Mary Poppins Remake???

[Fan2]

Posted: 12/28/05 at 7:49pm

http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/spielberg%20eyes%20mary%20poppins%20remake

SPIELBERG EYES MARY POPPINS REMAKE

Oscar-winning film-maker STEVEN SPIELBERG is planning to remake classic 1960s musical MARY POPPINS.

SIR RICHARD EYRE, the director of the London stage show of Mary

Poppins, has been approached by Spielberg to helm a new version of the 1964 JULIE ANDREWS-starring movie.

Eyre says, "Spielberg wants to make a new film of Mary Poppins and we've talked about it a lot.

"It will be hard to outdo the original but kids love the story and I'm sure that the remake will be a real success."
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http://www.moviehole.net/news/20051229_supercalifragilisticexpialidoc.html

Super­califragilistic­expialidocious, it's a remake!

Julie Andrews just through her baking dish against the tiles.

Steven Spielberg is apparently keen on feeding the littlies “another spoonful of sugar”, according to Contact Music.

Yep, the bearded billionaire fancies himself the right man to direct a remake of the classic “Mary Poppins”.

Sir Richard Eyre, director of the London stage show that inspired the first film, says the “War of the Worlds” helmer has already been in contact.

"Spielberg wants to make a new film of Mary Poppins and we've talked about it a lot. It will be hard to outdo the original but kids love the story and I'm sure that the remake will be a real success."

As long as Spielberg puts this ‘behind’ the long-gestating Indiana Jones 4 – come on man, it’ll be ‘Raiders of the New liver spot’ soon! – I won’t cry fowl. (Though in 2003 Queen Latifah was rumoured to be interested in playing Poppins in a remake - anyone much care for that?).

[sidneybruhl]

Posted: 12/28/05 at 7:52pm

What next? A remake of "The Wizard of Oz"? As much as I admire Spielberg's work, I hope this doesn't happen.

[Piazzaslight]

Posted: 12/28/05 at 7:53pm

As long as it's a movie version more faithful to the musical in London, I'll be happy. :)

[GYPSY1527]

Posted: 12/28/05 at 7:57pm

What next? A remake of "The Wizard of Oz"?
.....there has already been a few remakes of the Wizard of Oz.

Anyyyways, in responding to the idea of remaking Mary Poppins, I think its silly to say the least. Stephen Speilberg, none the less wants to direct! I certianly hope he doesn't turn this into a computerized special effect mess with her flying like a bird all over the place ect...

[sidneybruhl]

Posted: 12/28/05 at 8:00pm

There have been various takes on the "Oz" stories, but no one has ever attempted a remake of the classic 1939 film. That was what I was referring to in my post. I personally think that some films don't need remakes. "Oz" and "Poppins" are among these.

[kelly0ann]

Posted: 12/28/05 at 8:04pm

It depends on how they go about it. I think it could be interesting.

[musicalfandukie]

Posted: 12/28/05 at 8:09pm

i think if mary poppins was remade it would be best to make it not based on the movie but the books. if he based it on the movie people will just compare it and not be happy with it.

[QMAN03]

Posted: 12/28/05 at 8:26pm

To put you all at ease, this will certainly not be his next picture. He already has two more movies lined up (an Abe Lincoln biopic and Indiana Jones 4), so this won't happen for quite some time. Nonetheless, i feel the movie would be in good hands with Spielberg.

[tthomas76]

Posted: 12/28/05 at 8:54pm

I'm sorry but I'm also soooooooooooooo sick of movie remakes. What is wrong w/ the first one? Is it lack of new ideas?

[kec]

Posted: 12/28/05 at 8:55pm

I'm with sidneybruhl -- there are some films that should not be remade -- including The Wizard of Oz and Mary Poppins.

There have been two remakes of Miracle on 34th Street (one for television), and neither one even came close to the original film with Maureen O'Hara.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it!

