Mamma Mia the Sequel

Will there be a "Mamma Mia 2"?

With Mamma Mia the Movie breaking box-office records and even beating out sales of the Titanic DVD, it's not surprising that the producers are already thinking of a sequel. And Meryl Streep has already expressed the idea that she wouldn't mind returning in a "Grand Mamma Mia".

But Benny Anderrson denies that he's already working on a sequel to "Mamma Mia the Movie" - though he's not closing the door on it, either.

While nothing is final yet, one thing everyone agrees on. There are plenty of ABBA songs left to fuel a second installment... and limitless directions for the plot.

The end of Mamma Mia the Movie left its characters divided in half - some staying in Greece, others supposedly returning "home", some embarking on a world-wide journey, some married and some still at least technically free, providing for plenty of material to back up songs of heartbreak, reconciliation, joy, love, and, if they want it to take a more serious turn, even politics. (Will they "hear the guns" up close?)

At this point, anything about the Mamma Mia sequel is all speculation, but with the original Mamma Mia the Movie! grossing over half a billion dollars worldwide, excluding DVD sales, if they truly subscribe to the philosophy that the "Winner Takes It All", they'd be foolish not to produce a sequel.