#ThrowbackThursday Mary Poppins sequel set for 2018 release

Hi all!

So months ago, i told you about a rumoured 'Mary Poppins' release.

Rumour no more as Disney has now announced that the sequel will open on December 25th 2018, with the title, 'Mary Poppins Returns'.

O hoooooooo!

If you saw the first one, you would have fallen in love with Dick Van Dyke and Julie Andrews, but now get set to hopefully fall in love with the new actors, including Lin-Manuel Miranda as a new character, and Emily Blunt as the nanny. 'Mary Poppins Returns' will be directed by Rob Marshall, and is based on a David Magee adapted script.

i'm already like, "Why you messing with a classic?!" but i know i will watch it to see where they take the story. They say it is set in Depression-era London, and the family will be visited by their former nanny following a tragedy that leaves them hopeless.

Hian.

Well then everyone, "Super-cali-fragil-istic-expi-ali-docious".

#4pminLagos Bringing Mary Poppins back? I don't know how i feel about that!!!

Part '2's are bad enough (did you ever watch Dirty Dancing or Grease 2?) but reboots can be a dodgy thing. While books like 'Cinderella' and 'Snow Whit' get reboots quite often (all claiming to have a new take on the story), reboots of 'classics' are usually not a good idea.


A movie like 'Grease' for example which was cleaned up and re-released still does well with its original story and cast. I watched 'Sounds of Music' with the original cast two weeks ago and was fine with it. So why is Disney trying to remake 'Mary Poppins'?

According to 'Variety', Mary Poppins will be remade with Rob Marshall set to direct. The story takes place in London twenty years after the original.

I know i sometimes wonder what happened to the 'Von Trapps' after they got on that hill, and wonder what 'Baby' did when she left that resort so maybe seeing Mary Poppins twenty years later won't be a bad idea.

Sigh
But why?