Source: http://ew.com/movies/mary-poppins-retur ... st-height/Jack the lamplighter (Lin-Manuel Miranda) leads the three Banks children — Annabel (Pixie Davies), Georgie (Joel Dawson), and John (Nathanael Saleh) — and Mary Poppins (Emily Blunt) through the streets of London in the big musical number, “Trip a Little Light Fantastic.”
It’s true! I immediately thought of Bedknobs and Broomsticks when I read that part. And they’re repeating the penguins too.DisneyJedi wrote:Bottom of the ocean...?
Funny, that was originally going to be in the original Mary Poppins, but it was reused for Bedknobs and Broomsticks.
I’m not surprised there will be animation in the film, because it seems they’re replicating all the elements that are characteristic of the original film: Lin-Manuel Miranda’s character replaces Bert, the scene with the lamplighters looks very similar to Step in Time, etc. I hope it’s 2D, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it was 3D.
Well, Emily Blunt is almost 10 years older than Julie Andrews was when she performed the character. I believe she was 25, and Emily Blunt is 34 now. But this sequel is set 25 years later, so I'm not sure if Mary Poppins is meant to be older in this version or not. I've never read the books, does she age in them? As she has magical powers, I wonder if she doesn't age the same way as normal people do.justcuttinhair wrote:So, this film takes place 20 years after the first story...and Mary has not aged at all? Would have been more believable and easy to digest if Blunt was playing the role as an older version of the character.