Meryl Streep to Join Mary Poppins Sequel
Maryl Streep is in talks to join Emily Blunt and Lin-Manuel Miranda in the sequel to Disney's "Mary Poppins". The team will be reuniting the Oscar-winning actress with director Rob Marshal, who has previously directed her in Disney's "Into the Woods". Streep will be playing Mary Poppins' cousin, Topsy.
The sequel to "Mary Poppins" is set in Depression era London and is about Michael Banks, who has his own children now. In rough times, elder sister Jane returns and their beloved Mary Poppins comes back to help soon after. The movie's screenplay will be done by David Magee, and Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman will be composing new scores for the movie as well as original songs.
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