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Mary Poppins Returns | Walt Disney Studios | Rated PG

Let me preface this article with: This is Not a Remake. This movie, which debuted December 19, 2018 is more of a sequel to the original. This is a beautifully made continuation of the story that you already love…..53 years later. You know that when the first one ended you wanted more. Well here you go, Disney is now giving you some brand new fantastical adventures on Cherry Tree Lane.

Mary Poppins Returns | The Storyline

The movie itself takes place in Depression-era London. The storyline begins  years after the first Mary Poppins left, Jane and Michael are now all grown up. Mary Poppins returns for the Banks family because they need her once again. They have lost their joy after a deep personal loss. Mary Poppins does what she does best, use her magic to bring wonder back into the lives of those who need it most! 

Emily Blunt is Mary Poppins in Disney’s MARY POPPINS RETURNS, a sequel to the 1964 MARY POPPINS, which takes audiences on an entirely new adventure with the practically perfect nanny and the Banks family.

Mary Poppins Returns | The Cast

Thankfully Lin Manuel Miranda lends us his talent in the film. He plays an optimistic street lamplighter. (Which is so ironic because he already breaths light and life into every project he touches.) His singing, dancing and personality will undoubtably shoot this film into excellence! 

Jack (Lin-Manuel Miranda)

Disney made an excellent choice when they extended the offer to the ever classy Emily Blount! Emily Blount is practically perfect in every way as she transforms into the reimagined Mary Poppins of 2018. 

Mary Poppins (Emily Blunt)

Never fear, it wouldn’t be a Mary Poppins Returns movie without the incredibly talented and loved Dick Van Dyke. Wait till you see him dancing and singing. He hasn’t aged a day since 1964. Just as cheery as ever. Dick Van Dyke plays a character named Mr. Dawes, Jr who is the retired chairman of the bank. 

If you are awaiting a Julie Andrews cameo…um, so am I! (crosses fingers and says a prayer)

Speaking of cameos, Meryl Streep has a role as Mary’s eccentric cousin, Topsy. Angela Lansbury appears as the Balloon Lady. Colin Firth as Fidelity Fiduciary Bank’s William Weatherall Wilkins

Mary Poppins Returns | Walt Disney Studios

There will be all NEW original music in this sequel! That part I am SO excited about. Who remember the incredible classics from the first movie?

The movie will be directed by Rob Marshall. He was the director for Pirates of the Caribbean, Chicago and Into the Woods. I know right, pretty impressive resume!

ANAHEIM, CA – JULY 15: Director Rob Marshall of MARY POPPINS RETURNS took part today in the Walt Disney Studios live action presentation at Disney’s D23 EXPO 2017 in Anaheim, Calif. MARY POPPINS RETURNS will be released in U.S. theaters on December 25, 2018. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Disney) *** Local Caption *** Rob Marshall

The Mary Poppins Returns screenplay is by David Magee and the screen story is by Magee & Rob Marshall & John DeLuca based on the ORIGINAL Mary Poppins Stories by PL Travers.

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The next Disney movie to come out is Wreck It Ralph 2: Ralph breaks the Internet! 

Read my other Disney Movie Posts:
Disney’s Live-Action Dumbo or Disney’s Live-Action Mulan.
One Time Disney actually invited me to walk the Red Carpet Premiere of Christopher Robin!

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I am part of the #RalphBreaksTheInternetEvent press tour. This post is a Disney partnered post. All opinions are my own.

It was an honor and privilege to be invited to the Walt Disney Animation Studios in Burbank, California for the #RalphBreaksTheInternetEvent. Walt Disney was so excited after the success of Snow White in 1937 that he took his earning and build his very own animation studio in Burbank California. This is where Disney still does most of their animation work. I had chills walking around the lot, thinking to myself, “This is where Walt Disney’s dreams came true.”

My visit started with a walk down a long hall to a theater. The other bloggers and I would get to participate in an exclusive interview with Director Rich Moore, Director/Writer Phil Johnston and Producer Clark Spencer. I have been looking forward to Wreck it Ralph 2, since they first announced it at D23! The teaser trailers look incredible…

The Animation Studios presentation began with a montage of stories from artists involved in Disney animation. There was a beautiful quote from one of the writers that stuck with me. She said, “We are all spices in the spice rack.” She was making the point that they all work together. Walking the halls of the animation studios you can feel the unifying creative thread in everything from the cafeteria food to the scribbles on the dry erase boards outside the staff offices. There is a unifying fact that they all (artists, animators, writers, computer scientists, directors) want to be here and believe in the project. I can see the passion that focused everyone to this place of Walt Disney Animation Studios. It is a workplace unlike any other. #onlyinDisney, right?

Photo by Alex Kang/Disney. ©2018 Disney. All Rights Reserved.

