Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. This Mary Poppins rebootquel is weird. Not bad weird. Good weird. We know we have Mary Poppins returning to help now grown-up Michael Banks with his children. We know Poppins will be played by Emily Blunt. We know Hamilton's Lin Manuel-Miranda will play a friend of Poppins' and now we know that Meryl Streep will join them playing Poppin's cousin, Topsy (per Variety).
Mary Poppins Returns is a smart move by the studio and it's equally smart that they're keeping it a musical. Today's kids are still raised with the original Disney classic, which is becoming more and more like Wizard of Oz in its timelessness with each passing generation.
The huge amount of talent in front of the camera is evident. I'm not so sure about Rob Marshall directing, but he's done good work before and I have a feeling with the right script and that cast he'll give us something special.
I never read the original PL Travers books, so I can't tell you if Topsy is a known character. Google only turns up that the term Topsy-Turvy is used in the books, so apologies for not being an expert on that angle. All I can tell you is that Streep singing along with Emily Blunt and Lin Manuel-Miranda sounds pretty damn good to me.
-Eric Vespe
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