Official 2017 D23 Expo Thread

[*DisneyDreamer]

I cannot wait to hear the announcements that come out of the Parks and Resorts panel this afternoon! I will not be able to watch it live as I will be out at a baseball game, but I'm sure all my social media will be exploding with the news as it's going on. I'd be shocked and disappointed if we don't get lots of information on overhauls at Epcot.

 

[rteetz]

Dance number for guests now.

 

[rteetz]

Mary Poppins Returns!

 

[rteetz]

An 800 Page book on Marc Davis and his time at WED is coming soon!

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

Mary Poppins Returns!

I'm not happy about this one, I must admit. Trying to keep an open mind... ...

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Mary Poppins Returns!

Confirmed as a sequel not a remake

 

[rteetz]

Mary Poppins Returns is set when the Great Depression hits.

 

[rteetz]

Michael Banks inherited the original house.

 

[skier_pete]

Mary Poppins Returns seems like a terrible awful idea, but the casting is pretty awesome.

 

[rteetz]

There is trouble paying the bills and Collin Firth is the villainous banker.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Michael Banks inherited the original house.

And is a widower apparently

 

[rteetz]

Emily Blunt on stage

 

[rteetz]

Dick Van Dyke is a Bank Manager in the movie

 

[rteetz]

Lin Manuel Miranda is Lamplighter Jack

 

[skier_pete]

None of this info on MPR is news - it was all in EW a few weeks ago.

 

[rteetz]

Rob Marshall says being asked to direct this film was terrifying.

 

[rteetz]

Blunt started watching the original but decided to stop after 15 minutes and to make Mary her own. She said no one can out do Julie Andrews.

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

Blunt started watching the original but decided to stop after 15 minutes and to make Mary her own. She said no one can out do Julie Andrews.

For real? She had never seen it?

 

[a4matte]

For real? She had never seen it?

I saw on another site that she said "as a kid..." so this one probably meant she was rewatching it for research into the character, but then decided that she needs to do her own take on Mary Poppins, not Andrews'.

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

Laying this on a BIT thick...?

Meryl Streep referred to #MaryPoppinsReturns as a gift to the world! says Rob Marshall #D23Expo