First Look at Emily Blunt as Mary Poppins!
03/03/2017 03:10 pm EST
Look at what just blew in on the East Wind!
With filming well underway in London, Walt Disney Studios has released (via EW) the first official look at Emily Blunt as everyone's favorite magically nanny in Mary Poppins Returns — a sequel that takes place only 20 years after the 1964 original that starred Julie Andrews in the title role.
Blunt's version of the quintessential English caretaker is sporting a peacock-cobalt ruffled coat, bird-adorned pink hat, and carrying her bottomless carpet bag. The outfit resembles the iconic Victorian costume Andrews wore, but there are enough alterations to the color scheme and style of the outfit itself to separate the two.
Additionally, "Mary looks to be right back on the edge of Cherry Tree Lane, the famed street where the stern but whimsical nanny first flew into the Banks family's life years prior."
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Mary Poppins Returns is set in 1930s depression-era London (the time period of the original novels) and is drawn from the wealth of material in PL 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).
The cast also includes Colin Firth plays William Weatherall Wilkins, the man who runs Fidelity Fiduciary Bank, and Dick Van Dyke plays Mr. Dawes Jr., the chairman of Fidelity Fiduciary Bank, as well as three new Banks children, played by Pixie Davies, Nathanael Saleh, and newcomer Joel Dawson.
It's being directed and produced by Oscar-nominee, Emmy and DGA Award winner Rob Marshall (Into the Woods, Chicago). The screenplay is by Oscar-nominee David Magee (Life of Pi), based on The Mary Poppins Stories by PL Travers. Oscar-nominee and Tony-winner Marc Shaiman (Hairspray) is composing an original score and co-writing all new songs with Emmy-nominee and Tony-winner Scott Wittman (Hairspray).
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Mary Poppins Returns is scheduled for release December 25, 2018.
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