The film adaptation of Benni and Bjorn’s musical hit, Mamma Mia!, was absolutely massive when it was released. At one point, it threatened to drown the world in ABBA songs. It’s the biggest selling DVD of all time in the UK. Can so many people be wrong? Anyway, Empire asked actor Pierce Brosnan (beautiful singing voice: not) during press rounds for Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief if rumours were true of sequel talk – and he had this to say:

“”No, I don’t think that’s happening”.

Cat out of the bag or what? Does a sequel really need to happen? Just because a film is ridiculously successful (and ridiculous), it doesn’t mean automatic sequel treatment. Adding to this, Meryl Streep last month told Showbizspy:

“I heard that they were talking about it, but I am not sure it’s real, it’s not anything I’m on the inside track of. No one has told me anything yet”.

Another cause to think this isn’t happening. Oh and that Benni Anderson has said any sequel will NOT have any ABBA songs in there. Although, hope clearly springs eternal for Amanda Seyfried who saidthe film was going ahead.

So can we safely file this under “definitely not happening”? After all, you’d think the major talent would be “in the loop”. Now it’ll the first film played on DVD until the end of time – and don’t forget to sing along.

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Amanda has already stated that if this were to happen there is a good chance her character of Sophie wouldn’t be included anyways.

[038] June 2 – Glamor Women Of The Year Awards 2009

Amanda took home the award for Actress of the year for her role as Sophie in Mamma Mia!

“To win this award is pretty ridiculous to be honest! I had no idea Mamma Mia! was going to be this huge phenomenon. To be honest the only Abba song I knew before making the film was “Dancing Queen”. But thank you very much.”

We’ve added even more photos from last night’s Academy Awards including screencaps from Amanda presenting and performing on stage.

Edit: The E! preshow screencaps have been added to the gallery.

On a different note several people have been emailing us asking us which disc you can find the Mamma Mia! DVD Extras on.

On the Walmart Exclusive 2 Disc Version Deleted Scene: The Name of the Game; A Talented Trio: The Creators of Mamma Mia!; Breaking Down Voulez-Vous; More of Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie; Meryl’s Big Number; 10 Most Excellent Things: Mamma Mia!

On the 2 Disc Version Deleted Scene: Sophie & Sky (1); Deleted Scene: Sophie & Sky (2); Deleted Scene: Sophie watching Rosie & Bill; Making of Mamma Mia! the Movie; A Look Inside Mamma Mia! The Movie; Anatomy of a Musical Number Lay All Your Love on Me; Becoming a Singer; Behind the Scenes with Amanda; On Location in Greece; Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! Music Video.

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Daily 10 – January 12, 2009

Mamma Mia! screencaps and clips of the movie and extras will be up soon.

Mamma Mia! has received a Golden Globe nomination for BEST MOTION PICTURE—COMEDY and Merly Streep got a Nod for Best Actress in a Comedy. Congrats! The Golden Globes will air on January 11, 2009. You can see a full list of the nominations here

Mamma Mia! will be released on DVD just in time for Christmas on December 16th. You can preorder the DVD on amazon.com.

Here’s a list of DVD features for the single disc, double disc and blue-ray versions of the DVD.

Single-Disc Features:
English, French and Spanish DD5.1 Surround
English SDH, French and Spanish subtitles
Sing-Along
Deleted Musical Number: “The Name of the Game”
Feature Commentary with Director Phyllida Lloyd

Two-Disc Special Edition Features:
Digital Copy of Mamma Mia!
Deleted Scenes
Outtakes
The Making of Mamma Mia!
Anatomy of a Musical Number: ‘Lay All Your Love on Me’
Becoming a Singer
Behind the Scenes with Amanda
On Location in Greece
A Look Inside Mamma Mia!
“Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!” Music Video
Bjorn Ulvaeus Cameo

BluRay Edition Features:
1080P 2.40:1 Widescreen
English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
French and Spanish 5.1 DTS Surround
English SDH, French and Spanish subtitles
U Control – Picture-in-Picture
U Control – Behind the Hits
Play with Sing-Along
Deleted Scenes
Outtakes
Deleted Musical Number: “The Name of the Game”
The Making of Mamma Mia!
Anatomy of a Musical Number: ‘Lay All Your Love on Me’
Becoming a Singer
A Look Inside Mamma Mia!
“Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!” Music Video
Bjorn Ulvaeus Cameo
Feature Commentary with Director Phyllida Lloyd
BD Live – My Scenes Sharing
BD Live – Downloadable Content
BD Live – My Chat
BD Live – My Mamma Mia! Commentary