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Feb 12, 2024 · Summary. Producer Marc Platt defends the decision to split Wicked into two parts, aiming to satisfy fans of the musical and avoid cutting songs. Wicked: Part One trailer has been released, but doesn't mention the two-part structure. Wicked: Part Two is set for release in 2025, arriving close to exactly one year after the first film.
- Jon M. Chu
- Senior Reporter
- Cynthia Erivo
Aug 31, 2021 · MARC PLATT There was, thankfully, a lot of interest from a number of studios to make the movie, and all of those studios were interested if it could be done timely, with Ben portraying the role ...
For once, the audience would be right in thinking we could direct this movie musical better than the professionals. Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/05/21 Full Review Nik & Lex We ...
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Feb 16, 2024 · The story of how a green-skinned woman framed by the Wizard of Oz becomes the Wicked Witch of the West. The first of a two-part feature film adaptation of the Broadway musical. Release Date ...
- Is Mary Poppins Returns Based on A Book?
- When Is The Sequel Set?
- What Is The Plot?
- How Did They Decide Who to Cast as The New Mary Poppins?
- Mary Poppins Is 25 Years Older in The Film. Why Hasn't She aged?
- What Does Lin-Manuel Miranda's Character do?
- Who Else Is in The Film?
- Who Is Dick Van Dyke Playing?
Marc Platt: We went right to the source. We went to P.L. Travers. And, it turns out that P.L. Travers wrote eight books, and the original film really capitalises on only one of the books. And what we found in her books was really a treasure trove of new characters and episodes. We realised that we could bring the sequel our own version and our own ...
MP: She wrote her books in 1934 and 1935. Our film, Mary Poppins Returns, is set in those years, which is the Depression Era in England. So, it takes place about 25 years after the original film took place. We went after David Magee who was an Academy Award winning screenwriter -- he also notably wroteLife of Pi, Finding Neverland-- to work with us...
MP:Our story is, as I said, set in the 1930s. Michael Banks — the young boy from the original film — is now a father of a family and he's living in Cherry Tree Lane in the house and he has children. There's been a loss in the family, and so there's a need for Mary Poppins to come back into their world and to the world of these new children, and to ...
MP: When it came to casting, really, we could only think of one person to step into the shoes and to own the role of Mary Poppins and that was Emily Blunt, an actress who we've worked with on Into the Woods and most recently we did Girl on the Trainwith her. She's not only a consummate actress, who possesses a tremendous craft as an actress, she si...
MP: Mary's a character who lives outside time. She's magic. And so she is the one character who actually doesn't age. So she is as ever as we know her and as she will be forever, that character.
MP: Jack in our film is an adult protégé of the original character Burt. But he's not a chimney sweep, he's a leerie. Back in the day the leeries were those who rode around on bicycles with ladders and climbed up to the lamp posts and lit the street lamps on the streets of London, and then doused them in the morning when the dawn would rise. To pla...
MP: Our other cast members include: Colin Firth, who plays the head of a bank, the antagonist in the piece. The brilliant Ben Whishaw — you might know him in James Bondmovies — plays Michael Banks grown up. Brilliant actor, I might add. Emily Mortimer plays his sister. Meryl Streep joins us again and she plays a relative of Mary Poppins, a distant ...
MP:Also joining us for the film, from the original, is Dick Van Dyke, who plays a similar character to the original. You know, he played two characters in the original film. He played Burt and he played the old banker, Mr. Dawes. Well, in this film he actually plays that old Mr. Dawes's son, who now is the same age as Mr. Dawes. So he looks kind of...
Sep 24, 2021 · Adapting a beloved musical into film doesn't come without anxiety, and that's exactly what Ben Platt felt returning to his Tony-winning role for the movie version of Dear Evan Hansen (in theaters ...
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Oct 14, 2015 · Marc Platt is one of Hollywood’s most respected producers, having recently worked with Oscar winners Ang Lee and Jonathan Demme, as well as Rob Marshall and “Whiplash” wunderkind Damien ...
