Meryl Streep Will Join The Cast Of Disney’s Mary Poppins Sequel

Disney’s Mary Poppins sequel is set to be released in December 2018, and now the cast has received another boost with Meryl Streep now in talks to feature in a prominent role.

According to The Hollywood Reporter the Academy Award-winning actress will join Emily Blunt and Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda in an all-star cast for the film.

Streep is set to play the role of Topsy, Mary Poppins’ cousin, as part of a plot that is a direct sequel to the 1964 film set many years later. In the new film, Poppins – who will be played by Blunt – returns to help Michael Banks (now an adult with kids of his own) as he struggles with personal loss. 

Miranda will play the role of Poppins’ lamplighter friend Jack, a role set to mimic that of Dick Van Dyke’s Bert character from the original.

The official release date is Christmas Day, December 2018.

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