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February 22nd, 2006, 11:36 GMT · By Cristi Marculescu

Steven Spielberg Remakes Mary Poppins

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After the cold blooded and shockingly violent 'Munich' it seems that Spielberg needs a happy and joyful project. So he picked up the classical musical movie of the '60s.

The movie, which stared Julie Andrews, is still adored by many and considered one of the best musicals ever made.

Spielberg is still prospecting for the future film and has already talked to Sir Richard Eyre, the actual stage director of the British play.

Eyre declared: "Steven Spielberg wants to do a new Mary Poppins movie. We talked about this matter. It will certainly be difficult to outstand the original movie, but as children all around the world love the story i can bet the remake will be a hit."



The story of the gracious and super-natural nanny was written towards the end of the 19th century by P. L. Travers and is largely known and loved by millions of children.

So far there are no certain details to be made public, but an 100% English nanny movie has already been released: Nanny McPhee.

The box office adventures of this movie might give the Beard some precious clues for his next project.

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Comment #1 by: jenna mcelroy on 11 Dec 2007, 04:12 UTC reply to this comment

I believe i have the perfect person to cast as Mary Poppins. She is an up and comming actress in Asheville N.C. She has a voice that is u matchable and classic. She currently does musials and plays. She is an avid Julie Andrews and audrey hepburn fan and has the same type of persona. As soon as i saw her perform, i thought she should be Mary Poppins


Comment #2 by: rapjan on 18 Feb 2011, 14:36 UTC reply to this comment

If you read about Travers, the woman who wrote Mary Poppins, you'll see she was very unhappy with the Disney rendition of her story. There was a 'dark' side to Poppins that was not portrayed. I've thought often that it should be remade closer to the original account...and Speilberg would be the superb one to do it... I hope he does.


Comment #3 by: Julie4ever on 16 Oct 2011, 21:11 UTC reply to this comment

I don't think anyone could compare to Julie Andrews in the role of Mary Poppins! That movie is COMPLETELY perfect in every way! Just my opinion...


Comment #4 by: Robert on 27 Jan 2012, 07:00 UTC reply to this comment

* Van * is a great actor, with digital technology they could make him young again for this role, so he can play the same character he did best in the first movie, its a great idea.


Comment #5 by: alex r. on 18 Apr 2012, 01:37 UTC reply to this comment

I think you should either make a sequal to it like an "afterwards" type thing or a remake either way I say go for it

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