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Mamma Mia 3 ’s braggart challenge is all about Meryl Streep ’s character , Donna Sheridan , but this trouble was already solved in the second movie , Mamma Mia ! Here We Go Again . It ’s not uncommon for successful musical to make the startle from the level to the openhanded screen , and among the most beloved ones isMamma Mia ! . In 2008 , the jukebox musicalMamma Mia ! , write by Catherine Johnson and based on vocal by legendary Swedish group ABBA , was adapted into a film , with Phyllida Lloyd as conductor and Johnson in charge of the handwriting .

Mamma Mia!told the story of Sophie Sheridan ( Amanda Seyfried ) , a new bride - to - be who invited three men to her wedding , as any of them could be her biologic father harmonize to what she found in her mother Donna ’s diary . What followed was fun , musical topsy-turvydom as Donna parcel out with the surprise arrival of her three former flames andSophie taste to figure out who could be her Fatherhood . Despite mixed reviews from critics , Mamma Mia!was a commercial success , making way for a sequel and with a third picture in ontogenesis , which is facing a huge Meryl Streep problem that , luckily , was solved in the 2nd movie .

Between Mamma Mia ! and Mamma Mia ! Here We Go Again , there are a ton of patch holes and incompatibility in both musicals ' collective story .

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Mamma Mia 3 Can Use Flashbacks To Bring Meryl Streep’s Donna Back

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again Used Flashbacks To Tell Donna’s Story

Mamma Mia 3is facing the challenge of bring Meryl Streep back despite Donna ’s death , but Here We Go Again gave the perfect solution : flashbacks .

Mamma Mia ! Here We Go Againserves as both a prequel and a continuation toMamma Mia!.Mamma Mia 2goes back and forth between 1979 and the present ( set five years after the first moving picture ) , as it explores Donna ’s younger geezerhood and how she meet Sam , Harry , and Bill , but in the present 24-hour interval , Donna is rifle . Donna pass away before the events ofMamma Mia ! Here We Go Again , and so the motion-picture show focalize on Sophie ’s efforts to reopen the hotel to honor her mother , while she also portion out with problems with her married man , Sky ( Dominic Cooper ) .

Because of this , Meryl Streep did n’t appear inMamma Mia 2except for one , quick cameo at the final stage . During the christening of Sophie and Sky ’s Logos , Donna look as a ghostbefore she full passes on . Mamma Mia 3is facing the challenge of bring Meryl Streep back despite Donna ’s death , butHere We Go Againgave the perfect solution : flashback . Instead of following a much jr. Donna , Mamma Mia 3can follow a grown - up Donna through flashbacks , allow the pic to bring Streep back in a much bigger capacity than a cameo as a ghost .

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Mamma Mia 3’s Donna Flashbacks Can Fill In The Gaps Between The First Movies

A Lot Of Things Happened Between Mamma Mia & Its Sequel

As mention above , five age fall betweenMamma Mia!andMamma Mia ! Here We Go Again , but the latter did n’t do much to explicate what bechance during those years . The biggest enigma is how Donna died , and as she give-up the ghost a twelvemonth before the events ofMamma Mia 2 , there ’s the question ofwhat pass off during the four year between the ending ofMamma Mia!and Donna ’s death . Mamma Mia 3 , then , through flashbacks , can fill in those gap between the first two pic , while also give the audience a hazard to see Meryl Streep ’s Donna again .

Another choice is search consequence before the first picture , such as how Sophie and Sky met , though that would n’t leave much way for Donna unless she ’s chip in a narrative that was never mentioned in the other pic . Mamma Mia 3without Meryl Streep ’s Donna would n’t feel unadulterated , but her diaries surely have more stories to explore that can be greatly good to her , Sophie , Sam , and other characters .

A subsequence to Mamma Mia ! ( 2008 ) , Mamma Mia ! Here We Go Again is rig five year after the events of the first moving-picture show and come after Sophie Sheridan as she endeavor to reopen the Hotel Bella Donna after the death of her mother . The film cuts back and off between Sophia ’s battle at the hotel and Donna ’s past , detailing how she met each of Sophie ’s three possible fathers premise in the first film . The ensemble cast features Amanda Seyfried , Lily James , Pierce Brosnan , Christine Baranski , Julie Walters , Stellan Skarsgård , Colin Firth , Andy Garcia , and Cher .

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Sophie (Amanda Seyfried), Sky (Dominic __), older Donna (Meryl Streep) and younger Donna (Lily James) in Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again.

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A sequel to Mamma Mia! (2008), Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again is set five years after the events of the first film and follow Sophie Sheridan as she attempts to reopen the Hotel Bella Donna after the death of her mother. The film cuts back and forth between Sophia’s struggles at the hotel and Donna’s past, detailing how she met each of Sophie’s three possible fathers introduced in the first film. The ensemble cast features Amanda Seyfried, Lily James, Pierce Brosnan, Christine Baranski, Julie Walters, Stellan Skarsgård, Colin Firth, Andy Garcia, and Cher.

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