While Jack's character certainly reminds us of Bert from the original film, the big chimney sweep number in Mary Poppins Returns, "Trip a Little Light Fantastic," is practically "Step in Time" 2.0 ...

In Mary Poppins Returns, Poppins (Blunt) arrives to cheer up the Banks family after the sudden loss of Michael’s wife. Joined by Jack (Miranda), a lamplighter who used to be Bert’s apprentice ...

The character of Jack is a sort of spiritual successor to Bert in "Mary Poppins Returns." The "Hamilton" and "In the Heights" creator spoke to Slashfilm about the making of "Mary Poppins Returns ...

"Mary Poppins Returns" (in theaters Wednesday ... Jack is meant to mirror Bert ... but this newcomer also has a connection to the old chimney sweep. Lin-Manuel Miranda's character, lamplighter ...

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "MARY POPPINS RETURNS") BOB MONDELLO, BYLINE: It's decades later, but Cherry Tree Lane still looks picture-perfect. Chimney sweep Bert is off on his travels. But happily ...

Meanwhile, Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian considered Mary Poppins Returns an “almost scarily ... Cockney accent” with his role as “Bert 2.0.” With the same familiarity as the original ...

In order to accommodate a harness on Julie Andrews, most of Mary Poppins' costumes had to be duplicated in a larger size for ...

Though the state of Mary and Bert's relationship has always been a little fuzzy, a popular theory has recently resurfaced ahead of Mary Poppins Returns explaining their interesting bond ...

Perhaps the smartest decision in the sequel Mary Poppins Returns is that it's no more clear ... that they deployed Dick Van Dyke, who played Bert in the first film, and I wouldn't dream of ...

In a subtle nod to the literary Banks, Mary Poppins Returns reassigns two of those ... the iconic penguins who danced around with Mary and Bert back in 1964. It's not quite an Easter egg to ...

In the sequel “Mary Poppins Returns “which takes place 25 years ... “I like to picture that Jack apprenticed under Bert,” Miranda said of Dick Van Dyke’s character.

54 years after she wowed audiences, everyone's favorite nanny is back in 'Mary Poppins Returns.' The new film ... Mary and the tap-dancing chimney sweep Bert (Van Dyke) is implied.