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Lin-Manuel Miranda's 'In the Heights' trailer showcases singing, dancing and a Trump critique
Movie version of Tony-winning musical gets updated to include references to DACA and the plight of Dreamers.
- MoviesBen Arnold
Lin-Manuel Miranda (and Ed Sheeran) spied in new 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' teaser
Likely the last teaser we'll be getting from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker - a special look promo jam packed with nostalgic references – has a few surprises up its sleeve.
- MoviesBen Arnold
'Hamilton' star Daveed Diggs in talks for Sebastian role in 'Little Mermaid' remake
The Disney live-action remake of The Little Mermaid may have found its crustacean sidekick.
- MoviesTom Beasley
Who is Disney's new live-action 'Little Mermaid' star Halle Bailey?
R&B singer Halle Bailey, of duo Chloe x Halle, has been unveiled as Disney's new Ariel in their latest live-action remake.
- MoviesTom Butler
'Mary Poppins Returns': How we wrote the film's Oscar-nominated songs
Scott Wittman, who co-wrote the 'Mary Poppins Returns' soundtrack with Marc Shaiman, shares how the film's songs - including 'The Place Where Lost Things Go' - came together.
- MoviesBen Arnold
Dick Van Dyke says he PAID Walt Disney $4000 to play banker in 'Mary Poppins'
Dick Van Dyke so wanted to play two roles in Mary Poppins that he paid Walt Disney for the privilege. Van Dyke was already signed up to play Bert the chimney sweep in the classic children’s fantasy movie, but he also wanted to play the role of the doddering Mr Dawes Sr, the tyrannical boss of David Tomlinson’s George Banks at the Dawes Tomes Mousley Grubbs Fidelity Fiduciary Bank. In a televised interview on ABC with Lin-Manuel Miranda, who stars in the forthcoming Mary Poppins Returns, Van Dyke revealed: “When they made me up as the old man in [the original movie], I had to go to go to Walt and ask him for the part, he didn’t give it to me.
- MoviesTom Butler
How 'Mary Poppins Returns' connects to the original 1964 film
What are the narrative threads that connect 'Mary Poppins Returns' to the original, and how come Mary hasn't aged?
- MoviesTom Butler
'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.
- MoviesBen Arnold
Logan star Dafne Keen for BBC's His Dark Materials from Tom Hooper
Dafne Keen, the star of X-Men spin-off Logan, has signed up for the lead role in the BBC’s big budget adaptation of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials. Tom Hooper, helmsman of Oscar-winners including Les Misérables and The King’s Speech, is now on board to direct, according to Deadline, after working his scheduling around a forthcoming movie adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical Cats. Keen will play Lyra Belacqua in the planned eight-part series, an orphaned girl brought up in an alternate version of Oxford, who comes into possession of a valuable instrument which can answer any question asked of it.
- MoviesBen Arnold
Check out the first look at Mary Poppins Returns
Here we have the first look at the new Mary Poppins – with Emily Blunt as the magical nanny, and Lin-Manuel Miranda as her lamp-lighting chum Jack.
- MoviesBen Skipper
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?
