New Set Photos From MARY POPPINS RETURNS, Including Our First Look at Lin-Manuel Miranda
We just saw our first look at Emily Blunt in Rob Marshall's Mary Poppins Returns a few days ago, but thanks to Twitter user Gordon Harris (via Playbill), we now also have our first glimpse of Lin-Manuel Miranda's lamplighter character, Jack. Additionally, there are a few more set pics that give us a look at Blunt's Poppins from the front (as opposed to the teasing reverse angle in the movie's official first image).
When was the last time you watched the original Mary Poppins? I hadn't seen it in probably 15 or 20 years before rewatching it last year, and I was surprised to discover that it holds up well. I imagine a lot of you will want to revisit it before the new movie comes out in 2018.
Mary Poppins Returns stars Blunt, Miranda, Meryl Streep, Emily Mortimer, Colin Firth, Angela Lansbury, Ben Whishaw, Julie Walters, and Dick Van Dyke, and arrives in theaters on Christmas Day, 2018.
Set in 1930s depression-era London (the time period of the original novels), Mary Poppins Returns is drawn from the wealth of material in PL Travers’ additional seven books. In the story, Michael (Whishaw) and Jane (Mortimer) are now grown up, with Michael, his three children and their housekeeper, Ellen (Walters), living on Cherry Tree Lane. After Michael suffers a personal loss, the enigmatic nanny Mary Poppins (Blunt) re-enters the lives of the Banks family, and, along with the optimistic street lamplighter Jack (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 (Streep).