Dick Van Dyke To Seem In Upcoming Sequel To ‘Mary Poppins’

LOS ANGELES (CBS SF/AP) — Dick Van Dyke will star in Disney's upcoming sequel to “Mary Poppins.”

Van Dyke played the chimney sweep Bert and the elderly banker Mr. Dawes in the 1964 original. He tells Entertainment Tonight that he will play Mr. Dawes' son in Mary Poppins Returns.

The 91-year-old comedy legend says he will travel to London in the spring to film his role, which he calls “a little song-and-dance number.”

He tells The Hollywood Reporter that the film will take place 20 years after the original.

Emily Blunt is set to play Mary Poppins. Meryl Streep, Colin Firth, Angela Lansbury and “Hamilton's” Lin-Manuel Miranda will also star.

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