Growing up with Disney films, it's hard to believe that some of the studio's most beloved classic almost never got made. The documentary, WAKING SLEEPING BEAUTY, showed the struggles of the Disney's animation studio in the 80s. And now, we have a dramatization of the real life events around Walt Disney (Tom Hanks) trying to secure the rights to Mary Poppins from author P. L. Travers (Emma Thompson).
Though this isn't some instance of an author being stingy and hard to work with. As the trailer shows, Travers has a deep personal connection her novel, and doesn't want anyone to hack it up to pieces just to make a profit.
Check the trailer courtesy of AOL after the break.
