Mama Mia was one of those movies that you didn’t see just once, you saw it many times. Despite the fact that it came out in 2008, many of us are still watching it over and over again today.
Worldwide, the film grossed close to $700 million. It’s hard to believe that a movie could make that much money, but it still has retained a degree of popularity over the years. In fact, we’ve been looking forward to a sequel for quite some time.
About a decade after the first film came out, there was a second film and it included much of the original cast. It was a great success, so it’s only logical that another sequel would be coming.
Thanks to a leak by Christine Baranski, the actress who plays Tanya in the movie, we realize that the movie is going to be a reality. She said that she met with Craymer in London and the producer told her of the narrative plot line of the third film.
She said: “I was in London with Judy Kramer at our favorite watering hole, she is planning Mamma Mia 3. She gave me the narrative plotline of how it’s going to happen.
“That’s all I can say! But, it’s not like, ‘Oh, I wish it could happen!’ Judy Kramer makes things happen. She made number two happen, and it was a phenomenal hit.
“I wouldn’t put it past Judy Kramer to get everybody back together.”
She went on to say that she had no doubt the movie would be a success. In her words, it’s ‘just the kind of movie that makes people happy.’
She went on to say: “People are drawn to happiness and to joy, not doom and gloom. Mamma Mia made so many millions of people around the world happy. Is it a little dumb, a little campy? That’s part of its charm.”
I can’t wait to see it at the theater!