No, this is not some dodgy remake of Saving Private Ryan focusing on the impact of the economic recession on bankers. Saving Mr Banks is a somewhat happier affair. After all, it is based on the man who created the “Happiest Place on Earth”. Starring Tom Hanks as Walt Disney and Emma Thompson as Mary Poppin’s writer P. L. Travers, Saving Mr Banks focuses on their turbulent relationship.
Directed by John Lee Hancock, the man responsible for Sandra Bullock’s Oscar in The Blind Side, the film will look into Disney’s attempt to convince Travers to turn her classic tale into a Disney sensation.
Thompson went into detail about her character when talking to Time Magazine. The star stated, “She was a woman of quite eye-watering complexity and contradiction. Often I play people who are controlled by some very clear guiding moral principles. Like Margaret Schlegel in Howards End, guided by the early principles of feminism and equal rights, and Elinor Dashwood in Sense And Sensibility, guided by the principles of decency and honour. There are very clear moral prisms these women pour life through, and I understand that very well. And Travers was not like that at all. She was far more chaotic and confused and morally various.”
Saving Mr Banks will arrive on our UK screens January 17, 2014. But we are 99.9% sure there will be a trailer released in upcoming weeks. We will keep you all informed!
