{"id":60299,"date":"2017-03-04T16:53:45","date_gmt":"2017-03-04T14:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ngradio.gr\/?p=60299\/"},"modified":"2017-03-04T16:53:45","modified_gmt":"2017-03-04T14:53:45","slug":"mary-poppins-returns-first-look-see-emily-blunt-costume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ngradio.gr\/en\/news-el\/entertainment\/mary-poppins-returns-first-look-see-emily-blunt-costume\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Poppins Returns first look: See Emily Blunt in costume!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Disney has just released a dazzling first look at Mary Poppins Returns<\/em>, the forthcoming sequel<\/a> in which the titular nanny is played by the correspondingly magical Emily Blunt. The original follow-up to the cherished 1964 musical<\/a> will arrive in theaters Dec. 25, 2018.<\/p>\n

In this new image, we get just a taste of all the trappings that will help transform Blunt into the legendary caretaker \u2014 namely, a stunning peacock-cobalt ruffled coat and a deep rich bird-adorned pink hat, both instantly parallel to but distinctive from\u00a0what Julie Andrews donned in 1964. Mary Poppins\u2019 boundless carpet bag, on the other hand, has received a complete makeover (though the\u00a0jury is out on whether its endless contents have changed).<\/p>\n

What\u2019s more is that Mary looks to be\u00a0right back on the edge of Cherry Tree Lane, the famed street where the stern but whimsical nanny first flew into the Banks family\u2019s life years prior \u2014 20, to be practically precise.<\/p>\n

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Mary Poppins Returns <\/em>picks up two-and-change decades after the events of the 1964 film, furthering\u00a0the adventures\u00a0of Mary Poppins and the Banks children, Jane and Michael, who have long since grown up (they\u2019re played in the film by Emily Mortimer and Ben Whishaw) but are no less in need of their former minder. The new tale<\/a>, as penned by screenwriter David Magee, is set in Depression-era London\u00a0and finds Mary Poppins returning to help\u00a0the family rediscover joy after Michael suffers a personal loss.<\/p>\n

The film pulls from stories within the other seven books of\u00a0P.L. Travers\u2019 original children\u2019s series. As the Banks children grew, so did their travels\u00a0with Mary Poppins, who popped\u00a0in and out of their lives throughout the additional novels along with several other ephemeral characters that will now finally find their way onscreen (like recently-announced Angela Lansbury, who plays a maniacal balloon vendor<\/a>).<\/p>\n

In addition to Blunt, the principal cast also includes Lin-Manuel Miranda as a musical lamplighter named Jack, Meryl Streep as Mary\u2019s cousin Topsy, Colin Firth as banker William Weatherall Wilkins, Julie Walters as loyal housekeeper\u00a0Ellen, and a trio of newcomers filling the roles of Michael Banks\u2019 children. Original star Dick Van Dyke will also make a featured appearance in the sequel.<\/p>\n