<Tr> <Th> Language </Th> <Td> English </Td> </Tr> <P> Mary Poppins Returns is an upcoming American musical fantasy film directed by Rob Marshall, with a screenplay by David Magee and from a story by Magee, Marshall, and John DeLuca . Based on the book series by P.L. Travers and a sequel film to 1964's Mary Poppins, the film stars Emily Blunt as Mary Poppins with Lin - Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, Pixie Davies, Joel Dawson, Nathanael Saleh, Julie Walters, Colin Firth, Meryl Streep, and Angela Lansbury in supporting roles . Set in 1930s London, 25 years after the events of the 1964 film, it sees Poppins, the former nanny of Jane and Michael Banks, re-visiting them after a family tragedy . Dick Van Dyke is the only actor from the original to return . </P> <P> Principal photography began at Shepperton Studios in Surrey, United Kingdom on February 10, 2017, and ended in July of that year . The film is scheduled for release on December 25, 2018, giving it the longest gap between live - action film sequels in history at 54 years . </P> <P> Set in 1930s London, Jane and Michael Banks are now grown - up, with Michael still living in the house on Cherry Tree Lane . He lives there with his three children, Annabel, John, and George, and the housekeeper named Ellen . After Michael suffers a personal loss, Mary Poppins comes back to the Banks family with street lamplighter Jack, and eccentric cousin Topsy . </P>

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