John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side) may have found his next directing gig. Deadline reports that he is in talks with Disney to direct Saving Mr. Banks. Kelly Marcel wrote the script that tells the story "of how Walt Disney waged a 14-year courtship to persuade Australian author P.L. Travers to sell him rights to make a film out of Mary Poppins."
Disney is expected to acquire the Black List script, which is in place at Alison Owen of Ruby Films. This project seems like a perfect fit for Disney. The idea is to get A-list actors Tom Hanks to play Disney and Meryl Streep with production starting this year.
The film will follow how close "Travers felt to her story of a nanny with magical powers. Mary Poppins was highly personal, and reflected hardships in her own life and her relationship with her father, who died when she was 7. Disney finally persuaded her to let him make the film, but she was prickly all the way to the end. While Mary Poppins was lauded immediately, she hated the animated sequences in the film so much that she refused to sell any of her other works to Disney."
If Hanks and Streep are attached to star, I would love to see this film. Hanks is a great choice for the role of Walt Disney. Do you think that Hancock is a good choice to direct this film?
The film will follow how close "Travers felt to her story of a nanny with magical powers. Mary Poppins was highly personal, and reflected hardships in her own life and her relationship with her father, who died when she was 7. Disney finally persuaded her to let him make the film, but she was prickly all the way to the end. While Mary Poppins was lauded immediately, she hated the animated sequences in the film so much that she refused to sell any of her other works to Disney."
If Hanks and Streep are attached to star, I would love to see this film. Hanks is a great choice for the role of Walt Disney. Do you think that Hancock is a good choice to direct this film?
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Source: Deadline (http://www.deadline.com/2012/02/john-lee-hancock-in-talks-for-making-of-mary-poppins-pic-saving-mr-banks/)