The new docu-series “Prop Culture” debuts next Friday, May 1st, on Disney+. It’s an 8-episode look at iconic pieces of movie memorabilia from some of the most popular Disney films of all-time, including “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?”, “The Chronicles of Narnia”, “TRON” and “Pirates of the Caribbean”. But the first episode of the eight is […]
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 […]
After more than a half century, the magical flying nanny is returning to Cherry Tree Lane (and movie theaters). It was a major risk for Disney to make a sequel to 1964’s Oscar-winning “Mary Poppins”. Who would be trusted to direct? What would the storyline be? Who could play the iconic Ms. Poppins? Disney chose […]
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 […]
“Winds in the East – mist coming in. Like something is brewing – about to begin.” Colin Farrell’s opening lines in Disney’s “Saving Mr. Banks” say it all. I predicted five months ago when the first, and only, trailer for this film was released, that the “Making of Mary Poppins” movie was going to be […]