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Ben Whishaw in talks to play Michael Banks in Mary Poppins Returns

August 16, 2016 by Gary Collinson

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ben Whishaw (Spectre) is in talks to join the cast of Disney’s Mary Poppins Returns, where he’d play the now adult Michael Banks alongside Emily Blunt’s nanny.

The film, which is also set to star Lin-Manuel Miranda and Meryl Streep, is being directed by Rob Marshall (Into the Woods), and will take place twenty years after the original film, with Mary Poppins paying a visit to the grown-up Banks children after the family experiences a personal loss.

Rumours have suggested that both Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke are being lined up for cameos, but as yet there’s been no official confirmation on that front.

Mary Poppins Returns is set for release on Christmas Day 2018.

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About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer, who is the founder of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature film 'The Baby in the Basket' and the upcoming suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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