Mamma Mia! (film) Mamma Mia! (film) Mamma Mia! (promoted as Mamma Mia! The Movie) is a 2008 jukebox musical romantic comedy film directed by Phyllida Lloyd and written by Catherine Johnson based on the 1999 musical of the same name, also written by Johnson, which itself is based on the songs of pop group ABBA, including the title song, with additional music composed by ABBA member Benny Andersson. The film features an ensemble cast, including Christine Baranski, Pierce Brosnan, Dominic Cooper, Colin Firth, Amanda Seyfried, Stellan Skarsgård, Meryl Streep and Julie Walters. The plot follows a young bride-to-be who invites three men to
Mamma Mia! (film series) 1934 by H. S. Rouse at the Hong Kong and Whampoa dockyards. Meryl Streep took opera singing lessons as a child, and as an adult, she previously sang in several films, including "Postcards from the Edge", "Silkwood", "Death Becomes Her", and "A Prairie Home Companion". She was a fan of the stage show "Mamma Mia!" after seeing it on Broadway in September 2001, when she found the show to be an affirmation of life in the midst of the destruction of 9/11. Due to "Mamma Mia!" financial success, Hollywood studio chief David Linde, co-chairman of Universal Pictures told "The Daily