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LOS ANGELES - Pierce Brosnan is in final negotiations to join Meryl Streep in the movie version of the popular ABBA musical Mamma Mia!
The story revolves around a bride-to-be (Amanda Seyfried) and her formerly rebellious mom (Streep) who raised her on a Greek island and never disclosed the identity of her father.
The bride locates three men who might be her father and invites them to her wedding. Brosnan will play the main father figure.
The musical features 22 ABBA songs, including Dancing Queen, Take a Chance on Me and The Winner Takes It All.
Phyllida Lloyd is directing the Universal project; ABBA members and songwriters Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus will serve as executive producers, as will Tom Hanks.
Brosnan has Butterfly on a Wheel, which he also produced, and Married Life with Rachel McAdams and Chris Cooper, in the can. Seyfried has appeared in Mean Girls and Alpha Dog, and can be seen on HBO's Big Love.
- REUTERS/Hollywood Reporter
