“Mamma Mia!” sequel confirmed
A Mamma Mia! sequel has been announced and it will hit cinemas next year in July.
The 2008 original film followed the story of a struggling hotelier in the Greek islands who was planning her daughter Sophie’s wedding.
Without her mother knowing, Sophie was preparing for wedding but inviting three men from her mother’s past in the hope of discovering who her father was so he could walk her down the aisle.
The musical combined humour, emotion and ABBA for a film that was enjoyed by mothers and daughters around the world.
IT'S OFFICIAL MAMMA MIA: HERE WE GO AGAIN in cinemas JULY 2018#HereWeGoAgain
— MAMMA MIA! (@MammaMiaMusical) May 20, 2017
Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again will have Meryl Streep, Julie Walter, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Amanda Seyfried and Dominic Copper all returning to star in the film.
The film will be set in the same location as the original, the Greek island of Kalokairi.
The sequel will feature ABBA songs that didn’t feature in the original musical.
English film director, Oliver Parker, is writing and directing this anticipated sequel. Parker was in charge of the screenplay for the 2011 film The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and its 2015 sequel.
Mamma Mia! was released in cinemas in July 2008 and it made more than $600 million (USD) at the box office.
Until this year’s Beauty and The Beast was released, it held the record for the biggest musical ever made.