RELEASE DATE December 19, 2018  

DIRECTOR Rob Marshall

WRITTEN BY David Magee

CAST: Emily Blunt, Ben Whishaw, Meryl Streep, Colin Firth, Pixie Davies, Julie Walters, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Emily Mortimer, Angela Lansbury, Dick Van Dyke, Nathanael Saleh, Joel Dawson

Mary Poppins Returns is NO REBOOT. It’s a brand new magical story that is practically perfect in every way! I am as excited as my kids, if not more excited, to see this film!

Starring Emily Blunt as the beloved Nanny, Mary Poppins returns 24 years after the first story took place to care for the now grown Banks children, as well as 3 new Banks children!

Fans of the original will be delighted at actor Dick Van Dyke’s return, however in the new version of the film, he will not be reprising his role of Bert. Instead, he’ll be playing Mr. Dawes Jr. who is the son of the banker from the original film.

We also can’t forget the talented Lin-Manuel Miranda of Hamilton as Jack, a Lamplighter and friend to Mary Poppins!

The whole cast is AMAZING with Emily Mortimer (HBO’s The Newsroom)  as Jane Banks and Ben Whishaw (the voice of Paddington Bear) as Michael Banks. The cast also includes very special appearances by Legends Angela Lansbury, Meryl Streep and Colin Firth!

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On Tuesday Disney announced that ‘Mary Poppins Returns,’ which is the sequel to Mary Poppins will open on Dec. 25, 2018.  Disney’s original classic film starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke was released in theaters in 1964. 

So who will be the beloved Nanny, who is practically perfect in every way? Introducing Emily Blunt as the new Mary Poppins! The magical nanny will star opposite of Lin-Manuel Miranda, who is the star and creator of the Broadway hit musical ‘Hamilton.’  

Rob Marshall is directing ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ and producing alongside Marc Platt and John DeLuca. The script was adapted by David Magee. Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman are collaborating in writing the original songs for the film and Marc Shaiman is composing an all new-score too.  

The character of Mary Poppins was first introduced to the world in P.L. Travers’ 1934 book, he then went on to write seven additional books about Mary Poppins that were published between 1935 and 1988. “I am truly humbled and honored to be asked by Disney to bring P.L. Travers’ further adventures to the screen,” Marshall said in a statement. “The iconic original film means so much to me personally, and I look forward to creating an original movie musical that can bring Mary Poppins, and her message that childlike wonder can be found in even the most challenging of times, to a whole new generation.”

The story will be set in Depression-era London, where a now grown-up Jane and Michael Banks, along with Michael’s three children, are visited by their former nanny following a tragedy in the family that leaves them joyless.

Miranda will play the role of Jack the lamplighter, a new character. He is fast becoming part of the studio fold, having composed the music for Disney’s upcoming animated film Moana and worked on the music for Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Mary Poppins is absolutely one of my favorite childhood film and so like many of you I can’t wait to see what new adventures await us!

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