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Tom Hanks to play Walt Disney

While it hasn’t yet been confirmed, Tom Hanks is in talks to play the coveted role of the famous movie mogul Walt Disney in a tell-all film called Saving Mr. Banks, about the making of the 1964 classic Mary Poppins. The movie would detail the true story of the struggle to bring the timeless film to life. Emma Thompson is rumored to play P.L. Travers, the Australian author behind the Mary Poppins books for children. Disney was determined to turn the tale into a movie, but Travers denied him the rights for 14 years before finally giving in. Reportedly, even after the film was made, Travers was not happy with the animation sequences and would not sell to Disney the rights to any more of her works.