Is Mamma Mia! 3 On The Way After All?

If there’s a romantic musical comedy that’s enough to get most people on their feet and dancing, it’s ‘Mamma Mia!’ After all, the film is based on some of ABBA’s biggest hits and brought in a staggering $694.4 million at the box office when it hit the big screen in 2008.

Ten years later, we finally got the sequel we’d all been waiting to see. What if another is in the works? Is ‘Mamma Mia! 3’ on the way after all? After half a decade of waiting, it seems we’ve finally had a positive update on the movie. Yes, here we really go again.

Judy Craymer has confessed that Mamma Mia! 3 could be closer than we think

‘Mamma Mia!’ producer Judy Craymer is one of the ones who worked so hard to bring the movie to life in the first place. However, she has been a little preoccupied recently with the reality TV show ‘Mamma Mia! I Have a Dream,’ a show that followed people competing for a chance to play Sky or Sophie in the long-running West End musical. Although her hands have been pretty tied with the recent series, Craymer now says that ‘Mamma Mia! 3’ can get her full attention. When talking to Variety, Craymer admitted that she’s “hands on” with all the projects, but she can “only do so much.” However, the producer added she’s “sure” that the third movie will happen as “Universal Studios [wants] to do it,” and she already “[has] a storyline” for the next big screen hit.

Some members of ABBA might still need convincing to make another movie

It turns out it’s not just Judy Craymer’s busy schedule that’s been holding ‘Mamma Mia! 3’ back. Apparently, two members of ABBA - Benny and Bjorn - always need a little more convincing than the others to give anything ABBA-related the green light. Craymer added to Variety that the pair “always take a certain amount of convincing” when it comes to the projects. However, knowing how excited everyone is to make a third movie has Craymer thinking that it might not take much to get them on board. Still, there’s an issue. The ‘ABBA Voyage’ virtual tour is set to run for 18 months and took a huge amount of effort, with Craymer admitting the pair “wanted a rest from ABBA stuff” when it finally comes to an end in November 2023.

Meryl Streep is almost guaranteed to make a comeback in Mamma Mia! 3

Even though there are still some roadblocks standing in Judy Craymer’s way, she told Variety that ‘Mamma Mia! 3’ “will happen.” Earlier in 2023, the producer already confessed that it was “in its earliest stages” and she had grand plans to bring Meryl Streep back to play Donna Sheridan once again in the film. While Craymer “[didn’t] want to over-egg it,” the producer added she “know[s] there’s a trilogy there,” and it’s one that would make perfect sense with Meryl at the helm as the actress “really loved playing Donna.”

Is ‘Mamma Mia! 3’ on the way after all? From everything we’ve learned from Judy Craymer, it looks as though that’s precisely what’s happening. While there’s no set release date or idea about what could happen in the threequel, we can already feel our dancing shoes itching for another outing sometime soon.