Spielberg interested in remaking Mary Poppins for big screen

a movie to broadway and back to movie version.

Well I can see his interest in the property. For one, he's always wanted to do a musical. And second, the storyline features children who have a father who is "absent"

https://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=6552

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I say he should go for it.

Can you fix perfection? I don't think so.

Why remake something that is already terrific! It's time to make something new, or take something from the stage and adapt it to the screen. No more remakes!!! Or remake something that wasn't good in the first place, but then again can something that was terrible to begin with be made well???

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No, no, and NO!

This ranks right up there with "Let's remake The Wizard of Oz or Citizen Kane."

They will fail on EVERY conceivable level.

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I agree, I say leave it.
Besides, it would be weird without Julie Andrews, and she's so widely recognized for this role. If you're going to remake something, do a something that isn't so widely recognized to avoid comparisons, like the A CHORUS LINE suggestion

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People act like because it was made 40 years ago, it's somehow out of people's psyche today.

They need to go into their local video stores. Mary Poppins (1964) was one of the top DVD releases LAST YEAR. It's very much in the public consciousness RIGHT NOW. Anybody who lands on a stage or on the screen holding an umbrella is going to instantly be compared to Julie Andrews and her Oscar-winning film debut. There is NO way around that.

...and good luck.

EDIT: If Speilberg gets his hands on it, the whole movie will be about Jane and Michael Banks losing their dad during the run on the bank, and fighting desperately through many harrowing adventures to be tearfully reunited with him at the end of the uplifting story.

Ugh.

Cut. Print. What happens in the next reel.

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Updated On: 12/29/05 at 11:35 AM

I agree, I also wouldn't have much interest in the seeing the film version, just not my type of musical. Why doesn't He try making something new - a new musical. Although, to everyone who says remaking classics isn't good, look at what Burton did for Willie Wonka, i thought his version was amazing and very cool to watch and you could tell he knew what he wanted to do with every single shot. I liked it a lot. Itd be interesting to see if Speilberg would keep it all the same way or if he would change stuff around drastically. I don't see the point in remaking a movie if you're just going to do everything the same, might as well take some chances.

NO. the end.

Well, this strikes me as incredibly stupid.

I don't know a soul who can out-do Julie Andrews or Dick Van Dyke. Move on, Spielberg.

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And let's not forget Spielberg's lame attempt at WAR OF THE WORLDS.

I think Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory had its virtues, but to be honest I never swore by the original. But Mary Poppins? It's a classic; why touch it?

I think all this remaking of films is pointless. If a film was already amazing when it was first made, even if it was 40 or 50 years ago (gasp! old things! ew!), then why do it?

It makes sense if the original is no longer watched outside of film classes, or if the filmmaker is offering a new approach to the dated story. But the popularity of the original MARY POPPINS hasn't died down one bit since its release in 1964, and still remains timeless. So what's the point?

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