Amanda Seyfried says third ‘Mamma Mia!’ movie is ‘inevitable’ | Exclusive

Amanda Seyfried notes third 'Mamma Mia!' movie is 'inevitable' Exclusive.

Key points

• Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway react to memorabilia of Donna and teases a feasible return to "Mamma Mia 3."
• And then, of course, there is the matter of Meryl Streep's character, Donna, having died in the 2018 sequel.
• Amanda Seyfried wants Sophie to have a family in 'Mamma Mia!
• Amanda Seyfried is excited for the third "Mamma Mia!" movie.

Amanda Seyfried notes third 'Mamma Mia!' movie is 'inevitable' Exclusive. Madeline Mitchell USA TODAY. Meryl Streep teases a feasible return in 'Mamma Mia 3'.

Amanda Seyfried is excited for the third "Mamma Mia!" movie. But she, like her fans, might have to wait a while longer.

Judy Craymer, who produced the stage show and both "Mamma Mia!" movies, "wants to do it, " Seyfried informed USA TODAY during an exclusive interview at a Vote Mama campaign event on Sept. 25.

"She would do anything to get us together, " Seyfried notes. "It seems inevitable. I remember us saying, like, it can't be another 10 years till we do another one. And it's been, next year will be 10 years since we shot the last one, so I'm like, what is happening?"

Speculation regarding a third "Mamma Mia!" film has swirled for years, and gained heat in February when NBCUniversal Entertainment chairman Donna Langley informed Deadline Hollywood, "Yes, I'm going to say right now that there will be a 'Mamma Mia! 3.'".

But the third movie isn't coming any time shortly, Seyfried informed USA TODAY. "I wish there was a script, " she notes. "I feel like we're all kind of too busy right now."

"We just have to figure out how to get Meryl in there, " Seyfried notes. "So if anyone has any ideas, that would be helpful. Since she's dead. Not my idea!"

Amanda Seyfried wants Sophie to have a family in 'Mamma Mia! 3'.

If and when there is a third movie, Seyfried notes she's excited to see her character, Sophie, take on a family of her own.

In the second movie, Sophie gives birth to her first child, a boy she names Donny. Seyfried notes she hopes Sophie would have a second child in the third movie, and maybe secure remarried.

"The modern, mixed family, " Seyfried notes. "It's always important to see, I think, for people."

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