Amanda Seyfried Has Sequel ‘Fatigue,’ But She’d do ‘Mamma Mia 3’ in a ‘Heartbeat’

Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! Another sequel to “Mamma Mia!“

Speaking pinch Rachel Brosnahan for Interview, Amanda Seyfried said that she has “fatigue” from nan changeless watercourse of franchise releases, but location is one movie world she’d return to without hesitation.

“I’d do ‘Mamma Mia! 3’ successful a heartbeat,” she said.

Otherwise, nan “Long Bright River” prima said she’s complete sequels. “I want original content. I deliberation it’s really scary and brave to do it. It’s not scary and not very brave to do sequels. It’s conscionable for money and it’s frustrating,” she explained.

The thought for different ‘Mamma Mia!’ installment, though, has been kicking astir for years. Seyfried herself talked astir nan anticipation successful March. “Show maine nan money!” she quipped to THR successful a caller interview. “Producer Judy Craymer is ever moving connected it, but Universal still has to merchandise ‘Wicked 2.’ The first ‘Wicked’ had to stall erstwhile ‘Mamma Mia! 2’ was getting made. It’s an either/or business pinch musicals. And I person this mentation that Universal conscionable knows we’re going to do it, truthful they’re not successful immoderate rush. And it’s conscionable going to costs double.”

Seyfried besides told Vogue successful 2023 successful a characteristic connected nan original film, “I situation you to show maine 1 personification who doesn’t want a 3rd ‘Mamma Mia!'” She lamented there, too, that it would travel down to money. “I dislike to opportunity it, because would I do ‘Mamma Mia 3’ for free — of people I would — but that’s not nan business we’re in. What’s adjacent is fair, and I consciousness for illustration a 3rd movie is going to travel down to thing stupid for illustration whether aliases not Universal wants to salary nan money.”

‘Mamma Mia! Here We Got Again” was released to astonishing acclaim successful 2018, pinch immoderate critics moreover comparing it to “The Godfather, Part 2” (no, seriously). In a shocking twist (7-year-old spoilers ahead) Meryl Streep‘s Donna was dormant — only appearing arsenic an angelic fig — and Lily James appeared successful flashback sequences akin to Robert de Niro’s successful that 2nd “Godfather” movie. But Streep says she would still beryllium connected committee for different sequel — however she mightiness extremity up appearing.

“Of people I want to do it,” Streep told Deadline successful May 2024 astatine Cannes. “[But] I don’t cognize really they’re going to do it. They person an idea. I haven’t heard it yet but it’s successful [my calendar] and I’m going to perceive astir it beautiful soon.” Streep besides told Vogue it could beryllium called “Grand Mamma-Mia!”

“I told Judy if she could fig retired a measurement to reincarnate Donna, I’m into that. Or it could beryllium for illustration successful 1 of those soap operas wherever Donna comes backmost and reveals it was really her copy sister that died,” Steep said successful nan 2023 Vogue feature. In nan aforesaid article, Universal leader Donna Langley said, “Universal would emotion to make a 3rd movie, and I’ll time off it astatine that.”