Over the past few months, we’ve been letting you know about some of the exciting casting choices for Disney’s upcoming drama Saving Mr. Banks. Now, we’re excited to let you know that this highly anticipated film has finally begun production.
Disney announced this week that Saving Mr. Banks began production last Wednesday in Los Angeles. The film focuses on Disney’s 20-year-long process of acquiring the rights to Mary Poppins from its uptight author P.L. Travers, and the testy relationship that develops between her and Walt Disney. When Travers travels to Hollywood during Mary Poppins‘ …

B.J. Novak, best known for his role on The Office, will be joining an already stellar cast for Disney’s upcoming film Saving Mr. Banks. Based on the making of Mary Poppins, Novak will play Robert Sherman, who wrote such hit songs as “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” and “Chim-Chim-Cheer-ee” along with his brother Richard.
The film also stars Tom Hanks as Walt Disney; Emma Thompson as P.L. Travers; Colin Farrel, Paul Giamatti, Jason Schwartzman and Ruth Wilson. John Lee Hancock will direct.
Saving Mr. Banks is slated to begin shooting in September.
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