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  1. Dec 19, 2018 · Rated 4.5/5 Stars • 02/11/24. Rated 1.5/5 Stars • 02/07/24. Rated 1/5 Stars • 01/21/24. Rated 4/5 Stars • 01/18/24. Rob Marshall. Director. Emily Blunt. Mary Poppins. Lin-Manuel Miranda. Jack....

    • Introduction
    • Stage Tour
    • Producer Marc Platt
    • Lin-Manuel Miranda
    • Production Designer John Myhre
    • Emily Blunt
    • Filming
    • Final Thoughts

    - The movie takes place during the Depression Era. During our visit, our holding room was filled with concept art, costumes, and props while music from the movie played over the speakers. - Everything had vivid, bright colors that felt like a throwback to the vibrant 1964 movie. - Songs in the new movie include “Trip a Little Light Fantastic”, “Tur...

    - We head to H Stage where we see the top of Big Ben under construction. It’s surrounded by blue screen and we’re told that it’s for a scene that’s near the end of the movie. - The face of Big Ben is to scale with the real clock. - We then move over to C Stage to see Topsy’s Upside Down Room, which is one of the coolest sets I’ve ever been on. The ...

    - Reveals that they’re capitalizing on the other books of Mary Poppinsauthor P.L. Travers. - The film is specifically set in 1934-35, which is 25 years after the original. - Growing up, composer Marc Shaiman (South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut) was influenced by the Sherman Brothers, who wrote the music for the original Mary Poppins. - Platt says t...

    - He jokes that the big difference from doing a stage musical and a movie musical is that when you do a movie musical, you finish the number and they applaud in a year and a half. - The original Mary Poppinswas in regular rotation in his house, and they would always have to turn it off at “Feed the Birds” because he would burst into tears. - He was...

    - They wanted the Banks’ home to look a little bit more relatable to modern audiences rather than a stately mansion. - They also wanted to shoot a lot of exteriors on location, so that the film could function as a love-letter of sorts to London. - The movie begins by going through a series of real locations before coming to the Banks’ home on Cherr...

    - Blunt found Mary Poppinsincredibly comforting as a child. Playing the charcter now is a surreal experience. - She hasn’t watched the original since she was a child because “no one is going to outdo Julie Andrews.” - She says Rob Marshall makes you feel like you can do anything, but also he “expects a lot of you and that comes from singing, the ac...

    - We head over to see the filming on the musical number “Trip a Little Light Fantastic”. - The lamplighters are the chorus dancers. - Even though director Rob Marshall has the advantage of close up and camera angles, the dancers are still making big movements. They’re also using the street lamps as part of their choreography. - The choreography is ...

    As a big fan of Rob Marshall’s Oscar-winning musical Chicago, he definitely seems at home here on Mary Poppins Returns. While the original Mary Poppins is a classic, no one is trying to throw it out or drastically reinvent it. No one we talked to is trying to get away from what we love about Mary Poppins. Instead, they’re attempting the difficult b...

  2. Dec 14, 2018 · Mary Poppins Returns is currently at 77% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with an average score of 7.5 out of 10. As always, we try to avoid any spoilers when pulling quotes.

  3. Dec 19, 2018 · Mary Poppins Returns flies by the way it does thanks in no small part to its song and dance numbers, which are pretty terrific on the whole. Many of the sequel's musical sequences harken back to those from the original Mary Poppins - most notably, the live-action/animated Royal Doulton bowl segment and the lamplighter scene "Trip a Little Light Fantastic" - but are visually dazzling in their ...

  4. Dec 18, 2018 · Bathed in nostalgia, “Mary Poppins Returns” is being framed as a homage, and there’s clearly some love here. Mostly, it is a modest update, one that has brushed off the story, making it ...