The Walt Disney Company is working on obtaining the Mary Poppins-themed screenplay Saving Mr. Banks, according to Deadline.com. Written by Kelly Marcel, the film chronicles the 14 years Walt Disney spent trying to acquire the film rights to Australian author P.L. Travers’ Mary Poppins novel. Oscar winners Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep are rumored to portray Disney and Travers, respectively. Travers first p…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:03PM on February 8, 2012