Disney dropped the official trailer for “Mary Poppins Returns” on Monday, and Emily Blunt is ready to serve up a spoonful of sugar. Blunt plays the eponymous role that Julie Andrews made famous in the 1964 classic musical fantasy. Set in London 25 years after the events of the original film, the highly anticipated sequel sees Poppins back to help the next generation of the Banks family after they experience a personal loss. “You seem hardly to have aged at all,” Michael Banks (Ben Whishaw) tells Poppins, who replies. “Really? One never discusses a woman’s age, Michael.” The trailer then shows footage of the magical nanny bringing Michael Banks’ three children — Annabel, Georgie, and John — on fantastical adventures. “It’s a good thing you’ve come along when you did, Mary Poppins,” says Lin-Manuel Miranda as a street lamplighter named Jack. Meryl Streep portrays Poppins’ cousin Topsy, who wasn’t in the first movie. The cast also includes Colin Firth, Angela Lansbury, Dick Van Dyke, Emily Mortimer, and Julie Walters. Rob Marshall, who previously teamed with Disney on “Into the Woods,” handled directing duties, while David Magee wrote the screenplay. The sequel features all new original songs with music by award-winning composer Marc Shaiman and lyrics by Scott Wittman and Shaiman. “Mary Poppins Returns” hits theaters on Dec. 19. Watch the trailer above. POPULAR ON VARIETY:<doc-sep>You can’t keep a good nanny — or franchise — down, or so Disney hopes to prove by bringing back to theaters everyone’s favorite flying childcare expert with December’s Mary Poppins Returns, a sequel to the 1964 classic that will see Emily Blunt step into Julie Andrews’s fabled shoes. Now, we have our biggest, and best, look yet at the upcoming star-studded musical, which will aim to be the most supercalifragilistic release of the upcoming holiday season. Set 25 years after the original film (which confirms that Mary is an ageless wonder), Mary Poppins Returns will see the well-dressed nanny once again visiting London’s No. 17 Cherry Tree Lane, which is now home to all-grown-up Michael Banks (Ben Whishaw), who’s grieving the loss of his wife and struggling to keep himself (and his three kids) afloat in the face of encroaching ruin. Luckily for him, Mary’s arrival quickly turns everything around. And as evidenced by the above promo, that change of fortunes will come via help from lamplighter Jack (Lin-Manuel Miranda) — a protégé of Dick Van Dyke’s Bert — as well as quite a bit of song-and-dance magic set both in the clouds (Jack literally rides a bike in the sky) and under the sea, with tunes courtesy of Hairspray’s Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman. Mary will also be aided in her mission by a gaggle of impressive supporting players, including Emily Mortimer as Michael’s sister, Jane; Colin Firth as Fidelity Fiduciary Bank President William Weatherall Wilkins; Julie Walters as Michael’s housekeeper, Ellen; Meryl Streep as Mary’s eccentric cousin Topsy; Angela Lansbury as the Balloon Lady; and Dick Van Dyke as an as-yet-undefined bearded character (who’s not original lamplighter Bert) with a penchant for breaking into dance atop office desks. And if you feared that director Rob Marshall (Into the Woods) might skip the lavish old-school animated numbers that were a hallmark of the first film — replete with dancing penguins — this trailer will surely put such worries to rest. Story continues Not content with simply dropping the above live-action trailer, the film has also debuted a new poster as well: Mary Poppins Returns theatrical poster. (Image: Disney) Mary Poppins Returns flies into theaters on Dec. 19. Read more at Yahoo Entertainment:<doc-sep>“Nothing’s gone forever,” Emily Blunt sings in the new trailer for “Mary Poppins Returns.” Indeed, the sequel seems poised to capture the supercalifragilisticexpialidocious magic of the original, as it features brightly colored old-fashioned animation mixed with upbeat live-action musical numbers. Ms. Blunt steps into Julie Andrews’s timeless role as the titular nanny who drops into the lives of the children of the now-grown Michael and Jane Banks (Ben Whishaw and Emily Mortimer), via a kite, naturally. Lin-Manuel Miranda plays Jack, a lamplighter character reminiscent of Dick Van Dyke’s chimney sweep, Bert, but based on the footage shown so far, the “Hamilton” mastermind’s British accent seems slightly more believable. Mr. Van Dyke can also be seen, defying his age in a dance number and playing a different role as the son of a banker. Other notable faces glimpsed in the trailer include Angela Lansbury, a veteran of the Disney musicals “Bedknobs and Broomsticks” and “Beauty and the Beast”; and Meryl Streep, who plays Mary Poppins’s quirky cousin, Topsy. Directed by Rob Marshall, who helmed the Oscar-winning musical “Chicago,” “Mary Poppins Returns” lands in theaters on December 19th.<doc-sep>
This is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! Walt Disney Studios released the first full trailer for Mary Poppins Returns on Monday, September 17. The two-and-a-half-minute teaser gives fans a first glimpse at the film’s musical sequences and introduces Emily Blunt as the titular English nanny. “I’ve come to look after the Banks children,” she announces upon her arrival at the family’s London home. The trailer reveals that some scenes in the movie mix live-action with animation, just like the 1964 original flick starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke. Van Dyke, 92, returns in the sequel for a small role. He makes a brief appearance in the new teaser as he dances on top of a desk in front of Mary Poppins and Jack (Lin-Manuel Miranda). “It’s a good thing you’ve come along when you did, Mary Poppins,” street lamplighter Jack says. The cast also includes Ben Whishaw (Michael Banks), Emily Mortimer (Jane Banks), Julie Waters (housekeeper Ellen), Colin Firth (Fidelity Fiduciary Bank president William Weatherall Wilkins), Meryl Streep (Mary Poppins’ cousin Topsy) and Angela Lansbury (The Balloon Lady). The musical is directed by Rob Marshall (Chicago), with a screenplay by David Magee (Finding Neverland). It features original songs by Marc Shaiman, who cowrote the lyrics with Scott Wittman. Andrews, who won an Oscar for her role in the original, declined to appear in the sequel. “Julie was incredibly gracious, and we talked about it in a very general way but she made it clear right up front,” Marshall told Entertainment Weekly in June 2017. “She said, ‘This is Emily’s show, and I really want it to be Emily’s show. I don’t want it to be, ‘Oh, here comes that Mary Poppins.’ I don’t want that. I really want her to take this and run with it, because she will be brilliant.’” Mary Poppins Returns hits theaters on Wednesday, December 19.