ROTTEN TOMATOES: Tom Hanks to Back ABBA-daptation

Tom Hanks to Back ABBA-daptation

by Scott Weinberg | April 21, 2006

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The worldwide stage sensation "Mamma Mia!," a light-hearted musical packed to the gills with goofy ol' ABBA songs (that also grossed about $1.5 billion all told), will soon earn a big-screen adaptation -- thanks to producer Tom Hanks.

Says Variety: ""Mamma Mia!" -- the tuner that made theater snobs cringe but that worldwide auds embraced -- has fueled the bigscreen interest of Playtone partners Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman.

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The filmmakers are eyeing release by late 2007. The show's book writer, Catherine Johnson, is penning the screenplay, which will stick closely to the crowd-pleasing musical's plot. Raised on a Greek island by a formerly rebellious mom who never disclosed the identity of her father, a bride-to-be locates three men who might be her father and invites them to her wedding. The resulting conflict triggers 22 Abba hits like "Dancing Queen," "Take a Chance on Me" and "The Winner Takes It All.""

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Someone let me know when the Air Supply movie gets greenlit.

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dracus writes:
on Apr 21 2006 06:18 AM

I like Hanks, but this one's got "DORK" written all over it.

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Ashron writes:
on Apr 21 2006 06:35 AM

Yeah, it was a fun musical on stage, but translated to film...I don't know.

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Now it's dark writes:
on Apr 21 2006 12:48 PM

He should stay in front of the camera.

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ddp73 writes:
on Apr 21 2006 01:04 PM

[b]Sure[/b]
When I went to see the play Momma Mia! I was very unsure of what I got myself into, but after it was over I would have seen it again. It was absolutely wonderful. Now you fall into the how-will-it-translate-from-stage-to-screen which can be good (CHicago) to not so great (Rent), the positive side I belive is that they are using the same write who wrote the play to write the screenplay. As long as they keep the dialogue down and the tunes coming I think they will pull it off. I'm there!

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VML writes:
on Apr 21 2006 07:45 PM

Mamma Mia! doesn't make a good movie.

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South_park300 writes:
on Apr 22 2006 07:34 PM

i'll give it a chance. i wanna see the trailer....although with a late 2007 release, it will be awhile

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Horstradamus writes:
on Apr 22 2006 10:22 PM

[b]I saw the musical[/b]
Really, despite how many critics wet themselves over this show, I thought the whole plot was horribly contrived and strung together loosely over a best of Abba album. Good music. Dumb plot. Should have left it on stage. This one's going right into the crapper.

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