Mamma Mia! producer Judy Craymer has said that Mamma Mia! 3 "will happen" as it gets another promising update.
Speaking to Variety ahead of the release of the new talent show Mamma Mia! I Have a Dream, which premieres tonight (October 22) at 6pm on ITV1, Craymer said that, although her hands are full with the new show, a third movie will go ahead.
"I am so hands on with everything that I can only do so much. So the TV show has been a big priority. I'm sure [the third movie] will happen. I'm in the privileged position that I have Universal Studios wanting to do it, who I love working with, and I have a storyline," Craymer revealed.
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While Craymer is fully behind a third movie, the producer said the only people she needs backing from are ABBA's Bjorn and Benny.
"It just always takes a certain amount of time with Mamma Mia. Bjorn and Benny always take a certain amount of convincing. I don’t know how much more convincing they're gonna have because everybody wants another film. But they had ABBA Voyage and then they wanted a rest from ABBA stuff," she explained.
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"But it will happen. We've done the television show and now maybe I'll focus on the movie. Maybe that’ll be a second 25-year celebration," she added.
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Earlier this year, Craymer said she will bring Meryl Streep back as Donna Sheridan for the threequel, which is "in its earliest stages".
"I don't want to over-egg it, but I know there's a trilogy there. There is a story 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," Craymer added of Streep's potential return.
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