Amanda Seyfried Just Confirmed 'Mamma Mia 3' Is On Its Way
When I saw Mamma Mia 2 in 2018, my life was changed. I didn't grow up on the original jukebox musical, but watching Lily James and Amanda Seyfried dance around Greece was exactly the kind of escapism I needed at 19 years old. I've been waiting for ever since (haven't we all?!), and while we've gotten a few updates here and there (creator and producer Judy Craymer told a third movie is in "earliest stages" in May of 2023), Amanda Seyfried just answered a major question fans have: why is the threequel taking so long?
Amanda Seyfried was asked about a Mamma Mia 3 ahead of the premiere for Long Bright River, which she stars in and executive produces.
"Show me the money!" she jokingly tells , before adding, "Producer Judy Craymer is always working on it, but Universal still has to release Wicked 2. The first Wicked had to stall when Mamma Mia! 2 was getting made."
"It's an either/or situation with musicals. And I have this theory that Universal just knows we're going to do it, so they're not in any rush," she continues. "And it's just going to cost double."
Hearing Amanda Seyfried say they're definitely making the movie is exactly what I needed to hear this week!
Since is coming out later this year (and Universal has no other musicals in the pipeline) that means Mamma Mia 3 could finally be on its way! If they filmed over the summer of 2026 and completed post-production in the winter, we could see the third movie as early as the spring of 2027.
Amanda Seyfried told that 'it's happening" and jokes that 'it's going to happen in Greece, hopefully before 2038."
"Ideally [filming] would be in summer 2026," she continues. "That's just my schedule. Everybody has to put their lives on hold.' And see, that's exactly what I said.
"I don't want to over-egg it," Judy Craymer told , "but I know there's a trilogy there…and I do think Meryl should come back, and if the script is right, she would, I think, because she really loved playing Donna."
And what does Meryl Streep think of the possible return to Donna Sheridan? "Of course I want to do it," . Let's get the band back together!
If you need me, I'll be singing ABBA's "Dancing Queen" all day. Read up on for more insight into these iconic musicals.
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