Lisa Henson of The Jim Henson Company discusses the new “Harriet the Spy” AppleTV+ animated series, her father’s mentorship, working with Julie Andrews & Guillermo Del Toro and more in this Animation Scoop Q&A. —————————————– Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment reporter in 2006 at the age of […]
Julie Andrews famously played the flying nanny Mary Poppins in Disney’s 1964 classic (which turns 55 this month). It’s a performance that earned Andrews her first (and only) Academy Award. Of course, Disney made a long-awaited sequel last year with a “practically perfect” Emily Blunt. Andrews herself didn’t want to make an appearance in “Mary […]
Now that Disney’s re-working of “Beauty and the Beast” has been released, which future film in the studio’s pipeline are Mouse House fanatics most excited about? Without question: it’s “Mary Poppins Returns”. The build-up and hype is similar: this is a new spin on a beloved favorite; the casting was extremely high-profile, with Golden Globe winner Emily […]