Emily Blunt dazzles In Mary Poppins Returns teaser

THE most action-packed teaser for Mary Poppins Returns is here, and it’s certainly supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

THE most action-packed teaser for Mary Poppins Returns is here, and it’s certainly supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

Director Rob Marshall and Emily Blunt took the stage together to present the sequel at the D23 Expo in Anaheim, California.

Emily Blunt takes on the titular role that Julie Andrews embodied in the 1964 original. The long-awaited sequel reunites Poppins with Jane and Michael Banks, who are now adults. Following a family tragedy, Michael’s three children — Annabel, Georgie, and John — are left joyless and in need of a spoonful of sugar.

The much-loved Disney classic is returning to the big screen with a new cast.

The latest version also boasts a supporting cast, including Lin-Manuel Miranda as Jack, a street lamplighter who could well be an updated version of Dick van Dyke’s “chim chimney” sweep from the 1964 original film, Meryl Streep as Poppins’ cousin Topsy, who wasn’t in the earlier film, Emily Mortimer as Jane Banks, and Colin Firth as William Weatherall Wilkins. Angela Lansbury will also appear.

The movie is set to reunite the director and producing team behind Disney’s hit musical Into the Woods, with Rob Marshall in the director’s chair and Marshall, John DeLuca, and Marc Platt all down as producers.

Walt Disney Studios revealed a motion poster of Blunt in costume following the D23 presentation.

Emily Blunt is Mary Poppins in the upcoming sequel, #MaryPoppinsReturns. The brand new film opens in theatres December 2018. #D23Expo pic.twitter.com/egxozrpRbr

— Walt Disney Studios (@DisneyStudios) July 15, 2017

A few seconds of footage screened in a reel during Friday’s animation panel at D23 — enough to make the audience roar. “It’s a good thing you came along when you did, Mary Poppins,” Miranda’s Jack smiles.

The Mary Poppins sequel is scheduled to hit theatres in December 2018. The teaser can be seen above.

This story was originally published in Decider.

Originally published as Emily Blunt dazzles In Mary Poppins Returns teaser