Mamma Mia! starring Pierce Brosnan premieres at cinemas
By: FSWL team
Published:
2008-01-16
Mamma Mia! employs the hit songs of famed pop group ABBA to tell the story of Sophie Sheridan (Amanda Seyfried), a young girl who hopes to discover the identity of her father. On the eve of her wedding to Sky (Dominic Cooper), she brings three men; Sam Carmichael (Pierce Brosnan), Bill Austin (Stellan Skarsgård) and Harry Bright (Colin Firth), from her mother Donna's (Meryl Streep) past back to the Greek island they visited over two decades ago.
Mamma Mia! was filmed at several locations including London, Venice, Morocco, Damouchari a seaside hamlet in the Pelion area of Greece, Skopelos island and Skiathos island. Filming on Skiathos island began August 29th to 30th in the harbour, and in the bell tower for the wedding 30th to the 3rd September. Filming on Skopelos island began on September 3rd and wrapped at the end of September. Locations in Skopelos included Agios Iannis tou Kastri, Kastani Beach and Agnondas.
Production offices for the film were based at
Pinewood Studios and although set on a Greek island much was filmed on the 007 stage at Pinewood Studios where lighting and temperature could be controlled.
The
Mamma Mia! trailer was released the week of December 10th, first on Entertainment Tonight, then released to the internet. A high quality version can be found on the film's official website.
Mamma Mia! premieres at cinemas in the UK and USA on 18th July 2008.
Photo above:
(From left to right) Benny Andersson,
Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried, Meryl Streep, Agnetha Fältskog, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Colin Firth and Björn Ulvaeus at the premiere of
Mamma Mia! in Stockholm on 4th July 2008. Photo by
Anders Frejdh. © From Sweden with Love.
For more information about Mamma Mia, visit the film page on IMDB.
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