Disney's 'Mary Poppins' sequel adds Emily Mortimer to starcast

Actress Emily Mortimer is set to star in Disney's Mary Poppins Returns. The British actress will share screen with Emily Blunt and Lin-Manuel Miranda in the sequel to 1964's Mary Poppins, reported Variety.

Mortimer,44, will portray the now-grown Jane Banks, who was one of the children Mary Poppins looked after in the original fantasy movie.

Meanwhile, the grown-up version of Jane Banks' brother Michael is set to be played by Ben Whishaw.

Blunt will portray the titular character, while Hamilton star Miranda will play a new character, a street lamplighter named Jack.

The story set in Depression-era London, follows a now-grown Jane and Michael Banks, who along with Michael's three children, are visited by the enigmatic Mary Poppins following a personal loss.