Amanda Seyfried is ready to head back to Greece — and she already has the dream cast in mind.
“Maybe I’m just naive, but I’m pretty sure ‘Mamma Mia 3’ is a done deal,” Amanda told Entertainment Tonight in November 2024, adding that she’s eager to revisit Sophie as a mom this time around. “I love portraying a mom, so I would love to see Sophie with her kids. Maybe she has a cousin she hasn’t seen in a while, and that could be Sabrina Carpenter. And then Sydney Sweeney could show up. There’s a bunch of girls that really want to be a part of it, and I’m all for it.”
While Universal hasn’t officially announced the movie, creator and producer Judy Craymer has confirmed that a script exists. According to Amanda, the gang is more than ready to reunite. “I just know the three dads are going to come back, and we still won’t know who the dad is because it doesn’t matter. Meryl [Streep] is a ghost, obviously, so she’ll be around. And Julie [Walters] and Christine [Baranski] will be back singing and looking hot and we’re all going to be somewhere tropical. And ABBA will be playing.”
Back in September, Amanda also weighed in on the franchise’s future while speaking to Deadline at the Toronto International Film Festival. “It is, yes,” she said, before adding cautiously, “I think.” She explained that scheduling has always been the biggest hurdle, even pointing out that 2018’s Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again was greenlit in place of Wicked at the time. “They could only do one big movie at that time, so we ended up slotting into that. So, it’s about silly things like that.”
Judy Craymer echoed that sentiment while speaking to Deadline earlier this year. “We know what we want to do with the movie, and it will happen,” she said. “We brought together this amazing group of movie stars that were all connected through it and huge friendships evolved.”
For Judy, a third film is about more than nostalgia. “It’s not about sequels or redoing stuff. It’s about people engaging with characters,” she explained. “The movie is important for me creatively more than anything. But also because I think the world needs another fun experience.”
