MIA, MAMMA MIA!

I was thrilled to hear that joining Meryl Streep in the film version of the musical MAMMA MIA! is Colin Firth, Pierce Brosnan, and Christine Baranski. And they're all in London now recording the film's soundtrack. Bloody marvelous!

But can Colin and Pierce sing? I guess my answer to that is WHO CARES!!! Mr. Darcy and Mr. Bond in the same film? Be still my foolish heart! And of course I love Baranksi -- she became one of my favs wheh she was on the Cybil Sheppard show "Cybill" back in the mid '90s.

According to this article in Playbill:

Tony Award winner Christine Baranski, who was back on the New York stage earlier this season in Regrets Only, will join the previously announced Meryl Streep for the film version of the international hit musical Mamma Mia!

Liz Smith confirms previous reports that Baranski will be part of the movie musical. The cast, now in London to pre-record the film's soundtrack, will also feature Julie Walters, Colin Firth and Pierce Brosnan.

Baranski will play the role of Tanya in the motion picture, which is being directed by Phyllida Lloyd, who will be making her feature-film debut. Lloyd helmed both the London and Broadway mountings of the long-running musical.

London's Daily Mail also recently reported that three songs from the stage show have been dropped: "Thank You For the Music," "Under Attack" and "Knowing Me, Knowing You." The movie, however, introduces another ABBA song to book and screenplay writer Catherine Johnson's storyline, "When All Is Said and Done."

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