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It's Emily Poppins! Really quite atrocious? No, Miss Blunt's Mary is practically perfect in every way

By Caroline Graham In Los Angeles For The Mail On Sunday

Published: 17:33 EST, 4 March 2017 | Updated: 04:48 EST, 6 March 2017

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When Disney announced it was making a sequel to Mary Poppins, fans of the original wondered how anyone could possibly compete with Julie Andrews.

But the first picture from the £150 million new movie – called Mary Poppins Returns – suggests that British actress Emily Blunt is made for the role.

Blunt, 34, looks every inch the perfectly composed singing nanny as she appears in a London street scene complete with jaunty hat, coat and colourful carpet bag.

The first picture from the £150 million new movie – called Mary Poppins Returns – suggests that British actress Emily Blunt is made for the role

All that appears to be missing is the trademark parrot-topped umbrella which allows her to magically 'fly' over the rooftops of London.

Andrews, who won an Oscar for the 1965 original, has said she welcomes the return of the nanny who cemented her place in film lore, saying: 'I have no issue with it. It's not a re-creation of the original film, it's a brand new one.'

Broadway star Lin-Manuel Miranda plays street-lamplighter Jack, an updated version of the lovable chimney sweep played by Dick Van Dyke – who, at 91, makes a cameo appearance.

'I got to be a part of it,' the actor said. 'Just one little song and dance.'

The new film, which also features Meryl Streep, Colin Firth, Emily Mortimer and Ben Whishaw, takes place in 1935, 25 years after the original ended. It is due out in cinemas at the end of next year.