Last week it was confirmed that Emily Blunt is to take on the title role in a sequel to the Disney classic Mary Poppins, and now Variety is reporting that Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton) is also in talks about boarding the project.
According to the site, Miranda would play Jack, “a lamplighter resembling the character of Bert, famously played by Dick Van Dyke in the 1964 classic.”
The film is being directed by Rob Marshall (Into the Woods) from a script by David Magee (Finding Neverland) and will take place in Depression-era London some twenty years after the original movie, incorporating storylines from P.L. Travers’ books.
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Originally published February 28, 2016. Updated April 14, 2018.
