First Look at Emily Blunt as Mary Poppins in “Mary Poppins Returns”

Big news today as Disney has just released what is not only the first image from the upcoming film Mary Poppins Returns but that also features the new Mary Poppins herself: Emily Blunt. The Golden Globe-winning Blunt is set to step into the role made famous by Julie Andrews in the 1964 original. Here she is filling those famous shoes:

Mary Poppins (Emily Blunt) returns to the Banks home after many years and uses her magical skills to help the now grown up Michael and Jane rediscover the joy and wonder missing in their lives in MARY POPPINS RETURNS, directed by Rob Marshall.

Disney’s Mary Poppins Returns — also starring Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, Julie Walters, Colin Firth, Dick Van Dyke, Angela Lansbury, and Meryl Streep — is set to arrive in theatres Christmas Day 2018.