Is there going to be a Mamma Mia 3? Meryl Streep confirms she is coming back for another movie as Donna.

Get your bags ready because it looks like we’re heading back to the beautiful island of Kalokairi for another ABBA singalong with Meryl Streep back on board. Yes, you heard that right, Mamma Mia 3 is coming. Here we go again, again!

Ever since the second Mamma Mia movie was released, fans have been hoping for another sequel. The cast loves making the movies, and the audience can’t get enough of them. It’s a win-win situation for everyone involved.

Thankfully, both co-creator and producer Judy Craymer, and the director of Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again, Ol Parker, have now confirmed that there are plans for Mamma Mia 3 to happen.

The latest update? Meryl Streep has hinted that she will return as the beloved Donna Sheridan in an even bigger role.

Speaking to Screen Rant in December 2022, Ol Parker implied that a third movie is being planned. He said, “Judy Craymer, the genius producer behind the musical and the first two films, always plans for it to be a trilogy. That’s all I can say. The first one made an enormous amount of money, and I think we made a fair amount too. I know that there is a hunger for a third, and I know that she has a plan. Wouldn’t it be lovely?”

In another interview with Deadline, Judy Craymer hinted that development on a third film is in the very early stages and it looks like it might happen… with Meryl Streep back as Donna?

She mentioned, “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.”

Now, Meryl has confirmed that a third film is officially in the works and she will be involved. Speaking to Deadline at Cannes, Meryl said, “I don’t know how they’re going to do it. They have an idea. I haven’t heard it yet but it’s in [my diary] and I’m going to hear about it pretty soon. Of course, I want to do it. I think folks love it.”

Talking to Vogue back in 2023, Meryl added, “I’m up for anything. I’ll have to schedule a knee scoping before we film, but if there’s an idea that excites me, I’m totally there.”

She also joked, “I told Judy if she could figure out a way to reincarnate Donna, I’m into that. Or it could be like in one of those soap operas where Donna comes back and reveals it was really her twin sister that died.”

Since the release of Mamma Mia 2, ABBA has reunited and released an entire album of new songs, so there’s plenty of new material – as well as some tracks from their legendary discography that have yet to appear in the movies – to choose from.

This is great news for Amanda Seyfried, who previously told Collider that she was worried there wouldn’t be enough new songs for Mamma Mia 3.

In even better news: Christine Baranski has already said that she’d be up for returning as Tanya – mostly because she absolutely loves shooting those films with the rest of the cast.

She mentioned, “If we could go back and have the same amount of good fun and be on a Greek island together filming and dining together at night at some wonderful trattoria or taverna, I don’t think anybody would give you an argument.”

She also teased what Tanya might be up to in the third installment: “Tanya married. Although by now, she may be divorced. She may have gotten bored with this man.”

As we all know, Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again featured flashbacks of Donna Sheridan’s life after it was revealed that she had died. Lily James stepped into those iconic dungarees to play a young Donna, with Meryl Streep returning as Ghost Donna toward the end of the film.

So, with Donna still dead, what will happen next? Craymer didn’t provide any insight into the storyline of the potential third film, but given the limitless possibilities on that intriguing Greek island, the plot could go anywhere.

Could we see flashbacks from a young Ruby Sheridan’s life? Sophie breaking up with Sky and raising her son by herself? Harry singing ABBA ballads in the sun with his boyfriend? Or a one-woman show where Cher plays all the roles? Anything’s possible!

It looks like Mamma Mia 3 is still a bit away from becoming a reality, but as long as Christine Baranski and Julie Walters are back as Tanya and Rosie alongside Meryl as Donna, we’ll be eagerly waiting.