"Entertainment Tonight" and "Dancing with the Stars" Offer Preview of Mamma Mia! Film March 18
By Andrew Gans
18 Mar 2008
Those anxious for a preview of the film of the international hit musical Mamma Mia! should tune in to the March 18 broadcasts of "Entertainment Tonight" and "Dancing with the Stars."
The broadcast of CBS' "Entertainment Tonight" (7:30-8 PM ET) will feature a sneak peak of the "Mamma Mia!" trailer. The full trailer will be seen on ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" (9-10:30 PM ET). Check local listings.
The "Mamma Mia!" trailer is also currently available for on-line viewing by visiting Yahoo Movies.
The film, which stars Academy Award winner Meryl Streep as mom Donna Sheridan, is scheduled to hit movie theatres around the country July 18.
In addition to Streep, the cast also features Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried, Colin Firth, Christine Baranski, Julie Walters, Stellan Skarsgard and Dominic Cooper. The film was directed by Phyllida Lloyd, who is making her feature-film debut. Lloyd helmed both the London and Broadway mountings of Mamma Mia!
Using the back catalogue of 70s pop group ABBA, Johnson's plot tells the story of bride-to-be Sophie Sheridan, who hopes to discover her father's identity on the eve of her wedding. She brings three men from her mother Donna's past back to the Greek island they last visited 20 years previously.
The show and film feature music and lyrics by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus. Since the original London production opened in 1999, the musical has grossed over $2 billion worldwide.
The film, according to the Universal Pictures website, is described as such: "An independent, single mother who owns a small hotel on an idyllic Greek island, Donna (Streep) is about to let go of Sophie (Amanda Seyfried), the spirited daughter she's raised alone. For Sophie's wedding, Donna has invited her two lifelong best girlfriends-practical and no-nonsense Rosie (Julie Walters) and wealthy, multi-divorcee Tanya (Christine Baranski)-from her one-time backing band, Donna and the Dynamos. But Sophie has secretly invited three guests of her own.
"On a quest to find the identity of her father to walk her down the aisle, she brings back three men from Donna's past to the Mediterranean paradise they visited 20 years earlier. Over 24 chaotic, magical hours, new love will bloom and old romances will be rekindled on this lush island full of possibilities."
For more information visit www.universalpictures.com.
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