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The first Mama Mia movie was shot in Greece<\/a>. Credit: Universal Pictures<\/p>\n Years after the release, the producer of the original Mamma Mia! movie confirmed recently that despite delays, a third installment is well on the way.<\/p>\n The first movie, which was shot in Greece on Skopelos, Skiathos, and Pelion, was directed by Phyllida Lloyd.<\/p>\n The second film of 2018, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again,\u00a0 was shot in Croatia and directed by Ol Parker. <\/a>\u00a0It did not return to film on the Greek islands<\/a> because of complications related to Greek bureaucracy.<\/p>\n The producers moved the filming location to a remote Croatian island although the\u00a0story was still based in Greece<\/a>. The bad press for Greece at least prompted the Greek Film Commission to streamline the process of filming in Greece and on the Greek islands<\/a>.<\/p>\n In a recent interview with Variety, producer Judy Craymer revealed that Mamma Mia! 3 is in the works, but some people may need a little more convincing.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m sure [the third movie] will happen,\u201d said Craymer, adding that past Mamma Mia! movies also took time to come to fruition. \u201cI\u2019m in the privileged position that I have Universal Studios wanting to do it, who I love working with, and I have a storyline.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cBjorn and Benny [ABBA] always take a certain amount of convincing,\u201d she revealed. \u201cI don\u2019t know how much more convincing they\u2019re gonna have because everybody wants another film.\u201d<\/p>\n In August, Mamma Mia star Christine Baranski shared an exciting update on the anticipated third film.<\/p>\n Baranski, who plays Tanya Chesham-Leigh in the films, revealed that she recently caught up with Craymer to discuss the threequel\u2019s plot.<\/p>\n \u201cI was in London with Judy Craymer at our favourite watering hole, she is planning Mamma Mia 3. She gave me the narrative plotline of how it\u2019s going to happen. That\u2019s all I can say!\u201d she told The Hollywood Reporter.<\/p>\n Will Mamma Mia! 3 return to Greece?<\/p>\n The original Mamma Mia! movie<\/a>, starring Meryl Streep and Amanda Seyfried as Donna and Sophie\u2014the unconventional mother-daughter duo living on Skopelos, Greece\u2014is a fun and vibrant romantic-comedy slash jukebox musical adapted from the theater production of the same name created in 1999.<\/p>\n