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Disney has officially cast Emily Blunt in the title role of its “Mary Poppins Returns”.
Lin-Manuel Miranda will also star in the sequel to the studio’s 1964 classic “Mary Poppins”.
Rob Marshall is directing “Mary Poppins Returns” which has a December 25, 2018 release date.
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.
Producers are Marshall, John DeLuca and Marc Platt. The screenplay will be written by David Magee based on The Mary Poppins Stories by P.L. Travers, with Marc Shaiman composing an all-new score and Shaiman and Scott Wittman writing original songs.
