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Jolly holiday! Emily Blunt to play British singing nanny in Disney's Mary Poppins Returns set to debut on Christmas Day 2018

Published: 20:16 EST, 31 May 2016 | Updated: 20:26 EST, 31 May 2016

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Emily Blunt will brighten up the holidays in 2018 as she follows in the footsteps of Julie Andrews as the star of a new Mary Poppins film.

The 33-year-old British actress will play the magical nanny in a sequel to 1964 Disney classic and the Walt Disney Studios announced on Tuesday that it will be released on Christmas Day in 2018.

Lin-Manuel Miranda, the 36-year-old creator and star of the hit Broadway musical Hamilton, will play a new character in the film, Jack, a street lamplighter.

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Singing nanny: Emily Blunt, shown in January in New York City, will portray Mary Poppins in a 2018 sequel to the 1964 Disney classic

Mary Poppins Returns will the tell the story of an older Jane and Michael Banks and Michael's three children, who are visited by Poppins in the aftermath of a 'personal loss' in Depression-hit London, the studio said.

The nanny will use her unique magical skills and the assistance of Jack to help the family regain its lost joy.

The film's director is 55-year-old Rob Marshall, whose previous work includes Chicago and Into The Woods, while the script is being produced by Finding Neverland writer David Magee.

Magical skills: Julie Andrews is shown as Mary Poppins from the 1964 Disney musical

Broadway star: Lin-Manuel Miranda, shown earlier this month in New York City, will portray a new character Jack, a street lamplighter, in Mary Poppins Returns

Marshall said: 'I am truly humbled and honoured to be asked by Disney to bring PL Travers' further adventures to the screen. The iconic original film means so much to me personally, and I look forward to creating an original movie musical that can bring Mary Poppins, and her message that childlike wonder can be found in even the most challenging of times, to a whole new generation.'

PL Travers introduced the world to Mary Poppins in her 1934 book, which Disney adapted for the screen and released in August 1964.

The film won five Oscars, including Best Actress for Andrews.

Hit musical: The Puerto Rican actor and composer is shown in February during a Hamilton performance for the Grammy Awards at the Richard Rodgers Theater in New York City

Hit movie: Anne Hathaway is shown with Emily in a still from the 2006 film The Devil Wears Prada

It was directed by Robert Stevenson and starred Andrews in the title role and Dick Van Dyke as the chirpy Cockney chimneysweep Bert.

PL Travers' wrote seven additional Mary Poppins books that she published between 1935 and 1988.

Blunt, whose previous films include The Devil Wears Prada, Sicario and The Huntsman: Winter's War, is currently expecting her second child with her 36-year-old actor husband John Krasinski.

Holiday film: Emily, shown earlier this month while out with husband John Krasinski in Los Angeles, will portray the singing nanny in the film scheduled for release on Christmas Day 2018