Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again is an upcoming musical romantic comedy film directed and written by Ol Parker, from a story by Parker, Catherine Johnson, and Richard Curtis. It is the sequel to the 2008 film Mamma Mia!, which is based on the musical of the same name. The film stars Meryl Streep, Lily James, Amanda Seyfried, Christine Baranski, Julie Walters, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård, Dominic Cooper, and Cher.
It is scheduled to be released in North America and the UK on July 20, 2018 by Universal Pictures, ten years to the month of the original film's release.
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Plot
Ten years later, in the greek island of Kalokairi, Sophie is pregnant with Sky's child while running her mother's villa. Self-conflicted because she can't do it by herself, but with Tanya and Rosie's guidance, Sophie will find out more of Donna's past and how she came to start up her villa, met each one of Sophie's dads (Pierce Brosnan, Stellan Skarsgård, and Colin Firth), and raised a daughter, bravely all on her own, without a mother to guide her - with an unexpected visit from someone she had not invited or expected to see: her grandmother, Ruby Sheridan.
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Cast
- Amanda Seyfried as Sophie Sheridan, Donna's 30-year-old daughter, Sam's stepdaughter, Sky's fiance and Ruby's granddaughter
- Meryl Streep as Donna Carmichael, Sophie's mother and Ruby's daughter, owner of the Hotel Bella Donna, wife to Sam
- Lily James as Young Donna
- Christine Baranski as Tanya Chesham-Leigh, one of Donna's former bandmates in Donna and the Dynamos; a rich three-time divorcee
- Jessica Keenan Wynn as Young Tanya
- Julie Walters as Rosie Mulligan, one of Donna's former bandmates in Donna and the Dynamos; an unmarried fun-loving author
- Alexa Davies as Young Rosie
- Pierce Brosnan as Sam Carmichael, Sophie's stepfather and possible father, an Irish-American architect, Ruby's son-in-law, and husband to Donna
- Jeremy Irvine as Young Sam
- Colin Firth as Harry Bright, Sophie's possible father and a British banker.
- Hugh Skinner as Young Harry
- Stellan Skarsgård as Bill Anderson, Sophie's possible father, a Swedish sailor and travel writer
- Josh Dylan as Young Bill
- Cher as Ruby Sheridan, Donna's mother and Sophie's grandmother
- Dominic Cooper as Sky, Sophie's fiance
- Andy García as Fernando Cienfuegos
- Omid Djalili as a Greek customs officer
- Celia Imrie as Vice-Chancellor
- Naoko Mori as Yumiko
- Togo Igawa as Tateyama
- Maria Vacratsis as Sofia
- Panos Mouzourakis as Lazaros
- Gerard Monaco as Alexio
- Anna Antoniades as Apollonia
- Jonathan Goldsmith
Musical numbers
The following ABBA songs have been confirmed to appear in the film, either by Benny Andersson per his interview on BBC Radio 5 Live, or they appeared in the trailers:
- "Waterloo" from Waterloo (1974) - Young Harry, Young Donna
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- appeared in Grammys TV spot and final trailer
- "Mamma Mia" from ABBA (1975) - Donna and the Dynamos
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- appeared in trailers and Grammys TV spot
- "When I Kissed the Teacher" from Arrival (1976) - Donna and the Dynamos. Vice-Chancellor
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- confirmed by Benny Andersson
- "Dancing Queen" from Arrival (1976) - Sophie, Rosie, Tanya, Sam, Bill and Harry
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- appeared in first trailer, final trailer and confirmed by Benny Andersson
- "Thank You for the Music" from ABBA: The Album (1977) - confirmed by Benny Andersson
- "I Wonder (Departure)" from ABBA: The Album (1977) - Young Donna
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- confirmed by Benny Andersson
- "Angeleyes" from Voulez-Vous (1979) - Sophie, Rosie, Tanya
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- confirmed by Benny Andersson, appeared in international trailer
- "I Have a Dream" from Voulez-Vous (1979) - appeared in first trailer and confirmed by Benny Andersson
- "Kisses of Fire" from Voulez-Vous (1979) - confirmed by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus in an interview with Aftonbladet
- "Fernando" non-album single (1976) - Ruby Sheridan
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- appeared in Grammys TV spot and final trailer
The following songs have been mentioned:
