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Will Emily Blunt play Mary Poppins in a new movie musical?

Blunt is reportedly in talks to portray Mary Poppins in an upcoming film. Rob Marshall, who helped re-popularize the movie musical with his movie 'Chicago,' is directing.

Will 鈥淪icario鈥� actress Emily Blunt portray perhaps the most famous nanny of them all?聽

Blunt is reportedly in talks to take on the role of Mary Poppins for an upcoming musical film.

The movie would be a sequel set after the events of the original 1964 film starring Julie Andrews and Dick van Dyke.

Marshall, who directed Blunt in the 2014 movie musical 鈥淚nto the Woods,鈥� will reportedly helm the new 鈥淧oppins鈥� film.

Blunt received mostly positive reviews for her singing turn in 鈥淲oods,鈥� with Monitor film critic Peter Rainer calling her 鈥渨onderful.鈥澛�

The project is the latest of Disney鈥檚 new takes on their old stories. Before now, many of their recent films, including last year鈥檚 鈥淐inderella,鈥� have been live-action versions of already-existing animated movies, but it sounds like this one will be an original storyline rather than a remake of the original 鈥淧oppins.鈥澛�

With Marshall the film is being led by a director who has had a large part in bringing back the popularity of the movie musical.聽

Marshall directed the 2002 movie 鈥淐hicago,鈥� which starred Renee Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones and was the first musical to win the Best Picture Oscar since the 1968 film 鈥淥liver!鈥�

鈥淐hicago鈥� and the 2001 movie 鈥淢oulin Rouge!,鈥� which was directed by Baz Luhrmann, helped usher in a newfound popularity for movie musicals, a genre which had been struggling for some time. Since the success of 鈥淩ouge鈥� and 鈥淐hicago,鈥� many more film musicals have followed, including 鈥淗airspray,鈥� 鈥淒reamgirls,鈥� and 鈥淟es Mis茅rables.鈥澛�

While Marshall's next musical effort, 2009鈥檚 鈥淣ine,鈥� stumbled, 鈥淲oods鈥� was a box office hit. Rainer wrote of the movie as a whole, 鈥淭he Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine 1987 musical 鈥業nto the Woods鈥� has been transferred to the screen by director Rob Marshall with most of its complexities and light-dark tonalities intact 鈥� this is a movie musical that, for a change, never degenerates into a false wholesomeness. It鈥檚 one of the rare musicals that both children and adults can enjoy.鈥澛�

wrote of Marshall recently, 鈥淭he name Rob Marshall has become synonymous with the movie musical. That's because Marshall has done more than anyone to revive the genre.鈥澛�

The director even won a prize for this last year, with the Screen Actors Guild Foundation giving him a Patron of the Artists Award. 鈥淓ach has discovered, nurtured and propelled creative talent both in front and behind the camera,鈥� of the recipients. 鈥溾�� Rob for reviving the musical genre and giving actors opportunities to showcase different talents.鈥�

Since Marshall has adapted famous musicals for the screen thus far, it will be interesting to see how he handles a new production like this 鈥淧oppins鈥� sequel, which reportedly will include original music.