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[templer1972]

Mamma Mia! Pierce Brosnan to Sing!
Source: Variety March 7, 2007


Pierce Brosnan will star opposite Meryl Streep in Mamma Mia!, the film adaptation of the hit musical for Universal Pictures and producing partners Playtone and Littlestar. Variety says the movie begins shooting June 25 in London and Greece.

Brosnan sang a few Irish standards in the indie drama Evelyn, and sang onstage early in his career. But this will be a decided departure for an actor best known for playing the steely James Bond.

Brosnan will play Sam, one of three men summoned to a Greek isle by a young woman who believes one of them is her father.

For Brosnan, the opportunity to belt out such ABBA standards as "S.O.S.," which will be a duet with Streep, was irresistible.

"I said yes right away because it meant working with Meryl Streep," Brosnan told the trade. "Secondly, I saw the show with my family in London, and found it just so wonderfully happy and joyful, and so pitched in time forever in the 1970s. What a kick in the pants, to be able to go off and spend time with Meryl on some Greek island, singing ABBA songs."

Mamma Mia! is being produced by Littlestar's Judy Craymer and Playtone's Gary Goetzman and Tom Hanks. Rita Wilson will executive produce with Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus, latter of whom wrote the tunes when they were the creative catalysts for ABBA.

Phyllida Lloyd, who directed "Mamma Mia!" in its London and Broadway runs, is helming the picture, which was scripted by Catherine Johnson. She wrote the book for the stage musical, which recently surpassed $2 billion in ticket sales in more than 140 cities since opening in 1999.

Brosnan takes the job while preparing a sequel to The Thomas Crown Affair, which John Rogers scripted and Brosnan is producing under his Irish DreamTime banner. A director will be set shortly and production will begin before year's end.

[Jim]

Fantastic. This sounds splendid.

[Lounge Lizard]

Yep. I think he can really shine in this.

[Joyce Carrington]

Oh wow.

[dee-bee-five]

I must be the only person in the world who loathed Mamma Mia. Why can't they film a PROPER musical, like Les Miserables or Miss Saigon?

[dodge]

Are we still on the planet earth? Why doesn't he star in Grease 3 or make a musical version of NSNA?

[Skudor]

Is it April 1st?

Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan star in Mama Mia the movie???

Surely the end of the world is nigh.

[The Dove]

Ahh to quote Monty Python and The Holy Grail:

Prince Erbert: " I just want to...sing! *music starts to swell* "
The King: " Stop that!! Stop IT! You're not going to do a song while I'm here!!" *music grinds to a halt!!* LOL!!

[Royal Dalton]

S.O.S.

[ACE]

S.O.S.

LOL.

I think Mama Mia is a musical about Brosnan losing the Bond role:

Arrival
Super Trouper
Thank You For The Music
Money Money Money
The Name Of The Game
The Winner Takes It All
One Of Us

[Skudor]

S.O.S.

LOL.

I think Mama Mia is a musical about Brosnan losing the Bond role:

Arrival
Super Trouper
Thank You For The Music
Money Money Money
The Name Of The Game
The Winner Takes It All
One Of Us

LOL

[Royal Dalton]

I think Mama Mia is a musical about Brosnan losing the Bond role:

Arrival
Super Trouper
Thank You For The Music
Money Money Money
The Name Of The Game
The Winner Takes It All
One Of Us

Not to mention Gimme Gimme Gimme and Waterloo!

[Skudor]

I think Mama Mia is a musical about Brosnan losing the Bond role:

Arrival
Super Trouper
Thank You For The Music
Money Money Money
The Name Of The Game
The Winner Takes It All
One Of Us

Not to mention Gimme Gimme Gimme and Waterloo!

LOL - Good point.

[Safari Suit]

When, oh when will they make a film version of "Chess".

[ACE]

I think Mama Mia is a musical about Brosnan losing the Bond role:

Arrival
Super Trouper
Thank You For The Music
Money Money Money
The Name Of The Game
The Winner Takes It All
One Of Us

Not to mention Gimme Gimme Gimme and Waterloo!

LOL!

Take A Chance On Me
Gimme Gimme Gimme
Arrival
Super Trouper
Money Money Money
Thank You For The Music
The Winner Takes It All
One Of Us
SOS
Waterloo


Try as I might, I just can't fit Dancing Queen in the list. I bet Stephen Sondheim never had this problem!


Meryl Streep will play Barbara Broccoli

[Royal Dalton]

Take A Chance On Me
Gimme Gimme Gimme
Arrival
Super Trouper
Money Money Money
Thank You For The Music
The Winner Takes It All
One Of Us
SOS
Waterloo


Try as I might, I just can't fit Dancing Queen in the list. I bet Stephen Sondheim never had this problem!


Meryl Streep will play Barbara Broccoli

LOL!

That's brilliant, ACE!

When, oh when will they make a film version of "Chess".

There were a lot of draughts in the theatre when I saw that.

[00Twelve]

Wow, this should be the best thing since Gerard Butler as the Phantom...

[Qwerty]

S.O.S.

LOL.

