boys-and-ghouls:

so I heard you guys want some Hugh Jackman in Mamma Mia! How Can I Resist Ya? concepts!

disclaimer: with these I focused mainly on the Hugh/Harry plot than the whole overall plot lmao

@ universal pictures hire me

here we go (again)

concept 1:

• Sophie meets a girl around her age (Alyson Stoner??? idk!! we’ll call her that for now), maybe few years younger, also with a child, and they bond over sharing stories about their partners and their kids. 
• Alyson reveals that her dad has been lonely ever since her mom left even tho it was a mutual decision bc he’s gay and they both ended on good terms, and Sophie goes “!!!! oh! I have three dads but one of them is single, he’s gay too, omg!” so matchmaking ensues, Hugh Jackman is brought to the island.
• Sophie and Alyson try and get them together but Hugh Jackman and Harry Bright think that the girls are trying to get them to be friends and bond over Dad Stuff, bc they’re both single dads and kinda lonely and need pals.
• they fall for each other but think the other one is straight.
• at one point Harry sings Tropical Loveland from a window while watching Hugh Jackman bond with Sophie and Donny (Donnie??) and the other major characters, he does some angsty scenic walking around, the whole shabang
• Sam is Harry’s wingman, Bill is too busy trying to fix things with Rosie that he isn’t really paying attention to anything going on lol that’s a whole other subplot
• we get to see Sky being an A1 dad too and we get some good scenes of him hanging out with The Dynabros as the newest Dad
• also some bonding scenes with The Dynabros + Sky and Hugh Jackman to make one big Dad Squad (kinda want them all to have their own lil Dancing Queen number)
• Anyways back to the Harry/Hugh plot, one night they get drunk and DOT DOT DOT jk they don’t, they drunkenly make out but the next day Hugh Jackman has to leave the island (Hasta Mañana) so they never talk about it
• they both think they took advantage of their Drunk Straight Friend when in reality they’re both dumb gays and they both wanted it but they don’t know that bc they didn’t talk about it and they both feel guilty as fuck
• Harry is left on the island and Hugh is back in the city and it’s a split-screen duet of Why Did It Have to Be Me but sad rendition 😦 either that or they split-screen duet Disillusion lmao rip
• Sophie and Alyson are facetiming like omg how could it have gone so WRONG (bc Alyson left with Hugh)
• “my dad is moping” “yeah mine too” “:/” “:/”
• Sam is like omfg jfc and flies to Hugh’s city
• convinces Hugh to come back to the island bc “it wasn’t just a dot dot dot to Harry, it meant everything to him and you left without a word!” (disclaimer: not verbatim)
• Hugh’s like oh damn and surprises Harry at the island singing Take A Chance On Me
• idk how it ends but they’re together and in love and now Harry has two daughters and Sophie has another dad AND a sister
• Tanya and Rosie and Bill are around too and so are Ruby and Fernando they’re all just doing stuff I didn’t focus on their subplots
• the credits scene is them singing Honey, Honey and Mamma Mia bc please

concept 2:

