Mamma Mia!
May 7th 2008 11:55
Mamma Mia! is an upcoming film adaptation of the West End musical of the same name based on the songs of pop group ABBA. It will be produced by Universal Pictures in partnership with Playtone and Littlestar. It is slated for a release date of July 11, 2008 in Sweden and the United Kingdom, and July 18, 2008 in the United States. The Australian release date is July 10th.
The basic premise to Mamma Mia! is using the hit songs of ABBA to tell the story of Sophie Sheridan a young girl who hopes to discover the identity of her father. On the eve of her wedding to Sky (Dominic Cooper), she brings three men, Sam Carmichael (Pierce Brosnan), Bill Austin (Stellan Skarsgård) and Harry Bright (Colin Firth), from her mother Donna's (Meryl Streep) past back to the Greek island they visited over two decades ago.
The trailer for Mamma Mia! is below:
Cast:
Meryl Streep as Donna Sheridan, Sophie's mother.
Christine Baranski as Tanya, Donna's friend.
Julie Walters as Rosie, Donna's friend.
Amanda Seyfried as Sophie Sheridan, Donna's daughter and Sky's fiancée.
Pierce Brosnan as Sam Carmichael, Sophie's possible dad #1.
Colin Firth as Harry Bright, Sophie's possible dad #2.
Stellan Skarsgård as Bill Anderson, Sophie's possible dad #3.
Other Info:
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Directed by: Phyllida Lloyd
Produced by: Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus
Written by: Catherine Johnson, Benny Andersson
Distributed by: Universal Picture Playtone
Budget: $US 90 million
Release date: USA - July 18th, 2008; Australia - July 10th, 2008; UK - July 11th, 2008
*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Mamma Mia! (film).
**This movie poster is used here under fair use. It came from the same Wikipedia page as above.
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