Inspired casting: Meryl in big-screen "Mamma Mia"
It's not even my birthday and this news comes on the front page of Daily Variety: Meryl Streep is set to star in the big-screen adaptation of the stage-smash of "Mamma Mia," a musical built around the songs of Swedith pop group ABBA.
This sounds PERFECT!!!
Anyone who saw "A Prairie home Companion" knows that Miss Streep can really sing. I'm just surprised she hasn't done it more often in film. Before "Prairie," the last time she sanf was two songs in "Postcards from the Edge." This marks Streep's first-blown musical.
The story is about a bride-to-be who never met her father and was raised by a single mother (Streep). The daughter invites three likely paternal candidates to the wedding. The movie will include 22 ABBA songs including :"Dancing Queen" "Take A Chance on Me" and "Knowing Me Knowing You."
Anyway, the film will be directed by Phillyda Lloyd, who directed the original stage production in London as well as on Broadway. Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks are among the executive producers.
I. Can't. Wait.
Greg Hernandez has covered the entertainment industry for the Daily
News since 2001. He's considered a bit odd by some for his obsession
with box office numbers, has been known to camp out near the kitchen
at premieres for first crack at the hors d'oeurves, and Greg's never
seen a red carpet he didn't want to stroll down.