Rich Moore is an Oscar winning director. He is a salt and pepper gentleman who seems like a perfect blend of wisdom and whimsy. His converse sneakers were covered in self inflicted doodles. His glasses gave the impression of a  “hipster misfit in charge”. He is a genuine person, and you could see it when he veered off the scripted teleprompter of the presentation and said things like, “Holy wow!, it’s C3PO!” (more on this star wars reference later in the post! #worththewait)

Director/Writer Phil Johnston is a young enthusiastic writer who has a trendy nerd vibe with an adoring love for the story of Wreck it Ralph.

(Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Disney) Rich Moore; Phil Johnston

Director Rich Moore, Director/Writer Phil Johnston and Producer Clark Spencer make up the collective team that brought us Wreck it Ralph, the first movie back in 2012. The biggest reveal in the presentation and interviews was the introduction of a new character called Yess, she is the head algorithms of the biggest website out there “Buzztube” (get it? Get what they did there. Actual LOL). Phil Johnston described her as “the coolest Disney character…ever!”

YESSS – Taraji P. Henson as the voice of Yesss, the follow-up to 2012’s “Wreck It Ralph” opens in theaters nationwide Nov. 21, 2018…©2018 Disney. All Rights Reserved.

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Wreck it Ralph has and will captured the grandeur and the majesty of THE INTERNET.

Photo by Alex Kang/Disney. ©2018 Disney. All Rights Reserved.

The directors described the making of the film and the research for the animation visuals. It was a daunting task to create a visual that would represent THE ENTIRE INTERNET. The directors described taking the animators on a “field trip” to the downtown LA hub that manages all internet communications for North America. The animators began to design a vision of a metropolis. This was for the setting for the movie. But it’s the people who really make up a city, right? The city of The Internet in Wreck it Ralph 2 is made of two types of people.

Net Users and Netizens. Net users are the humans that are using the internet. Netizens are the actual citizens of the Internet. The intricate details of the character designs was astounding! I’ll share more of the characters and design in a separate post! 

So this sequel story opens where the old one left off. Ralph is breaking things while Penelope is racing in her own game. The two are best friends and life is good. Until….

A kid breaks the steering wheel of Penelope’s game. The arcade owner suggests that because the manufacturer is out of business its time to unplug the game and retire it. Penelope feels like she has lost her game and now she is homeless! Kids at the arcade find a replacement steering wheel part on Ebay! (of course they do. lol!) But it costs more than her game Sugar Rush generates in a whole year! The arcade owner declares it too expensive. And this is where the story really begins to take off.

Video game bad guy Ralph (voice of John C. Reilly) and fellow misfit Vanellope von Schweetz (voice of Sarah Silverman) navigate the vast and dynamic world wide web in search of a replacement part to save Vanellope’s game, Sugar Rush.

Environment as seen at the Long Lead Press Day for RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET at Walt Disney Animation Studios on July 31 and August 1, 2018. Photo by Alex Kang/Disney. ©2018 Disney. All Rights Reserved.

We were treated to a clip of one of the opening scenes. I love how they depict the journey to the internet and the many expansive websites/location of the internet! It seems to me that they have captured the exact visual real life equivalent of each site, like google and eBay. Get ready to see the familiar internet names that you know, amazon, tinder, facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, etc.

To raise money for the steering wheel replacement part they must create viral videos that will trend and generate income via views.

Wait till you see this depiction of the place/site Oh My Disney. It’s EVERYTHING Disney. All things related to Disney and an excellent representation of my personal brain. lol. But it will blow your mind! I can’t wait to share more about what you are going to see in the Oh My Disney scenes. (Princesses, Storm Troopers, Novelty Tees, Marvel heroes – I’ve already said too much!)

I’ll be honest with you. I’m typing this on my laptop, listening to my interview recorder via my headphones in a tiny coffee shop. I am laughing out loud (LOL) as I hear the director describe the scenes and hear the movie clips over again. This movie is HILARIOUS. The sneak peak impressed me visually. The artists and animators have created a world like no one has ever seen before!

There are so many ORIGINAL favorite voices that have come together for this movie. Most of the original movie voices, even Anthony Daniels! Where are my fellow Star Wars geeks at? Yeah, he is the original voice of C3PO. (The shiny gold robot from the space movies? Got it now, treckies?)

There was a brief Q&A session with Director Rich Moore, Director/Writer Phil Johnston and this was when the fun started! Here is some inside info on the movie straight from the directors!

They planned for a sequel quickly after the first movie. They start with a few complicated ideas of relationship. Was Ralph resting his self worth on what his friend Vanellope thought of him? What kind of message does this send to kids out there? What does it mean when friends have different goals and dreams and move in different directions? How do relationships navigate these life problems? “At it’s core, the movie is very thoughtful. But then the outside is very funny. This is what we try to do!”. This is more than a cartoon, people!

I asked the directors, “What scene have they watched over and over and STILL makes them laugh?” They responded that there is a scene in which Ralph procures a virus in the dark net area. He (Rich) says it cracks him up every time! I will be thinking of him when I finally see this scene in movie, Wreck it Ralph 2.

I know what you’re thinking, shouldn’t it be Ralph Wrecks the internet? Don’t ask. (#facepalm) They are breaking the Internet with this movie.

This legendary sequel is coming to your local theater November 21st. 

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