Yahoo News Angela Lansbury joins the cast of Mary Poppins Returns
The cast of Mary Poppins Returns is only chim-chim-cheerier with the addition of Dame Angela Lansbury.
The 91-year-old Disney legend has signed up for her movie comeback in director Rob Marshall's sequel to the classic musical Mary Poppins, playing 'Balloon Lady' (via Deadline).
Dame Angela's long connection with Disney dates back to her portrayal of Miss Eglantine Price in 1971's Bedknobs and Broomsticks. The partnership between Disney and Angela would continue for decades.
It was Dame Angela who sang the Oscar and Grammy-winning theme tune for Beauty and the Beast, in addition to voicing everyone's favourite enchanted teapot Mrs. Potts.
Disney is currently putting the finishing touches on its live action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast, in which the role of Mrs. Potts will be passed on to Emma Thompson.
The upcoming Mary Poppins Returns will actually be Angela's first live-action movie role since the Jim Carrey comedy Mr. Popper's Penguins back in 2011.
Last September, fans of Game of Thrones were whipped into a frenzy amid reports that Angela would be joining the HBO fantasy drama's cast - although those rumours were swiftly debunked.
Mary Poppins Returns now boasts two Disney legends in its cast, as the original film's star Dick Van Dyke has also signed up for a cameo.
Set 25 years after the first movie, Mary Poppins Return brings the now-grown Banks children's loveable nanny (Emily Blunt) back into their lives to help through a devastating family crisis.
There's much to be excited about for Poppins fans, especially the fact that Tony Award-winning Hamilton star Lin-Manuel Miranda is writing new songs and will play the new lamplighter Jack.
Mary Poppins Returns - which will also star Meryl Streep, Colin Firth and Julie Walters - arrives in US and UK cinemas in December 2018.
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