Mamma Mia: Francesca sings her heart out!

From the Swedish Press:

Now there will be a Mamma Mia! movie, with Meryl Streep in the leading part and Tom Hanks, who has seen the musical 8-10 times, as a producer. The music will be recorded once again, and some songs that aren’t in the musical will be added, for example "When all is said and done" [editor's note: this is the best post-divorce song the group recorded, in my opinion.]

A short while ago Benny Andersson was in New York together with Meryl Streep to pick the keys. [Bjorn]- "She wrote to us after having seen Mamma Mia! on Broadway with her children. It was a beautiful letter, hand written, telling how much they loved the musical. When we thought about whom to give the leading part someone pulled out the Robert Altman movie A Prairie Home Companion, where she is a country singer and sings very well. And it clicked. When the producer Judy Craymer asked Streep to do the leading part as Donna, she said: "Are you kidding? I actually am Mamma Mia!", and then she signed the contract.

*translation from www.abbamail.com