With production continuing on Disney’s highly-anticipatedMary Poppins Returns, we finally have our first look atLin-Manuel Mirandaas a lampighter named Jack. We also have even more photos, straight from the London set, which gives us our first look at the grown-up Banks children, Jane (Emily Mortimer) and Michael (Ben Whishaw), as they carry a kite while walking through town with their children. If that wasn’t enough, we also get more images with the title character herself, played byEmily Blunt.
These new photos surfaced from variousTwitteraccounts, which come just a few days after Disney unveiled the first official look atEmily Bluntas Mary Poppins. The film also starsJulie WaltersColin FirthandMeryl Streep, while introducing three new Banks children, played byPixie Davies,Nathanael Salehand newcomerJoel Dawson. The cast is rounded out by silver screen legendsDick Van DykeandAngela Lansbury.
The film is set in 1930s depression-era London (the time period of the original novels) and is drawn from the wealth of material inPL Travers' additional seven books. In the story, Michael (Ben Whishaw) and Jane (Emily Mortimer) are now grown up, with Michael, his three children and their housekeeper, Ellen (Julie Walters), living on Cherry Tree Lane. After Michael suffers a personal loss, the enigmatic nanny Mary Poppins (Emily Blunt) re-enters the lives of the Banks family, and, along with the optimistic street lamplighter Jack (Lin-Manuel Miranda), uses her unique magical skills to help the family rediscover the joy and wonder missing in their lives. Mary Poppins also introduces the children to a new assortment of colorful and whimsical characters, including her eccentric cousin, Topsy (Meryl Streep).
PL Traversfirst introduced the world to the no-nonsense nanny in her 1934 bookMary Poppins, which Disney adapted for the screen and released in August, 1964. The film, which was directed by Robert Stevenson and starredJulie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke, was the top-grossing film of that year and nominated for 13 Academy Awards, winning five. However, the subsequent adventures of Mary Poppins remained only on the pages of PL Travers' seven additional books, which she published between 1935 and 1988. OriginalMary PoppinsstarDick Van Dykereturns to play Mr. Dawes Jr., the chairman of Fidelity Fiduciary Bank, which is now run by William Weatherall Wilkins (Colin Firth).
Rob MarshalldirectsMary Poppins Returnsfrom a screenplay by Oscar nomineeDavid Magee(Life of Pi) based on TheMary Poppins StoriesbyPL Travers.Rob Marshallis also producing alongside Emmy winner and Golden Globe nomineeJohn DeLuca(Chicago) and Oscar and Tony nominee and Emmy and Golden Globe winnerMarc Platt(La La Land). Oscar nominee and Tony winnerMarc Shaiman(Hairspray) and Emmy nominee and Tony winnerScott Wittman(Hairspray) writing all new songs withShaimancomposing an original score. Take a look at the new photos fromMary Poppins Returnsas production continues towards its Christmas Day 2018 release.