- "I've Been Waiting For You" from ABBA (1975) - Sophie, Rosie, Tanya
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- Mentioned by Julie Walters in an interview for the Liverpool Echo
- "Knowing Me, Knowing You" from Arrival (1976) - Sam Carmichael
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- Mentioned by Pierce Brosnan and Judy Craymer in unrelated Instagram posts
- "Happy Hawaii/Why Did It Have to Be Me?" from Arrival (1976) - Young Bill, Young Donna
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- Mentioned on an ABBAtalk Facebook post
- "The Name Of The Game" from ABBA: The Album (1977) - Mentioned by Lily James and Benny Andersson in unrelated interviews
- "As Good As New" from Voulez-Vous (1979) - Mentioned by guitarist Janne Schaffer on an Aftonbladet podcast
- "If It Wasn't for the Nights" from Voulez-Vous (1979) - Mentioned by guitarist Janne Schaffer on an Aftonbladet podcast
- "Super Trouper" from Super Trouper (1980) - Mentioned by Cher in an interview
- "On and On and On" from Super Trouper (1980) - Mentioned by guitarist Janne Schaffer on an Aftonbladet podcast
- "Head over Heels" from The Visitors (1981) Mentioned by Lily James in a interview
- "One of Us" from The Visitors (1981) - Mentioned by Cher in a tweet
- "Like an Angel Passing Through My Room" from The Visitors (1981) - Mentioned by Dominic Cooper
- "Summer Night City" non-album single (1978) - Mentioned by Judy Craymer
- "The Way Old Friends Do" from Super Trouper (1980) - Mentioned by Judy Craymer on Instagram
Production
Development
Due to Mamma Mia!'s financial success, Hollywood studio chief David Linde, co-chairman of Universal Pictures told The Daily Mail that it would take a while, but there could be a sequel. He stated that he would be delighted if Judy Craymer, Catherine Johnson, Phyllida Lloyd, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus agreed to the project, noting that there are still plenty of ABBA songs to use.
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again was announced on May 19, 2017, with a planned release date of July 20, 2018. It will be written and directed by Ol Parker. On September 27, 2017, Benny Andersson confirmed 3 ABBA songs that would be featured in the film: "When I Kissed the Teacher," "I Wonder (Departure)," and "Angel Eyes."
Casting
On June 1, 2017, it was announced that Seyfried would be returning as Sophie. Later that month, Dominic Cooper confirmed in an interview that he would be returning for the sequel along with Streep, Firth and Brosnan. In July 2017, Baranski was confirmed to return as Tanya in the film. On July 12, 2017, Lily James was cast in the film to play the role of "Young Donna." On August 3, 2017, Jeremy Irvine and Alexa Davies were cast in the film with Irvine set to play Brosnan's character Sam in a past era, and Davies would play the role of a young Rosie, played by Julie Walters in the first film. On August 16, 2017, it was announced that Jessica Keenan Wynn (Heather Chandler in the original Off-Broadway cast of Heathers: The Musical) had been cast as a young Tanya, who was played by Baranski in the first film. Julie Walters and Stellan Skarsgård will also reprise their roles as Rosie and Bill, respectively. On October 16, 2017, it was revealed that American singer/actress Cher had joined the cast in her first on-screen film role since 2010.
Filming
Principal photography on the film began on August 12, 2017 in Croatia, including the island of Vis. The cast gathered in October 2017, at Shepperton Studios in Surrey, England, to film some song and dance numbers with Cher. Filming wrapped on December 2, 2017.
Release
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again is scheduled to be released on July 20, 2018 by Universal Pictures in the UK, USA and other selected countries.
Marketing
The first trailer for the film was released on December 21, 2017 in front of Pitch Perfect 3, another film made by Universal Pictures. Cher performed Fernando at the Las Vegas CinemaCon on April 25, 2018 after footage of the film was shown.
Box office projections
In May 2018, BoxOffice Magazine projected the film to gross $25-35 million in its opening weekend in the United States and Canada, and a final domestic total of around $105 million.
References
External links
- Official website
- Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again on IMDb
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