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Today brings pretty encouraging news for Mamma Mia! fans. Ol Parker, director of the second movie Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, has spoken positively about the prospect of a third film.

"Judy Craymer, the genius producer behind the musical and the first two films, always plans for it to be a trilogy," he told Screen Rant. "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?"

Parker is absolutely spot-on about the first film's financial success. Released in 2008, it grossed a massive $611 million at the global box office. Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, which followed a full decade later in 2018, didn't perform quite as impressively, but still raked in a very hefty $402 million.

The Mamma Mia! movies are also known to be especially popular projects for their cast members. As Digital Spy reports, Pierce Brosnan spoke positively about making a third movie back in October, saying: "It's criminal how much fun you have on that movie. I think everybody would be in... I'm sure there's some plans."

And back in 2020, when Dame Julie Walters told The Times that she would be taking a step back from acting following a cancer scare, she singled out a third Mamma Mia! movie as a project she would make a special exception for.

In the meantime, you can whet your appetite by watching Amanda Seyfried talk about her Mamma Mia! tattoo on The Graham Norton Show.

Would you like to see a third Mamma Mia! movie?