Previously on “Mamma Mia 2” Watch (you know you check in all the time as we do), members of Swedish pop group ABBA, said they would not be involved with a sequel because they do not intend to license ABBA’s catalog for any further films.
Obviously, worried beyond belief to the point that we could no longer sleep at night, we suggested some musical alternates so the picture could move forward (Neil Diamond, Madonna, Elton John).
But now star Amanda Seyfried (who is a cute as a peach, but unfortunately sported that obnoxious spray-coated bronzer tan in the movie) says she thinks they’ll cave?
“I know it’s still going to be Abba music, because what else would it be. Come on, I wouldn’t do Mamma Mia 2 without Benny and Bjorn,” she told the BBC. Uhh, ABBA for whatever reason are pretty strict about their rules and have turned down several lucrative offers to tour, including one in 2000 that was estimated worth around a billion dollars.
“I’ve been talking to some insiders and [the sequel is] not something that they haven’t been working on. I don’t actually know anything other than that.”
Love that double negative, Amanda. So there you have it. If ABBA sticks to their word (which they generally do) and “Mamma Mia 2” still goes forward, will Seyfried bail? Will you care?
