'MARY POPPINS RETURNS'
THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON!
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is something you, sadly, won't hear in this one (for reasons unknown) but
MARY POPPINS RETURNS is still ready to
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| Mary Poppins Returns December 19th! |
fly down into cinemas near you December 19th just in time for Christmas holidays! What can we expect from the latest movie adaptation of
P. L. Travers' (who never liked the first movie) book on the famous nanny? We should probably stay reserved given that it was directed by
Rob Marshall who is known for lack of substance and depth in his musicals, but
Emily Blunt in the lead role might just save the thing in the end! Set in 1935 London, 25 years after the events of the original film, it sees Poppins, the former nanny of Jane and Michael Banks,
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| The film arrives 54 years after the original one |
returning after a family tragedy.
BACK TO CHERRY TREE LANE Set in 1930s London, the story follows Michael (
Ben Whishaw) and Jane Banks (
Emily Mortimer), who are now grown up. Michael is living with his three children (
Pixie Davies, Nathanael Saleh, and
Joel Dawson) and housekeeper Ellen (
Julie Walters), in the house on Cherry Tree Lane. After Michael has a personal loss, Mary Poppins (
Emily Blunt)
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| Annie Liebovitz has done a photoshoot with Emily Blunt for Vogue |
comes back into the lives of the Banks family to help them rediscover the missing joy and wonder.
THE REST OF THE MERRY CAST
When she returns, 54 years after the original movie, she is joined by a street lamplighter named Jack (played by
Lin Manuel Miranda), and an eccentric
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| Sandy Powell is doing costumes for Disney again after Cinderella |
cousin named Topsy (
Meryl Streep). British star
Colin Firth appears in the movie as William Weatherall Wilkins, the current president of Fidelity
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| Rob Marshall fought with Disney for the usage of hand drawn animation |
Fiduciary Bank, while legendary
Angela Lansbury stars as The Balloon Lady. The film will have original new songs which will feature on the film's
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| Dick van Dyke is the only member of the original cast that returns again |
soundtrack to be released two weeks before the movie. Some of the scenes will feature old school hand drawn animation!
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