Meet the Mother of Mamma Mia!

If anyone can rightly claim to be the mother of Mamma Mia!, the worldwide jukebox- musical sensation both on stage and screen, it is producer Judy Craymer. The impresario, 60, first hatched the idea to build a story around family bonds and lost loves inspired by the songs of Swedish pop sensation ABBA in 1996 after collaborating with the group’s tunesmiths Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus on the 1984 West End stage production of Chess.

Final Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again Trailer Features One Big, Happy Family

Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) is peeling back more layers to her mother’s past. The final Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again trailer reveals more about Donna’s Greek adventures and what brought her to the island in the first place. There’s a ton of new footage and more teasers about the family dynamic of past and present.

Jumping back to 1979, Donna first sets her sights on Kalokairi and her friends set their sights on the island’s men.

Donna’s Backstory Comes to Life in Mamma Mia Sequel

The dancing queens are heading back to the island. The first trailer for Mamma Mia!: Here We Go Again dropped today, and there’s a lot to unpack.

Sophie (Amanda Seyfriend) is having a baby with husband Sky (Dominic Cooper), so she goes back to the island where her mother and other loved ones live. Donna’s (Meryl Streep) former lovers, Sam (Pierce Brosnan), Bill (Stellan Skarsgard), and Harry (Colin Firth), who Sophie tracked down in the first film,

Baby Driver‘s Lily James Joins Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again

 After being the engine that made Baby's heart go in Baby Driver, Variety reports that Lily James is joining the cast of Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again. The new film is a sequel to the 2008 film adaptation of the musical Mamma Mia!, which itself was based around and featured much of ABBA’s hit music.

James will be playing the young Donna (Meryl Streep's character), joining the original cast,