Project Description
Mary Poppins Returns
Actor, Jack the Lamplighter
Set in 1930s London, the film finds Mary Poppins (Emily Blunt), returning twenty-five years after the events of the original film to assist her former charges Jane and Michael Bank following a family tragedy. Lin-Manuel appears as Jack The Lamplighter and received a 2019 Golden Globe nomination for Best Lead Actor in a Comedy or Musical for his performance.
![Jane (Emily Mortimer), Michael (Ben Whishaw), John (Nathanael Saleh) and Georgie (Joel Dawson) greet Mary Poppins (Emily Blunt) upon her return to the Banks' home in Disney's original musical MARY POPPINS RETURNS](https://linmanuel.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/family-mary-poppins.jpg)
![Emily Blunt is Mary Poppins, Meryl Streep is Cousin Topsy, Pixie Davies is Annabel Banks and Nathanael Saleh is John Banks in Disney’s MARY POPPINS RETURNS, a sequel to the 1964 MARY POPPINS, which takes audiences on an entirely new adventure with the practically perfect nanny and the Banks family.](https://linmanuel.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/meryl-streep-mary-poppins.jpg)
![Emily Blunt is Mary Poppins in Dinsey’s original musica MARY. POPPINS RETURNS, a sequel to the 1964 MARY POPPINS which takes audiences on an entirely new adventure with the practically perfect nanny and the Banks family.](https://linmanuel.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/emily-blunt-mary-poppins.jpg)
![Lin-Manuel Miranda is Jack in Disney’s MARY POPPINS RETURNS, a sequel to the 1964 MARY POPPINS, which takes audiences on an entirely new adventure with the practically perfect nanny and the Banks family.](https://linmanuel.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Lin-Manuel-byciclejpg.jpg)
![Jane (Emily Mortimer), John (Nathanael Saleh), Annabel (Pixie Davies, Ellen (Julie Walters), Jack (Lin-Manuel Miranda), Georgie (Joel Dawson) and Mary Poppins (Emily Blunt) in MARY POPPINS RETURNS](https://linmanuel.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/all-on-bike.jpg)
![Lin-Manuel Miranda in Disney's original musical MARY POPPINS RETURNS](https://linmanuel.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/MPR-featured-image.jpg)
Director: Rob Marshall
P.G.A: John DeLuca, Rob Marshall, Marc Platt
Producer: Callum McDougall
Executive Producer: David Magee
Screenplay: David Magee, Rob Marshall, John DeLuca
Screen Story: Based upon the “Mary Poppins” stories by PL Travers
Music: Marc Shaiman
Lyrics: Scott Wittman
Choreographers: Rob Marshall, John DeLuca
Co-Choreographer: Joey Pizzi
ACS: Dion Beebe
Director of Photography: John Myhre
Production Designer: Wyatt Smith, ACE, Editor
Costume Designer: Sandy Powell
Visual Effects Supervisor: Matt Johnson
Cast:
Emily Blunt (Mary Poppins)
Lin-Manuel Miranda (Jack)
Ben Whishaw (Michael Banks)
Emily Mortimer (Jane Banks)
Pixie Davies (Annabel)
Nathanael Saleh (John)
Joel Dawson (Georgie)
Julie Walters (Ellen)
Meryl Streep (Cousin Topsy)
Colin Firth (Wilkins/Wolf)
Jeremy Swift (Gooding/Badger)
Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (Frye/Weasel)
Dick Van Dyke (Mr. Dawes, Jr.)
Angela Lansbury (Balloon Lady)
David Warner (Admiral Boom)
2019 Academy Awards – 4 Nominations
Costume Design – Sandy Powell
Production Design – Gordon Sim, John Myhre
Original Song Music – Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman
Lyrics – Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman
Original Score – Marc Shaiman
2019 British Academy of Film and Television Arts – 3 Nominations
Original Music – Marc Shaiman
Costume Design – Sandy Powell
Production Design – Gordon Sim, John Myhre
2019 Screen Actors Guild
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role – Emily Blunt
2019 Golden Globes Nominations – 4 Nominations
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy – Lin-Manuel Miranda
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy – Emily Blunt
Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Best Original Score Motion Picture – Marc Shaiman