Streep Up For A 'MAMMA MIA!' Sequel...But Only If Her 'Boys' Return Too

WENN News reports that acting icon Meryl Streep would to return for a Mamma Mia! sequel - but only if movie bosses can "get those fabulous boys back". 

Those "boys" who starred alongside Streep in the Abba-inspired summer hit are Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth and Stellan Skarsgard.

Each actor, not known for having any musical skills, all threw themselves into the singing and dancing roles. Their on-screen chemistry with Streep was one of the highlights of the summer blockbuster.

Streep continued to comment that she would "love to reunite the cast for a follow-up. Grand Mamma Mia! I like it! I'm up for doing a sequel, as long as you can get those fabulous boys back! It's so gratifying it has been this phenomenon around the work. It says there's an audience for something that appeals to a lot of women, something that might make them some money too." 

Movie musical Mamma Mia! has become a major box office smash internationally, grossing more than $559 million (GBP375 million) worldwide. 

Meryl Streep will soon be seen as the stern Sister Aloysius in the upcoming big screen adaptation of John Patrick Shanley's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Doubt.

Streep was up for an Academy Award for her performance in The Devil Wears Prada.  She is a two-time Oscar winner for Kramer vs. Kramer and Sophie's Choice, and has been nominated for an additional 11 Oscars.  Other film credits include The Deer Hunter, Silkwood, Out of Africa, Postcards from the Edge, Heartburn, The Bridges of Madison Countyand Adaptation.  She was last seen on screen as Donna in the film version of the Broadway hit Mamma Mia!. Her many theatre credits include Trelawney of the 'Wells,' The Taming of the Shrew, Happy End, The Cherry Orchard, The Seagull and Mother Courage (she starred in the latter two at the Delacorte Theatre).

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