• the gang’s all here on the island as usual getting ready to celebrate Donny’s (Donnie’s???) first birthday and it’s!!! A Big Deal!
• however someone has booked hotel Bella Donna for an event so the island is full of newcomers/strangers from LA or NY or something owo
• in a wacky mix up, it turns out Donny’s birthday party and the Big Event are happening at the same time and there’s only like one event room at the hotel right it’s the big outdoorsy courtyard thing
• both events are a week away which is enough time to figure out how to rearrange things, but tensions are High Af between the two groups
• the Big Event is a wedding and although Sophie gets how important that is bc she was there before, her son’s birthday also means a lot to her and also bc it’s almost the Two Year Anniversary of the hotel’s opening so like?? Big Deal
• so both groups are Salty at each other bc neither are willing to give up the space
• the best man of the wedding, Hugh Jackman, attempts to talk to Sophie’s group, telling them all about his best friend, the groom of the wedding, Zac Efron (either He Is Your Brother or Head Over Heels, I’m leaning more towards the latter). they listen to him bc he’s nice but they’re still kinda reluctant to change anything
• Harry Bright falls in love immediately, the moment Hugh Jackman enters their meeting room to “talk things out” aka sing some sick ABBA
• Sam notices and rolls his eyes as he pulls Harry aside like “buddy are u serious omg you CANNOT be Romeo and Julietting this rn”
• Harry’s like “don’t be so Dramaticc ! none of us are gonna die”
• “this is war, Harry” “it’s a disagreement over a hotel space, Sam”
• Sam’s like omg you hopeless gay fine I’ll help you out and Bill, who was listening in, is like “yo I’m in. don’t worry Romeo, we got you” (Harry is like “sigh who says I’m Romeo here?” and Bill is just like “omfg”)
• as the date of both events approaches tensions get higher bc neither group wants to be the bigger person and give up the room but they both know that they should be the bigger person but they Don’t Wanna but they should but ughh and both groups duet like Sharks vs Jets style either So Long, Elaine, or even Voulez-Vous tbh
• meanwhile Hugh and Harry have been secretly hanging out and sneaking off with the help of Sam and Bill who always cover for Harry, and the help of the grooms of the wedding, Hugh’s best friend Zac Efron and his fiance Jeremy Jordan, who also cover for Hugh
• during their sneaking around please GOD Hugh and Harry need to duet Does Your Mother Know with the “mothers” being their respective groups in a hilarious little montage of Hugh/Harry hanging out (sometimes talking, flirting, or kissing) and nearly getting caught by the opposing sides while Sam and Bill and Zac Efron and Jeremy Jordan watch on, shaking their heads, occasionally having to save their asses. I need this scene/montage to be fucking hilarious and adorkable with a lot of fast cuts between Hugh/Harry and members of their groups getting closer to them/discovering them, while Sam/Bill and Zac/Jeremy quickly warn them that someone’s coming, then lots of quick cuts to Hugh and Harry in outrageous hiding spots but still never being discovered pLEASE GOD
• Sam and Bill alternate between wingman duty and helping with party prep, and on the flip side Zac and Jeremy alternate between wingman duty and wedding prep
• Hugh Jackman sings Waterloo at some point bc I love parallels
• and Harry sings Tropical Loveland at some point, or Lovelight, or both! I’m not picky
• the day before both events things are tense as heck and Harry is stressing about their relationship / their future and what’ll happen to them
• Hugh very seriously asks Harry if he loves him
• Harry says yes, then sings a little, “I do, I do, I do”
• but then he pauses and goes “yes I do … but, I love my family too. maybe … maybe even more. Sophie, my daughter, is the best thing in my life, and my grandson Donny …. I adore him.” his face falls and his mouth becomes a hard line when he says “I’m sorry. but they always come first”
• Hugh is heartbroken and as Harry walks away he whisper-sings “if you change your mind … I’m the first in line …. honey, I’m still free … take a chance on …” and he speaks the last word, “me?”
• Harry looks torn but he ultimately walks away
• Hugh sings Hasta Mañana sadly with his voice breaking as he sings, “Hasta Mañana, until then” (his voice breaks on “then”)
• then it cuts back and forth to Zac/Jeremy and Sam/Bill both dealing with their sad and mopey best friends and they both sing CHIQUITITA BC WHY NOT
• meanwhile as they mope, Hugh and Harry sadly duet Why Did It Have To Be Me 😦
• Sam and Zac meet up and decide to share the space but leave it a surprise for Hugh and Harry but everyone else knows and agrees it needs to be done
• the next morning everyone’s preparing for the events (Summer Night City)
• during it Harry and Hugh glumly get ready (in a manner that’s One Of Us style from Mamma Mia 2 but like not the song just the way Sophie and Sky were both like doing their thang but still “together”) and head down to the party space
• they’re met with both groups happily coexisting and mingling and everyone stands up and applauds when they enter the room
• Sam/Bill and Zac/Jeremy make a speech saying that Harry and Hugh’s love made them realize that they don’t have to fight. both events are a celebration of new life and the journey of what’s to come (birthday + marriage) and they should both be happy times, not fighting times
• in front of everyone, Hugh turns to Harry and sings “honey, I’m still free  – take a chance on me ….?”
• Harry sings As Good As New in reply (with the trusty Ensemble backing him up) and they kiss and everyone cheers
• and they all celebrate together – Zac and Jeremy get married and Donny has a spectacular birthday
• (while singing Dancing Queen ofc)
• as the party slows down, The Dynabros all have a group hug and stare out at the ocean and sing The Way Old Friends Do, throughout the song adding in Sky and then Hugh and then Zac and then Jeremy to their little huddle
• the credits scene is them singing Mamma Mia obvs

concept 3:

• Harry meets Hugh in London (Summer Night City) and they’re drunk and they dot dot dot or just make out or something
• Hugh freaks out the next morning and leaves (Another Town, Another Train)
• Harry sings a sad verse or two of Why Did It Have To Be Me, and as he sings the part that young Harry sang in MM2 (“men are toys in the game that you play” etc) he’s staring out the window of the plane as he goes to the island to mope with Sam and Sophie
• somehow Hugh is there on Kalokairi and instead of being upset Harry gets caught up in his beauty as he hides behind a building to catch a glimpse of Hugh (Lovelight)
• turns out, Hugh’s a teacher! he teaches kiddos! he also does private teaching! he took a job in Greece and is a friend of Sophie’s and she thinks it’d be so good if Donny was his student once he’s old enough so Hugh’s visiting the island to meet him!
• Harry’s like omg …. not my grandson’s potential teacher …
• Sophie’s like ??? what’s wrong do you not approve of him and Harry doesn’t know how to be like “no I approve of him very much, in fact when I met him I approved of him so much that I slept with him” so he just says the first part
• Sophie and Sky gotta do lots of hotel managing stuff so funnily enough it’s Harry and Hugh who are in charge of babysitting Donny
• cute domestic scenes with little toddler Donny ensue as the two adorkable dudes look after the tiny tot
• Hugh sings Rock Me at one point, also Waterloo
• as Hugh and Harry dance around each other and their feelings on the island they duet What’s the Name of the Game bc neither of them wanna end the lil flirtationship they have goin bc they’re scared the other isn’t up for being all in
• as Hugh’s stay is coming to an end (he gotta get back to Athens soon for his Job) they’re like “oh man where is this gonna go, what are we gonna do”
• Sophie has a day to spare so she spends the day with Donny leaving Hugh and Harry left alone to deal with their feelings without hiding behind Donny lmao
• they end up getting together bc Hugh tentatively sings Love Isn’t Easy (But it Sure is Hard Enough)
• and Harry grins and teasingly sings You Owe Me One
• also during his stay Hugh bonds with Donny and Sky and Sophie and Harry is like damn ….. time to Marry Him
• okay this one wasn’t as fleshed out bc it was just an excuse for me to include more songs lmao but it’s less of a MM3 concept and more of a Hugh Jackman & Harry Bright concept

anyways those are my concepts woot hope y’all Enjoy

the second one is my fave and the one I will be sending to universal pictures