The Mamma Mia Films Are "Meant to Be a Trilogy"

Mamma Mia! Here we go again...well, maybe.

In 2020, Judy Craymer, a producer behind the two film adaptations of Mamma Mia! as well as the original stage production, revealed that the movies are "meant to be a trilogy." During an interview with the Daily Mail, she shared that she'd been working on Mamma Mia 3 before the coronavirus pandemic hit, but has found it hard to focus under lockdown.

“I was meant to have been getting on with that, in my head, during these months. But then I got hit with COVID fog,” she said. “I think one day there will be another film, because there’s meant to be a trilogy, you see. I know Universal would like me to do it.”

Here's what we know about a potential third chapter in Donna and Sophie's story so far:

Nothing official has been announced.

In December 2022, director Ol Parker hinted at Craymer's plans for the trilogy. "Judy Craymer, the genius producer behind the musical and the first two films, always plans for it to be a trilogy. That's all I can say. The first one made an enormous amount of money, and I think we made a fair amount too. I know that there is a hunger for a third, and I know that she has a plan. Wouldn't it be lovely?" he told Screen Rant.

Craymer says it could include new songs by ABBA.

The previous two films have utilized most of ABBA's best-known hits—think "The Winner Takes It All," "Take a Chance on Me," and "S.O.S."—but per the Daily Mail, Craymer "wanted to use the four new ABBA numbers Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus have written for the virtual concert they’ve planned with Agnetha Faltskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad" in the third film.

It's unclear if the original cast will return.

Craymer didn't hint when the third film would fall chronologically, or if she was writing it with stars Meryl Streep, Lily James, and Amanda Seyfried in mind.

Seyfried would definitely be interested in returning to the role of Sophie. "Listen, every single person in that movie would say yes in a heartbeat because we want to hang out with each other," she told Collider. "That’s what we talked about last time, like did we ever think that we’d end up here again on an Island in Croatia? So yeah, I wish there was a Mamma Mia 3."

Seyfried has also said "If it were up to me, there would be eight Mamma Mias. Do you know how much fun that is?"

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