to an exotic foreign land, she too begins to see things in new ways--finding her kefi in the process.

The film also stars Richard Dreyfuss, Harland Williams and Rachel Dratch.