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Firth: 'No Abba music in Mamma Mia! sequel'
Published Wednesday, Sep 16 2009, 09:17 BST | By Simon Reynolds
Rex Features
Speaking to Collider, Firth revealed that songwriter Benny Andersson had "put the kibosh" on using more of the Swedish pop group's tracks in a potential follow-up.
"[Benny] said it's not going to happen with Abba," Firth remarked. "We're not using the back catalogue. He, I think, has other ambitions. The main thing is they've used the songs you would need for that musical and using the rest of the catalogue... I don't know, you'd have to ask him"
Firth insisted that a sequel to last year's box office hit is still a possibility, but soundtracked by songs from other groups.
"From what I'm understanding, the people who do want to make it are considering the possibility of using another band's music. Why not?" Firth added. "But that's speculation."
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