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Producers hint at 'Mamma Mia! 3' with Sabrina Carpenter rumoured to join the cast
Pop star Sabrina Carpenter as a potential new addition to the 'Mamma Mia!' cast Image: X/@carpenterfiles When a pop star starts climbing the charts and turning heads, it's only a matter of time before Hollywood comes knocking. That's the path Sabrina Carpenter seems to be on after dominating the music scene and becoming a full-blown celebrity, she's now reportedly being lined up for a role in the next "Mamma Mia!" film. Yes, the "Espresso" singer is said to be 'sought for a role' in the third "Mamma Mia!" movie, which has been in the rumour mill for years. And now, thanks to a fresh update from long-time franchise producer Judy Craymer, it looks like the film might finally be taking shape. In a recent interview with "Deadline", Craymer confirmed that "Mamma Mia 3" is 'well into development,' adding, 'We know what we want to do with the movie, and it will happen.' Video Player is loading. Play Video Play Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration -:- Loaded : 0% Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Window Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Dropshadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. Advertisement Next Stay Close ✕ Ad loading She even name-dropped Carpenter as someone she's keeping an eye on, suggesting the pop star could play 'a goddess or some relation who would look very much like Meryl Streep.' This could actually work. Carpenter has the range (vocally and dramatically), a confident screen presence, and a look that fits right into the sparkly, sun-drenched world of "Mamma Mia!". Sabrina Carpenter is being eyed for a role in 'Mamma Mia! 3.' (via DEADLINE) — Pop Base (@PopBase) May 28, 2025 With acting experience already under her belt and her current pop princess status, she's more than ready to slip into a pair of platform boots and sing her heart out in Greece. This isn't the first mention of Carpenter as a potential cast member. In 2024, Amanda Seyfried told "ABC News" that 'if Sabrina Carpenter wants to play my daughter, I'll make it happen.' Craymer's been dropping hints about a third film for some time now. In 2020, she told the "Daily Mail", 'I think, one day, there will be another film, because there's meant to be a trilogy, you see.' She also confirmed that Universal Pictures was interested, though nothing concrete followed at the time. The first "Mamma Mia!" film introduced us to Donna (played by Streep) and her daughter Sophie (Seyfried), who lives on a Greek island and invites three of her mother's old flames to her wedding in the hope of discovering who her father is. Cue chaos, charm, and a full ABBA soundtrack.
USA Today
09-05-2025
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- USA Today
Christine Baranski reveals this 'Mamma Mia!' star 'hated' dance numbers
Christine Baranski reveals this 'Mamma Mia!' star 'hated' dance numbers Not even the top-tapping tunes of ABBA can unleash the "Dancing Queen" in everyone. Christine Baranski, who starred in the ABBA-led movie musical "Mamma Mia!" and its 2018 sequel, revealed one of her costars despised the film's elaborate dance numbers during a May 7 interview on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert." Baranski, 73, played Tanya Chesham-Leigh in the 2008 romantic comedy about a young woman (Amanda Seyfried) who schemes to meet her biological father at her wedding by inviting three men from her mother's past to the ceremony. The trio of unwitting men — Sam Carmichael, Harry Bright and Bill Anderson — were portrayed by Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth and Stellan Skarsgård, respectively. The film, which grossed $610 million worldwide, spawned the sequel "Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again." And while all three actors were reluctant to show off their dance moves, Skarsgård had the least boogie spirit the second time around, according to Baranski. "Stellan hated it," Baranski told host Stephen Colbert. "Pierce was game. He would skip down the hill multiple times ... and I think Colin Firth meant all of his moves ironically." When "we finally went down the hill in 'Dancing Queen' and landed on the dock, and then it was the end of the number, and the camera would move around, and it usually would avoid Stellan," she added with a laugh. Review: 'Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again' outsings the ABBA-fueled original Baranski said not even the film's director, Ol Parker, could persuade the "Dune" star, 73, to loosen up. "He let out a string of expletives," she recalled. "It's as though Ol had asked him to do Arabic poetry while jumping rope. He was like, 'I can't do that.'" Skarsgård reflected on his unlikely involvement in "Mamma Mia!" in a February 2024 interview with Vanity Fair. While the actor initially thought it "absurd" to sign onto the musical given his lack of theatrical chops, Brosnan and Firth's participation warmed him up to the idea. Stellan Skarsgård interview: How 'Dune' star transformed into villain Baron Harkonnen "In a film that is produced by men and directed by men (and) with men in the lead, you have the bimbo. And we were the bimbos in this female(-led) production," Skarsgård said. "We didn't have to be anything but look cute and be silly. "There's only one thing that was asked of us and that was have fun. Because if we don't have fun, it won't be a film."
