Thank you to Disney Studios for hosting me during the Mary Poppins Returns Event!
I’ll be Celebrating Christmas Disney-style while I’m in LA this week for the Mary Poppins Returns premiere! Want a sneak peek at everything we’ll be doing?
Wednesday, November 28
I’m waking up bright and early to fly into LAX. That evening, we’ll head to the movies to screen Mary Poppins Returns and participate in a full audience Q&A with the cast and filmmakers.
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Thursday, November 29
Thursday is interview day! We’ll be chatting with Ben Whishaw (“Michael Banks”) & Emily Mortimer (“Jane Banks”), Lin-Manuel Miranda (“Jack”), Director Rob Marshall, Emily Blunt (“Mary Poppins”), Songwriters Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman, and Pixie Davies (“Anabel Banks”) & Joel Dawson (“Georgie Banks”).
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Sidenote: This is what happened the last time I interviewed Lin-Manuel Miranda…
Once we wrap up interviews, it’s time to get ready for the premiere and party!
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Friday, November 30
It’s time to celebrate Christmas! We’re screening Disney Channel’s holiday-themed episode of “Coop and Cami Ask the World,” entitled, “Would you Wrather Get a Moose Angry” and then chatting with Dakota Lotus, Ruby Rose Turner, Albert Tsai and Paxton Booth.
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We’ll also chat with Carter Oosterhouse (judge & host on “The Great Christmas Light Fight”) and Sherry Yard (judge on “The Great American Baking Show: Holiday Edition”) about their shows.
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We’ll finish up the day by joining Disney|ABC Television in their goal to donate #25TonsofToys to Toys for Tots. I’m already trying to figure out how to fit my donation in my suitcase!
This holiday season, Disney|ABC Television are teaming up with Disney store, ShopDisney.com and Toys for Tots. Fans and families can celebrate 25 Days of Christmas by dropping off a new, unwrapped toy at a U.S. Disney store or on shopDisney.com until December 15th and Disney store will contribute $5 per toy to Toys for Tots, up to $1 Million! Post a selfie with your toy on social media using the hashtag #25TonsOfToys
I have lots more to share about Mary Poppins Returns right here on As The Bunny Hops-you don’t want to miss it! Mary Poppins Returns is in theaters on December 19, 2018!
In Disney’s “Mary Poppins Returns,” an all new original musical and sequel, Mary Poppins is back to help the next generation of the Banks family find the joy and wonder missing in their lives following a personal loss. Emily Blunt stars as the practically-perfect nanny with unique magical skills who can turn any ordinary task into an unforgettable, fantastic adventure and Lin-Manuel Miranda plays her friend Jack, an optimistic street lamplighter who helps bring light—and life—to the streets of London.
“Mary Poppins Returns” is directed by Rob Marshall. The screenplay is by David Magee and the screen story is by Magee & Rob Marshall & John DeLuca based upon the Mary Poppins Stories by PL Travers. The producers are John DeLuca, p.g.a., Rob Marshall, p.g.a. and Marc Platt, p.g.a. with Callum McDougall serving as executive producer. The music score is by Marc Shaiman and the film features all new original songs with music by Shaiman and lyrics by Scott Wittman and Shaiman. The film also stars Ben Whishaw as Michael Banks; Emily Mortimer as Jane Banks; Julie Walters as the Banks’ housekeeper Ellen; Pixie Davies, Nathanael Saleh and introducing Joel Dawson as the Banks’ children, with Colin Firth as Fidelity Fiduciary Bank’s William Weatherall Wilkins; and Meryl Streep as Mary’s eccentric cousin, Topsy. Angela Lansbury appears as the Balloon Lady, a treasured character from the PL Travers books and Dick Van Dyke is Mr. Dawes, Jr., the retired chairman of the bank now run by Firth’s character.