"Happy Man in the World 2" will continue the style of live-action and animation of the previous game, and cooperate with the song and dance throughout the film to create a warm dream effect.
Emily Blunt
Ben Wischaud
Emily Modimer
"Aunt May" Meryl Streep
British actor Colin Firth
The film's many songs with various magical effects will be a strong contender for this year's Oscar for best composition.
The 1964 version starring Julie Andrews.
"Happy People 2" is the sequel to the 1964 Disney song and dance film "Happy People", which lasted for 54 years. "Happy People" was originally written by australian-British children's literature female writer P. L. Traverse's fairy tale of the same name tells the story of Mary Poppins, a magical nanny who descends from the sky on an umbrella, and the Banks family in London. The film received several Oscar nominations that year, including the lead actor Julie Andrews and the music of the song in the film. "Happy People 2" was directed by Rob Marshall, who specializes in song and dance films, and his 2002 "Chicago" is still considered one of the best song and dance films of the new century. He adapted the last four of the 8-part series of novels in the "Mary Poppins" series, and he teamed up with David Maggie, the screenwriter of "In Search of Neverland" and "The Fantasy Drift of Pi", to bring these vivid characters back to life in the sequel with new actors. Marshall pays special attention to balancing the relationship between the original and the old version of the film, in his film you can see the song and dance and animation elements that pay tribute to the old version, and you can also feel the gloomy depression that pervaded the Great Depression period rendered in the original book, but in the end, just like the title, it is still necessary to "happy people" to end warmly.
As can be seen from the trailer of the latest version of "Happy People 2", similar to the previous work, it is a song and dance film that focuses on warm family fun, and the film is expected to be released in North America on December 19 this year, and is expected to be introduced into China.
Actors
Seek a magical breakthrough
Emily Blunt (Picture 1), who plays "Mary Poppins", knows that many people like the role, but she doesn't want to imitate Julie Andrews, she only starts from the original book and seeks a breakthrough: "Mary Poppins" in the original book is not so sweet and amiable, she has a harsh side, and sometimes a little harsh. Fortunately, the similarities between the new version of "Mary Poppins" and the old version are still retained, such as they can complete the house with one finger, the mirror appears in the mirror when looking in the mirror, there is a treasure box leather bag comparable to Doraemon's magic pocket, and they can sing and dance.
Ben Wishao (Picture 2) plays the grown-up "Michael Banks", who lives with his three children and sister in the boat-shaped house in Cherry Tree Lane. Michael worked in the bank like his father, the Great Depression had already made life very difficult, the death of his wife had made the family worse, and the young Michael was frowning all the time, never to see the optimism he had before.
Emily Modimer (Picture 3) plays "Jane Banks" who temporarily plays the role of their mom. "Jane" also inherited her mother's career and is a feminist activist. The maid of the family, Ellen, is also still there, and now she has been promoted to housekeeper, played by Julie Waters.
"Aunt May" Meryl Streep (Picture 4) will play a character not seen in the 1964 version, Poppins' cousin Topsy. It is reported that her biggest feature in the film is "inconsistency".
British actor Colin Firth (picture 5) will play William Wilkins, the boss of Michael's bank, a typical British old-school gentleman role that is simply tailor-made for him.
Veteran British actress Angela Lansbury, 92, plays Mary Poppins' friend "Lady Balloon," who sells balloons that have a magical power — whoever buys whomse name appears on the balloon.
Drama
7 original songs run through the entire cabaret
The story of "Happy People 2" is set 20 years after the end of the last episode, during the economic crisis of the 1930s. The banks' two children, Jane and Michael, have grown up and have their own careers and families. However, the Banks family, who should have enjoyed the joy of the world, suffered a tragedy: Michael's wife died. The whole family was shrouded in a haze, numb and sad, and music and laughter were removed from the family. But fortunately, the Mary nanny who helped their family more than 20 years ago returned to their door with an umbrella...
Song and dance is the highlight of "Happy People 2". The old version left the world with humorous songs such as "Supercalifragilistic", "A Spoonful of Sugar", "Chim Chim Cheree", "Let's Go Fly A Kite" and so on, and the sequel naturally cannot concede defeat. To that end, Rob Marshall specifically approached the music creators of Hairspray, Mark Serman and Scott Whitman. They wrote seven original songs: "The Place Where Lost Things Go, an elegy about memory; "Can You Imagine That," an adventure between Michael and Mary's nanny in a bathtub; "The Royal Doulton Music Hall," a song about Mary's nanny taking the kids around the park, which is a combination of live action and animation; and "Turning Turtle," is a song by Meryl Lee. Streep (who plays Mary's cousin in the film) sings about her upside-down home; "A Cover Is Not The Book" and "Nowhere To Go Is Up" are lyrical songs; "Trip A Little Light Fantastic" is another large-scale song and dance, led by Lin Manuel Miranda, in which Miranda's "Jack" leads a group of lighters to perform for Mary and the children, and the number of people. The scene is huge.
Behind the scenes
The old version of Poppins declined to make a cameo
Traverse's "Mary Poppins" series consisted of eight films, namely Mary Poppins (1934), Aunt Mary Poppins Is Back (1935), Aunt Mary Opened the Illusory Door (1943), Mary Poppins in the Park (1952), Aunt Mary's Tales of the Gods (1962), Mary Poppins the Cook (1975), Aunt Mary in Cherry Tree Alley (1982), Aunt Mary and the House Next Door. （1988）。
Julie Andrews, the actress of the 1964 version of Merry Man, declined an invitation to make a cameo in the sequel, not wanting to make herself a burden on the new version of the innovation, but she was still satisfied with Emily Blunt taking over her class, and when the director told her the news, she happily said: "Great! ”
Written by: NEMO