Mary Poppins To Return In New Musical Film

The star of Disney's planned new film has some very big shoes to fill after Julie Andrews' umbrella-flying, singing nanny of 1964The 1964 film starring Dame Julie Andrews and Dick van Dyck is a much-loved classic, known for its catchy songs and tap-dancing routines.
The Hollywood Reporter confirmed the new tale will be set around 20 years after the original and will be based on the books by Poppins creator PL Travers.The film will again be a musical, although a reboot of songs like Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is not guaranteed.

Andrews starred in the 1964 classic

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It is not known who will step into Andrews' iconic shoes for the lead role but Rob Marshall, who directed Into The Woods and Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides for Disney, will lead the project.
Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, who worked on Hairspray and Smash, will compose new original songs.
Walt Disney and Ms Travers had a famously rocky relationship, which has been documented in the Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson film Saving Mr Banks.
The British author did not want her books to be turned into animated musicals.
It is understood Disney is working with her estate ahead of the new movie.
Disney is working on a number of other remakes of classic films including The Jungle Book and an Aladdin prequel.