'Nanny McPhee' Sequel Finds Its Cast Including Maggie Gyllenhaal
I heard good things, but never saw the original
The sequel to 2006's family comedy Nanny McPhee sort of came out of nowhere recently when it was mentioned as an aside in a Variety article saying Ralph Fiennes may take an uncredited cameo role in the feature for Universal Pictures, but since then Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang has become a living breathing feature and today we get a nice little cast list for the film whose original was well liked by critics and earned over $120 million in worldwide box-office.
Emma Thompson is back to reprise her role as the title character, a magic-wielding governess, and this time she will be joined by Maggie Gyllenhaal, Rhys Ifans, Maggie Smith and Asa Butterfield reports Variety.
The story for the sequel is set one hundred years after the first film. The magical nanny will deal with city children and country children who are evacuees during World War II. It's about the war and the war between these two sets of extremely different children.
Susanna White ("Generation Kill") is set to make her feature directing debut with the project, set to go into production this summer based on Christianna Brand's popular "Nurse Matilda" stories.
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The original is a pleasant surprise. I like it a lot. Emma Thompson is great in it (as always), and Kelly MacDonald has a lovely part. Oh, and there's also Imelda Staunton!
I'm glad a nice flick like this is getting a sequel. And with Maggie G! Count me in.
The movie was a nice one!
Honestly though, when i saw the trailers for it, not knowing what it was, I totally thought Nanny McPhee was Jamie Kennedy in makeup!