[Theatre_Queen_101]

Posted: 12/28/05 at 9:52pm

This makes me smile and cringe at the same time. Mary Poppins is my all-time favorite Disney Musical/Movie. If they make it ok, then I might be ok with it, and I like that Spielberg is heading it, but who will they get to be Mary? Julie Andrews is just so magical in the movie, and I can't think of anyone who could top her in that role. The thought of having to cast someone to follow in her footsteps scares me, and I'm not sure a remake will do enough justice to the first film.

[ruthiefan_felix]

Posted: 12/28/05 at 10:01pm

I wouldnt mind as long as it's something like a musical movie like the Joseph one for the London stage version!
But if you say a new film/motion picture.... nah! We're alright, thanks for the offer though!

[CapnHook]

Posted: 12/28/05 at 10:02pm

When reading the topic title, I thought he wanted to remake from the original books, which would have been fine by me. But to remake the ORIGINAL DISNEY MUSICAL???? That takes BALLS to say publicly. I hope he has a bullet proof fresh take on how to do the story, because the Disney musical is an Oscar-winning classic classic.

[Theatre_Queen_101]

Posted: 12/28/05 at 10:30pm

I agree, it seriously worries me. Some things shouldn't be tampered with.

[adamized88]

Posted: 12/28/05 at 11:07pm

ridiculous you can't do that!!! it's a classic!! why mess with a good thing!!

[Fan2]

Posted: 12/29/05 at 6:50am

Here's another one:

http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/film/news/article335473.ece

'Mary Poppins' show inspires Hollywood remake with a spoonful of Spielberg
By Louise Jury, Arts Correspondent
Published: 29 December 2005

He has tackled man-eating sharks, extraterrestrials and the horrors of Nazi death camps, and his latest movie charts the 1972 massacre at the Olympic Games in Munich. But Steven Spielberg's next production could be considerably more sugary. The 59-year-old director/producer is apparently eyeing the ever-popular musical Mary Poppins for a Hollywood remake.

Richard Eyre, the former head of the National Theatre and director of the blockbuster West End musical based on the 1964 Disney film, has revealed that he has been in talks with Spielberg over a new film version.

"We've talked about it a lot," Sir Richard was reported as saying yesterday. "It will be hard to outdo the original, but kids love the story and I'm sure that the remake will be a real success."

Sir Richard has had success in small-scale films, notably Iris, based on the life of the writer Iris Murdoch, and The Ploughman's Contract, but remains best known for his award-winning work in theatre, including running the National for a decade.

His stage version of Mary Poppins has become one of the most popular shows in London since it opened at the Prince Edward Theatre in December last year in a collaboration between the impresario Cameron Mackintosh and Disney, maker of the 40-year-old film which starred Julie Andrews. With a script written by Julian Fellowes, who won an Oscar for the film Gosford Park, the West End production added new songs to the tried and tested favourites from the original - which, Sir Cameron observed, was even more popular in the United States than it was in the UK.

The show is scheduled for Broadway next year, when it will move into the New Amsterdam Theatre. The Lion King, one of Broadway's biggest hits, is moving venues to make way in October.

Casting begins shortly, and Sir Richard has admitted that he hopes to take the British cast with him. Laura Michelle Kelly played the eponymous nanny when the show opened, and won an Olivier award, but has since moved on to other projects.

"The studio will use the success of the Broadway show to decide whether to use the British cast for the film. But I would hope to use as much of the West End cast as possible and keep Mary English rather than have a big American star name," Sir Richard said.

In the past, it would have been unusual to have a film version of a musical quite so quickly. Phantom of the Opera, which is about to become the longest-running show on Broadway, had been running in London for 18 years before Andrew Lloyd Webber turned it into a film last year.

A spokesman for Mary Poppins said: "A film isn't normally made until years after the stage production because obviously it stops people going to the stage shows. Having said that, with Chicago, audiences went up [in the West End] when the film came out, but the show had already been on for about seven years. And we're hoping the same will happen with the new film of The Producers."

None of these movies received the same acclamation as the original stage productions. For instance, Mel Brooks's just-released film of The Producers has been slated by the critics. But Spielberg has a deft touch for magic - or, at least, the out-of-this world - in projects from Hook, his version of the Peter Pan story, to Jurassic Park. And with a spoonful of sugar, perhaps anything is possible