Meryl Streep & Amanda Seyfried On What It Would Take To Make ‘Mamma Mia 3’ As Universal Chairman Teases Studio “Would Love To Make Third Movie”

Selome Hailu SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers for “Opening Night,” the Season 3 finale of “Only Murders in the Building.” Season 3 sees Mabel (Selena Gomez), Charles (Steve Martin) and Oliver (Martin Short) work together to uncover who may have wanted to kill Ben, and the list is long. Ben, the star of Oliver’s new Broadway play, was hated by a lot of people. As it turns out, that includes Charles, who punched Ben across the face right before opening night.

Mean Girls has only grown in popularity since it was released in 2004.Directed by Mark Waters and written by Tina Fey, the teen comedy film features breakout turns across its core cast, including Lindsay Lohan as Cady Heron, Rachel McAdams as Regina George and Amanda Seyfried in her film acting debut as Karen Smith.The film follows Cady as she transfers to a public high school after being homeschooled her whole life, where she has to navigate the various cliques.Mean Girls Day, which is celebrated on October 3, derives from a scene early in the film where Cady (Lohan) explains how she’s been talking to her crush Aaron Samuels (Jonathan Bennett) “more and more”.In the scene, Cady says in a voiceover: “On October 3, he asked me what day it was.” In the scene, Cady replies to Aaron: “It’s October 3.”The date has since become synonymous with Mean Girls, with many sharing the clip online each year to celebrate the film.Lohan previously acknowledged the date on Instagram in 2021, writing: “It’s October 3rd.”A post shared by Lindsay Lohan (@lindsaylohan)At the time of writing (October 3), Mean Girls is available to stream through Amazon Prime Video and Paramount+.The original film spawned made-for-TV sequel Mean Girls 2, which was released on ABC Family in 2011. None of the original cast reprised their roles except for Tim Meadows, as Principal Ron Duvall.A musical adaptation debuted on Broadway in 2018, which will be released as a film on January 12 next year.

One down, and more to come.

EXCLUSIVE: As the striking actors guild sits down today with the studio bosses for the first new talks in over 80 days, the writers are one step closer to officially ending their nearly 150-day labor dispute with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.

Back at the bargaining table Monday for the first time in more than two and a half months, SAG-AFTRA and the Hollywood studios and streamers have a long way to go to make a deal – even with the momentum gained by the end of the writers’ strike.

according to Variety and other outlets. They called the new contract “exceptional” and said it would have “meaningful gains and protections for writers in every sector of the membership.”“What we have won in this contract – most particularly, everything we have gained since May 2nd – is due to the willingness of this membership to exercise its power, to demonstrate its solidarity, to walk side-by-side, to endure the pain and uncertainty of the past 146 days,” part of the email from the WGA Negotiating Committee states, Variety reported.“It is the leverage generated by your strike, in concert with the extraordinary support of our union siblings, that finally brought the companies back to the table to make a deal.”The likely deal comes as both sides took part in intensive bargaining over the weekend.There were signs last week that the strike, which brought Hollywood to a halt for 146 days, appeared to be nearing the end when the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers issued a joint statement that they were back in talks.The Alliance represents studios, streaming services and producers in the negotiations.Union leaders met Wednesday with top studio bosses including Disney CEO Robert Iger, Warner Bros.

Negotiations between the WGA and studios CEOs on a deal to end the nearly five-month long writers’ strike look within sight.

The beloved movie musical Mamma Mia! was released in theaters 15 years ago and the cast and crew recently took a look back at the making of the hit film for a Vogue oral history feature.

The Writers Guild brass and studios CEOs were working tonight to close a deal to end the scribes’ strike , but it seems they aren’t quite there yet.

The WGA is heading back to the bargaining table with the CEOs of Netflix, Disney, Universal, and Warner Bros Discovery on Friday.

EXCLUSIVE: A second day of direct negotiations between the Writers Guild and studio CEOs has concluded this evening.

Over 140 days into the WGA’s strike, the latest resumption of talks today between the scribes and studios and steamers are leaving nothing to chance.

It has been 15 years since the movie musical Mamma Mia! hit theaters and the film’s casting directors are opening up about the actresses that auditioned for the lead role of Sophie.

Mamma Mia! film.In a new oral history on Mamma Mia! from Vogue Magazine, the cast and crew all voiced their support of making a third instalment of the musical franchise, which began with the first film adaptation in 2008, and continued in 2018 with Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again.“Universal would love to make a third movie, and I’ll leave it at that,” Universal Pictures chairman Donna Langley stated when the discussion turned to a potential for a Mamma Mia 3.Seyfried, who leads the franchise as Sophie, added: “I dare you to show me one person who doesn’t want a third Mamma Mia!”However, she also cast some doubt over the possibility of a third movie, suggesting that Universal wouldn’t be willing to pay the cast what their worth.“Nobody is saying no, but nobody is saying yes either,” Seyfried said. “The powers that be probably can’t afford us to be honest.

Given Hollywood’s love of sequels, and that fact that “Mamma Mia!” and its followup, “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again”, raked in a combined $1 billion at the box office, why hasn’t Universal greenlit a third film?

Meryl Streep not only stars in everyone’s favourite movies, she also has a few faves of her own — although fans of the multiple Oscar winner may be surprised by what they are.

EXCLUSIVE: Fran Drescher is less concerned with meeting of several showrunners with WGA leadership this week and more concerned with studios and streamers getting back to the bargaining table to make a fair deal.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director A new oral history on “Mamma Mia!” from Vogue magazine ends with the cast and crew all in support of making a third installment in the Universal Pictures franchise, which kicked off in 2008 with a film adaptation of the musical and continued in 2018 with “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again.” Combined, the two musical films grossed over $1 billion at the worldwide box office. “Universal would love to make a third movie, and I’ll leave it at that,” Universal Pictures chairman Donna Langley said point blank when the discussion turned to a potential “Mamma Mia 3.” Amanda Seyfried, who leads the franchise as Sophie, added, “I dare you to show me one person who doesn’t want a third Mamma Mia!” But she also cast a bit of a doubt on a third movie since, according to her, its existence would most likely depend on Universal paying the cast what they are worth, which is far more now than when the franchise started.

Amanda Seyfried is opening up about the status of Mamma Mia 3.

Steven Spielberg and wife Kate Capshaw have donated $1.5 million in support of striking writers and actors, and others affected by the work stoppages, Deadline has learned.