Mamma Mia, here we go again. Amanda Seyfried (“The Dropout”), star of the ABBA-based “Mama Mia!” films, has confirmed that the third installment is coming… eventually.
“Mamma Mia! 3 is happening,” Seyfried said in an Entertainment Tonight interview shared on Reddit. “It’s going to happen in Greece, hopefully before 2038.”
When pushed by the interviewer on how far along in the production process it was, she said it wasn’t actively in production, just yet. For Seyfried “Mama Mia! 3” would “ideally” begin shooting in summer 2026. However, she admits that timeframe would work best for her schedule.
“It’s going to have to take a lot of people’s schedules aligning and the story being right,” she explains.
“Mama Mia”
The first “Mama Mia” film hit theaters in 2008. It is a jukebox musical directed by Phyllida Lloyd (“Herself”) based on the 1999 stage musical of the same name. The story follows Sophie Sheridan (Seyfried) as she tries to find clues to who her father is in her mother Donna Sheridan’s (Meryl Streep) diaries. When the diaries suggest three possible fathers, Sophie invites them all to her upcoming wedding, held at her mother’s hotel.
Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård, Julie Walters, and Dominic Cooper also star.
It was followed by “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” in 2018 directed by Ol Parker (“Ticket to Paradise”). “Here We Go Again” served as a dual sequel and prequel to the first movie centering around Sophie and Donna trying to reopen the Hotel Bella Donna. During this time Sophie decides to dig deeper into her mother’s past, with Lily James playing a younger version of Donna in flashbacks.
Seyfried, Streep, Firth, Cooper, Skarsgård, Brosnan, and Walters all returned for “Here We Go Again.” Newcomers for the sequel include James, Jeremy Irvine, Hugh Skinner, Andy García, Josh Dylan, and Alexa Davies.
There is no telling who will return for “Mamma Mia! 3” though we think after these comments that Seyfried reprising her role is a safe bet. We’ll keep you posted on updates about the film as it develops.
