Madea's Destination Wedding filming locations: Revisiting key places where the Tyler Perry movie was filmed

Madea's Destination Wedding is a comedy film where Tyler Perry once again reprises the role of Madea. It was released on Netflix on July 11, 2025. Perry has written and directed the film and has also co-produced it with Angi Bones and Yolanda T. Cochran. The film focuses on Madea gearing up to go to the Bahamas to attend Tiffany's wedding.

Here's the film synopsis as per Letterboxd:

"Madea packs her best floral dresses and a whole lot of chaos when the Simmons family heads to the Bahamas for her grandniece’s whirlwind wedding."

So let us look into its filming locations.

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Where was Madea's Destination Wedding filmed? Details Explored

Madea's Destination Wedding was shot between January 15 to January 26, 2024. A majority of shootings happened at Tyler Perry Studios, which is situated in Atlanta, Georgia.

Here are the filming locations:

1) Atlanta, Georgia

A large portion of the film takes place in the indoor locations, which were created at the Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, Georgia. Perry is known for finishing his films quickly, and shooting indoors might have been a reason to achieve that.

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2) Dominican Republic

The wedding in the film takes place in the Bahamas, and the makers recreated that in the Dominican Republic. There are a limited number of scenes of the island country that were created in a separate country. Certain scenes were also shot on the actual Bahamas island at the Atlantis Paradise Island resort.

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More about Madea's Destination Wedding

Madea's Destination Wedding is the sixth film of Perry that has premiered on Netflix. It is also the 14th film entry in Perry's Madea Cinematic Universe, which began with 2005's Diary of a Mad Black Woman. The film's cast members include:

• Tyler Perry as Madea, Joe Simmons, and Brian Simmons
• Cassi Davis Patton as Aunt Bam
• Xavier Smalls as Zavier
• Jermaine Harris as B.J.
• Tamela Mann as Cora
• David Mann as Mr. Brown
• Diamond White as Tiffany
• Taja V. Simpson as Debra

In an official statement to Netflix's Tudum, Perry spoke about the 20th anniversary of the film in which he first played Madea:

“To see that this character is still enduring, and people are still watching and enjoying and laughing, it’s really mind-blowing to me.”

Perry further spoke about frequently reprising the character of Madea, a fast-talking African-American woman. He said:

“I keep coming back because some of this is just escapism. Just let’s leave the world behind for a moment and come to Madea’s house, and have some good food and laugh, and cry and celebrate and be all of those things.”

The film was first announced in January 2024, and its shooting commenced in ten days. Perry has produced the film under his production banner, Tyler Perry Studios. It is edited by Larry Sexton, while the music is composed by Jongnic Bontemps.

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