Mamma Mia ! Here We Go Again - Wikipedia Mamma Mia ! Here We Go Again Mamma Mia ! Here We Go Again Theatrical release poster Directed by Ol Parker Produced by Judy Craymer Gary Goetzman Screenplay by Ol Parker Story by Catherine Johnson Richard Curtis Ol Parker Based on Mamma Mia ! by Catherine Johnson Starring Christine Baranski Pierce Brosnan Dominic Cooper Colin Firth Andy García Lily James Amanda Seyfried Stellan Skarsgård Julie Walters Cher Meryl Streep Music by Anne Dudley Cinematography Robert Yeoman Edited by Peter Lambert Production company Playtone Littlestar Productions Legendary Entertainment Distributed by Universal Pictures Release date July 16, 2018 ( 2018 - 07 - 16 ) ( Hammersmith Apollo ) July 20, 2018 ( 2018 - 07 - 20 ) ( United States ) Running time 114 minutes Country United Kingdom United States Language English Budget $70 million Mamma Mia ! Here We Go Again is a 2018 musical romantic comedy film directed and written by Ol Parker, from a story by Parker, Catherine Johnson, and Richard Curtis. It is a follow - up to the 2008 film Mamma Mia !, which is based on the musical of the same name. The film stars Lily James, Amanda Seyfried, Christine Baranski, Julie Walters, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård, Dominic Cooper, Cher, and Meryl Streep. Both a prequel and a sequel, the plot is set after the events of the first film but also features flashbacks to 1979 to tell the story of how Donna came to be on the island of Kalokairi and trying to figure out who fathered her daughter, Sophie. Due to the financial success of the first film, Universal Pictures was always interested in the idea of a sequel. Here We Go Again was officially announced in May 2017, with Parker hired to write and direct. In June 2017, much of the original cast confirmed their involvement, and James was cast as a young Streep that July. Filming took place from August to December 2017 in Croatia, as well as at Shepperton Studios in Surrey, England. Mamma Mia ! Here We Go Again is scheduled to be released in the United States and the United Kingdom on July 20, 2018, ten years to the month of the original film 's release. Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Cast 3 Musical numbers 4 Production 4.1 Development 4.2 Casting 4.3 Filming 5 Release 5.1 Marketing 5.2 Box office projections 6 References 7 External links Synopsis Five years after the events of Mamma Mia !, on the Greek island of Kalokairi, Sophie ( Amanda Seyfried ) is pregnant with Sky 's ( Dominic Cooper ) child while running her mother 's ( Meryl Streep ) villa. With Tanya ( Christine Baranski ) and Rosie 's ( Julie Walters ) guidance, Sophie will find out more of Donna 's past, including how she fronted The Dynamos, started her villa on the island from nothing, met each one of Sophie 's dads ( Pierce Brosnan, Stellan Skarsgård, and Colin Firth ), and raised a daughter, without a mother to guide her. She also has an unexpected visit from someone she has never even met : her grandmother, Ruby Sheridan ( Cher ). Cast Amanda Seyfried as Sophie `` Soph '' Sheridan, Donna 's 25 - year - old daughter, Sam 's stepdaughter / possible daughter, Sky 's wife, Ruby 's granddaughter and possible daughter of Bill and Harry Meryl Streep as Donna Sheridan - Carmichael, Sophie 's mother, Sky 's mother - in - law, Ruby 's daughter, owner of the Hotel Bella Donna, and wife to Sam Lily James as Young Donna Christine Baranski as Tanya Chesham - Leigh, one of Donna 's friends and former bandmates in Donna and the Dynamos ; a rich three - time divorcee Jessica Keenan Wynn as Young Tanya Julie Walters as Rosie Mulligan, one of Donna 's friends and former bandmates in Donna and the Dynamos ; an unmarried fun - loving author Alexa Davies as Young Rosie Pierce Brosnan as Sam Carmichael, Sophie 's stepfather and possible father, Sky 's stepfather - in - law and possible father - in - law, an Irish - American architect, Ruby 's son - in - law, and husband to Donna Jeremy Irvine as Young Sam Colin Firth as Harry Bright, Sophie 's possible father, Sky 's possible father - in - law, and a British banker. Hugh Skinner as Young Harry Stellan Skarsgård as Bill Anderson, Sophie 's possible father, Sky 's possible father - in - law, a Swedish sailor and travel writer Josh Dylan as Young Bill Cher as Ruby Sheridan, Donna 's mother, Sophie 's grandmother, and Sam 's mother - in - law. Dominic Cooper as Sky, Sophie 's husband, Donna 's son - in - law, Sam 's stepson - in - law and possible son - in - law to Sam, Bill and Harry Andy García as Fernando Cienfuegos, the manager of the Hotel Bella Donna, old friend of Ruby 's Omid Djalili as a Greek customs officer Celia Imrie as Vice-Chancellor Naoko Mori as Yumiko Togo Igawa as Tateyama Maria Vacratsis as Sofia Panos Mouzourakis as Lazaros Gerard Monaco as Alexio Anna Antoniades as Apollonia Jonathan Goldsmith Musical numbers The following ABBA songs are in the film 's soundtrack. `` When I Kissed the Teacher '' from Arrival ( 1976 ) - Young Donna and the Dynamos `` I Wonder ( Departure ) '' from ABBA : The Album ( 1977 ) - Young Donna and the Dynamos `` One of Us '' from The Visitors ( 1981 ) - Sophie, Sky `` Waterloo '' from Waterloo ( 1974 ) - Young Harry, Young Donna `` Why Did It Have to Be Me ? '' from Arrival ( 1976 ) - Young Bill, Young Donna, Young Harry `` I Have a Dream '' from Voulez - Vous ( 1979 ) - Young Donna `` Kisses of Fire '' from Voulez - Vous ( 1979 ) - Lazaros, Young Tanya, Young Rosie `` Andante, Andante '' from Super Trouper ( 1980 ) - Young Donna `` The Name of the Game '' from ABBA : The Album ( 1977 ) - Young Donna `` Knowing Me, Knowing You '' from Arrival ( 1976 ) - Young Sam, Young Donna, Sam, Sophie `` Angeleyes '' from Voulez - Vous ( 1979 ) - Tanya, Rosie, Sophie `` Mamma Mia '' from ABBA ( 1975 ) - Young Donna and the Dynamos `` Dancing Queen '' from Arrival ( 1976 ) - Sophie, Rosie, Tanya, Sam, Bill and Harry `` I 've Been Waiting For You '' from ABBA ( 1975 ) - Sophie, Rosie, Tanya `` Fernando '' - non-album single ( 1976 ) - Ruby, Fernando `` My Love, My Life '' from Arrival ( 1976 ) - Sophie, Young Donna, Donna `` Super Trouper '' from Super Trouper ( 1980 ) - Ruby, Donna, Rosie, Tanya, Sophie, Sky, Sam, Bill, Harry, Fernando, Young Donna, Young Rosie, Young Tanya, Young Bill, Young Sam, Young Harry `` The Day Before You Came '' - non-album single ( 1982 ) - Donna Production Development Due to Mamma Mia ! 's financial success, Hollywood studio chief David Linde, co-chairman of Universal Pictures told The Daily Mail that it would take a while, but there could be a sequel. He stated that he would be delighted if Judy Craymer, Catherine Johnson, Phyllida Lloyd, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus agreed to the project, noting that there are still plenty of ABBA songs to use. Mamma Mia ! Here We Go Again was announced on May 19, 2017, with a planned release date of July 20, 2018. It will be written and directed by Ol Parker. On September 27, 2017, Benny Andersson confirmed 3 ABBA songs that would be featured in the film : `` When I Kissed the Teacher, '' `` I Wonder ( Departure ), '' and `` Angeleyes. '' Casting On June 1, 2017, it was announced that Seyfried would be returning as Sophie. Later that month, Dominic Cooper confirmed in an interview that he would be returning for the sequel along with Streep, Firth and Brosnan as Sky, Donna, Harry, and Sam, respectively. In July 2017, Baranski was confirmed to return as Tanya in the film. On July 12, 2017, Lily James was cast in the film to play the role of `` Young Donna. '' On August 3, 2017, Jeremy Irvine and Alexa Davies were cast in the film with Irvine set to play Brosnan 's character Sam in a past era, and Davies would play the role of a young Rosie, played by Julie Walters in the first film. On August 16, 2017, it was announced that Jessica Keenan Wynn ( Heather Chandler in the original Off - Broadway cast of Heathers : The Musical ) had been cast as a young Tanya, who was played by Baranski in the first film. Julie Walters and Stellan Skarsgård will also reprise their roles as Rosie and Bill, respectively. On October 16, 2017, it was revealed that American singer / actress Cher had joined the cast in her first on - screen film role since 2010, and her first film with Streep since Silkwood. Filming Principal photography on the film began on August 12, 2017 in Croatia, including the island of Vis. The cast gathered in October 2017, at Shepperton Studios in Surrey, England, to film some song and dance numbers with Cher. Filming wrapped on December 2, 2017. Release Mamma Mia ! Here We Go Again is scheduled to be released on July 20, 2018 by Universal Pictures in the UK, USA and other selected countries. The film premiered on July 16, 2018 at the Hammersmith Apollo in London. Marketing The first trailer for the film was released on December 21, 2017 in front of Pitch Perfect 3, another film made by Universal Pictures. Cher performed `` Fernando '' at the Las Vegas CinemaCon on April 25, 2018 after footage of the film was shown. Box Office projections In May 2018, BoxOffice Magazine projected the film to gross $25 -- 35 million in its opening weekend in the United States and Canada, and a final domestic total of around $105 million. In June, three weeks prior to its release, official industry tracking had the film debuting to $27 -- 33 million. References Jump up ^ `` Mamma Mia ! Here We Go Again ''. AMC Theatres. Retrieved June 20, 2018. Jump up ^ Mendelson, Scott ( June 29, 2018 ). `` Box Office : ' Equalizer 2 ' And ' Mamma Mia 2 ' Both Aiming For $30 M Openings ''. Forbes. Retrieved July 1, 2018. Jump up ^ Baz Bamigboye ( 2008 - 10 - 17 ). `` Baz Bamigboye on a possible Mamma Mia sequel, Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio and much more ''. Mail Online. Retrieved July 12, 2017. Jump up ^ Bryan Alexander ( 2017 - 05 - 19 ). `` ' Mamma Mia ' sequel ' Here We Go Again ' coming next summer ''. US Today. Retrieved July 12, 2017. Jump up ^ Anita Busch ( May 19, 2017 ). `` ' Mamma Mia : Here We Go Again ! ' On Universal Pictures ' 2018 Schedule ''. Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 12, 2017. 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