Emily Blunt not part of Sicario sequel

The 33-year-old actor played FBI agent Kate Macer in the original film.Blunt is currently pregnant and is expected to be busy with Mary Poppins Returns post maternal leave, reported Aceshowbiz. The British actor will be joined by Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda in Mary Poppins Returns, which takes place 20 years on from the famous first film, according to theguardian.com.

Soldado will focus on Benicio Del Toro, who played an assassin and previously teamed up with Macer to take down a Mexican drug lord. Josh Brolin will be reprising his role as a CIA agent.

Italian filmmaker Stefano Sollima is in talks to direct the movie after Green Room helmer Jeremy Saulnier passed the offer due to scheduling conflict. Sicario was directed by Denis Villeneuve. 

Much of the attention that Sicario received last year, stemmed from the fact that it was a gripping action movie that just happened to star someone like Emily Blunt instead of someone like, say, Ryan Gosling. 

Sicario stood out from the pack precisely because it a gripping and adult-skewing action drama that happened to feature a female lead in a role usually played by a guy. As long as movies like Sicario are rare, said pictures will have a commercial advantage by their rarity.

Last week, the acor celebrated her baby shower, hosted by friend Charlize Theron at her Hollywood Hills home.