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Director Rob Marshall adored the Mary Poppins of 1964 and wanted to include hand-drawn animations, as well as actual action scenes in "Mary Poppins Returns".
Recalling the dazzling scene of Dick Van Dyke dancing penguins, Marshall told ABC News: "This is part of the DNA of Mary Poppins.
"The only thing I really wanted to do was 2D animation," he added. "I feel it, it's not perfect You know, there is an artistic talent.
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Most animations made today are computer generated. Marshall and his team therefore had to find skilled animation artists in the old-school technique.
The director appealed to Disney veteran James Baxter for the animation of the "Mary Poppins Returns" character. Baxter's impressive resume includes "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", "Beauty and the Beast" and "The Lion King".
"I like doing that, that's my thing," Baxter said. "I started doing that."
Baxter is associated with James Woods, 27, the character's main designer, who has stated that Baxter was his "hero" since he was a student. Woods has designed several new characters for "Mary Poppins Returns".
Woods said the first question people ask is: "will the penguins be there?"
And the answer is yes. The penguins are back and this time they have an impressive number of stars: Emily Blunt, who plays the main character, and Lin-Manuel Miranda, who plays Jack, a street lamp.
Miranda remembered shooting the scene: "An animator would go to him." I think the penguin is a little heavier on the cane when you bring it here. "And so, that sort of puts all of your skills at the service of your invisible costs. "
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Seeing the last sequence over, Blunt said, "It's amazing to see the assembly together."
"Mary Poppins Returns" arrives in theaters on December 19th.
Disney is the parent company of ABC News.
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