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'Mary Poppins Returns' set visit report: Disney’s sequel will be ‘a gift to the world’
Find out how Rob Marshall, Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Dick van Dyke, and Ben Whishaw are teaming up to make the sequel to the most practically perfect movie of all time.
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‘Hamilton’ Performance Reportedly Sparks Studio Movie Rights Bidding War
Hollywood studios are bidding for the movie rights to a recorded version of a live performance of the smash hit musical “Hamilton,” with the price as much as $50 million, according to a report. The Wall Street Journal, citing two unnamed people with knowledge of the deal talks, said Tuesday that the sellers are asking […]
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Lin-Manuel Miranda had the best time at this year's Oscars lunch
Actor, singer, ‘Hamilton’ creator, Academy Award-nominated songwriter and social media favourite Lin-Manuel Miranda let his followers in on Monday’s Oscar luncheon. The annual lunch honouring this year’s class of nominees, which also included many Academy members as guests, took place at the Beverly Hilton and beyond the usual group photo we don’t typically know much about what takes place there. Miranda had other ideas, tweeting his experiences with all the glee of a fan, or indeed a first-time nominee.
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Seven 2017 Oscar nomination stories worth celebrating
The 2017 Academy Award nominations have been announced and, as expected, Damien Chazelle’s wonderful musical ‘La La Land’ leads the pack with a record-equalling 14 nominations, with ‘Arrival’ and ‘Moonlight’ just behind it with eight nods each. As ever many of the nominations were expected, with Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Denzel Washington and Viola Davis all receiving acting nominations, but what about the surprises?
MoviesYahoo Premium PartnersDisney's 'Mary Poppins Returns' Gets December 2018 Release Date
Emily Blunt and Lin-Manuel Miranda will costar in follow-up to 1964 classic with all new score and songs, to be directed by Rob Marshall
MoviesYahoo Premium Partners'Hamilton' Star Lin-Manuel Miranda Joining Emily Blunt in 'Mary Poppins' Sequel
Rob Marshall is directing Disney’s film, which will be set 20 years after events in the 1964 title. Lin-Manuel Miranda, the star and creator of Broadway’s hit musical Hamilton, is in talks to join Emily Blunt in Disney’s Mary Poppins sequel. Sources say the story will center on the now grown-up Jane and Michael Banks who have experienced a personal loss that results in the arrival of the magical Mary Poppins (Blunt).