I think Mama Mia is a musical about Brosnan losing the Bond role:

Arrival
Super Trouper
Thank You For The Music
Money Money Money
The Name Of The Game
The Winner Takes It All
One Of Us

Brilliant, ACE.

[ACE]

Thanks Qwerty and RD

When, oh when will they make a film version of "Chess".

There were a lot of draughts in the theatre when I saw that.

Oooooh! That's worse than Phu Yuk...

...but good though!

One Night In Bangkok is a fantastic song.

[Evil Doctor Cheese Returns]

When you're near him, darling can you hear him SOS?

Sounds like a Bond theme lyric, doesn't it? It's not. It's only ruddy James Bond singing ABBA songs with Meryl Streep!

One time I was on LSD and had this dream...now Variety says it has been green-lit.

http://www.comingsoo...ws.php?id=19216

Thoughts about Pierce Brosnan shouldering the PPK and firing out disco classics on a Greek Island with an academy award winner should be discussed below! (unless this is already in another thread)

I think it sounds great! Brosnan with a Bjorn beard? I'm there!

G x

[dinovelvet]

Well this is very interesting, and "mad props" to Pierce for taking on something different, I thought he'd end up doing an endless parade of Bond-lite roles

[ACE]

Hmmm, strange this. I just googled and found Benny and Bjorn's working lyrics for Dancing Queen. They had apparently been working with Tim Rice on a song called The Movie Screen...


"You can act, you can fight, just getting the role of your life
See that part, watch that scene, big on the movie screen

Friday night and Remmington steals
Your career, on which brakes have squealed
Looking for your theme music, not on a TV show
But in the cinema, you know

Not anyone could be that guy
The public knows who

[dodge]

[quote name='ACE' post='709922' date='7 March 2007 - 20:52']Hmmm, strange this. I just googled and found Benny and Bjorn's working lyrics for Dancing Queen. They had apparently been working with Tim Rice on a song called The Movie Screen...


"You can act, you can fight, just getting the role of your life
See that part, watch that scene, big on the movie screen

Friday night and Remmington steals
Your career, on which brakes have squealed
Looking for your theme music, not on a TV show
But in the cinema, you know

Not anyone could be that guy
The public knows who

[Zorin Industries]

[quote name='dodge' post='709938' date='7 March 2007 - 21:40'][quote name='ACE' post='709922' date='7 March 2007 - 20:52']Hmmm, strange this. I just googled and found Benny and Bjorn's working lyrics for Dancing Queen. They had apparently been working with Tim Rice on a song called The Movie Screen...


"You can act, you can fight, just getting the role of your life
See that part, watch that scene, big on the movie screen

Friday night and Remmington steals
Your career, on which brakes have squealed
Looking for your theme music, not on a TV show
But in the cinema, you know

Not anyone could be that guy
The public knows who

[stromberg]

Is it April 1st?

Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan star in Mama Mia the movie???

Surely the end of the world is nigh.

My initial thought when hearing this news

This'll be interesting. Looking forward to it, despite the fact that I've never been a big fan of musicals and (being forced to grow up with them in the 70s/80s) always disliked ABBA.

When you're near him, darling can you hear him SOS?

Sounds like a Bond theme lyric, doesn't it? It's not. It's only ruddy James Bond singing ABBA songs with Meryl Streep!

One time I was on LSD and had this dream...now Variety says it has been green-lit.

http://www.comingsoo...ws.php?id=19216

Thoughts about Pierce Brosnan shouldering the PPK and firing out disco classics on a Greek Island with an academy award winner should be discussed below! (unless this is already in another thread)

I think it sounds great! Brosnan with a Bjorn beard? I'm there!

G x

merged into existing topic, EDC.

[spynovelfan]

Well this is very interesting, and "mad props" to Pierce for taking on something different, I thought he'd end up doing an endless parade of Bond-lite roles

Yes, I'd also like to send out mad props to Pierce Brosnan for landing a role in a musical based on Abba's songs opposite Meryl Streep. Mainly because it must be the first time most of those phrases have appeared in the same sentence.

[dodge]

Meanwhile, John Travolta--who's made more madly barking dogs than Pierce can ever equal--has gone on to make Hairspray. Showing the old spunk and swagger again...this time as a woman. The difference is, I believe, JT is gonna score big time with a role that's as bigger than life as himself. Anyone agree?

[Mamadou]

Thanks Qwerty and RD

When, oh when will they make a film version of "Chess".

There were a lot of draughts in the theatre when I saw that.

Oooooh! That's worse than Phu Yuk...

...but good though!

One Night In Bangkok is a fantastic song.

Indeed.

"Chess" is definitely my favorite musical, back when the guys in ABBA actually wrote something daring and meaningful.

Shows you how Broadway is, though. Especially nowadays, jukebox/karaoke musicals are a dime a dozen (Jersey Boys, that one about John Lennon, Good Vibrations, one about Elvis, etc.).

[ACE]

Yes, I'd also like to send out mad props to Pierce Brosnan for landing a role in a musical based on Abba's songs opposite Meryl Streep. Mainly because it must be the first time most of those phrases have appeared in the same sentence.

LOL

[Royal Dalton]

It sounds like it's another role he was Bjorn to play.