Mary Poppins May Return in New, Darker TV Series: Report
The live-action series will adapt P. L. Travers’ eight books and emphasize the novels’ darker, stranger tone, according to early reports.
- Producer Tom Winchester is developing a new Mary Poppins television series based directly on P.L. Travers' original eight novels, aiming to capture the "more complex elements" of the books.
- Unlike the cheerful 1964 Disney film starring Julie Andrews, this adaptation will lean into the surreal and occasionally frightening adventures found in the source material.
- Winchester is producing through Pure Fiction Television, backed by See-Saw Films and British talent agency Hamilton Hodell, while approaching showrunners after adapting Barry Eisler's 18 John Rain assassin books.
- Although Winchester secured the rights directly from the Travers estate, he is reportedly in early discussions with Disney regarding potential participation, though the project does not require Disney's involvement.
- Following the 2018 film Mary Poppins Returns, this project reflects the long-standing tension between the studio and author, which was previously dramatized in the biographical movie Saving Mr. Banks.
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Los Angeles (USA), Sep 25 (EFE).- A series that will adapt the eight books of ‘Mary Poppins’, by P.L. Travers, is in development, with Tom Winchester (‘Shogun’) as producer and showrunner (creative responsible) for Pure Fiction Television, according to the Deadline portal. The series seeks to explore the nanny universe with greater depth than [...] The entry ‘Mary Poppins’ will return with a series of real action more faithful to the books was f…
As 'Deadline' has advanced, the series is in the early stages of development after director Tom Winchester has taken over the rights
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