Mary Poppins Returns (2018)

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Release Date: December 25, 2018

Emily Blunt has been cast as Mary Poppins and Lin-Manuel Miranda will play a new character, a street lamplighter named Jack. Drawing from the wealth of material in P.L. Travers’ seven additional novels, the story will take place in Depression-era London (when the books were originally written) and follows a now-grown Jane and Michael Banks, who, along with Michael’s three children, are visited by the enigmatic Mary Poppins following a personal loss. Through her unique magical skills, and with the aid of her friend Jack, she helps the family rediscover the joy and wonder missing in their lives.

Cast: Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Meryl Streep, Ben Whishaw, Colin Firth, Dick Van Dyke, Angela Lansbury

Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Director: Rob Marshall
Screenwriter: David Magee
Genre: Fantasy, Musical

Official Website: Not Available

 

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Emily Blunt & Lin-Manuel Miranda to star in Mary Poppins Returns

Walt Disney Pictures has officially announced that Golden Globe Award winner Emily Blunt (Into the Woods, the upcoming Girl on the Train) and Emmy, Grammy, Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner Lin-Manuel Miranda (“Hamilton,” “In the Heights”) are set to star in Mary Poppins Returns, a sequel to the studio’s 1964 classic, Mary Poppins, which will be released on December 25, 2018.

Blunt has been cast as Mary Poppins and Miranda will play a new character, a street lamplighter named Jack. Drawing from the wealth of material in P.L. Travers’ seven additional novels, the story will take place in Depression-era London (when the books were originally written) and follows a now-grown Jane and Michael Banks, who, along with Michael’s three children, are visited by the enigmatic Mary Poppins following a personal loss. Through her unique magical skills, and with the aid of her friend Jack, she helps the family rediscover the joy and wonder missing in their lives.

 

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Emily Mortimer joins the Mary Poppins Returns cast

Emily Mortimer has joined the Mary Poppins Returns cast, reports Variety. Mortimer will play Jane Banks, who along with her brother Michael (Ben Whishaw), was one of the children the magical titular nanny looked after in the original 1964 film, and is now all-grown-up. The movie is set 25 years after the original.

 

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The Mary Poppins Returns cast adds Colin Firth

The Mary Poppins Returns cast expands today with the addition of Academy Award winner Colin Firth. Variety has the news, reporting that the Kingsman star will play the part of William Weatherall Wilkins, who is president of Fidelity Fiduciary Bank in the film. The bank itself was featured in the original Mary Poppins (and even got its own song), but the name William Weatherall Wilkins actually comes from the third P.L. Travers novel, Mary Poppins Opens the Door. Wilkins is not a character in the book, however, and the name itself is all that appears, listed as the previous owner of a book.

 

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Dick Van Dyke joins the Mary Poppins Returns cast!

In a new profile in The Hollywood Reporter, living legend and original Mary Poppins co-star Dick Van Dyke (who just turned 91) has confirmed he will join the Mary Poppins Returns cast. It is unclear whether it is a major role or merely a cameo.

“This one supposedly takes place 20 years later and the kids are all grown up,” Van Dyke says. “It’s a great cast — Meryl Streep, Angela Lansbury and that guy [Lin-Manuel Miranda] from Hamilton.”

 

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Mary Poppins Returns adds Angela Lansbury

Angela Lansbury is the latest addition to the cast of Walt Disney Pictures‘ Mary Poppins Returns, the all-new sequel to 1964’s Mary Poppins. A five-time Tony Award winner and the recipient of an honorary Academy Award and three Academy Award nominations, Angela Lansbury will play the Balloon Lady, a character from PL Travers’ original children’s books.

 

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First look at Emily Blunt as Mary Poppins!

Walt Disney Pictures has released the first look photo of star Emily Blunt as the title character in the upcoming Mary Poppins Returns! Check it out below!

 

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New Mary Poppins Returns set photos revealed

We have some new set photos from Walt Disney Pictures’ upcoming sequel Mary Poppins Returns, featuring Emily Blunt and Co. filming in front of London’s Buckingham Palace. Check out the Mary Poppins Returns set photos below!