Mary Poppins Remake

[charliepanayi]

I'm always down for a remake. I don't get people who have hissy's over remakes or updates or what have you; the original isn't gonna disappear.

I don't think it's hissy fits (well from some people anyway), it's more just bewilderment as to why with a lot of remakes. Especially considering most are almost instantly forgotten.

[Shlup]

I didn't comment on the ratio of those bewildered to those throwing a hissy to begin with.

[Zeromus_X]

Sounds like it could be cool.

Still need to see the Alice in Wonderland remake.

[Shiny]

I wonder if they'll still be umbrellas.

[Mercen-X]

Looks like they've already released a trailer for it!

GOD YES!

Didn'tit already get remade? I'm sure I remember someone being interviewed about making a "dark" version of it...

The closest thing come to a "remake" of Poppins was McPhee...

What's next, a Back to the Future remake?

Futurama remake.

Still need to see the Alice in Wonderland remake.

Considering I know just a little about the original Alice in Wonderland story (the book and poetry), I thought the movie rocked.

BTW, Depp dropped hints he'd be interested in portraying Riddler in Batman... if they do have the Riddler, how'd you feel about CRISPIN GLOVER instead. I find him to be a fine actor who can pull some convincing action scenes as well.

[hitman1984]

i dont see a point in remaking this, it would be very hard to make it as good as the original imo, i liked this movie when i was little and so did my cousins when they where little also so i dont think it needs to be done but that's just me.

[Mercen-X]

The new Poppins will have no music and will feature CG by Pixar in 3D.

[Bastian]

Like ShlupQuack said, it's not like the original is going to vanish from existence. It's okay for there to be multiple adaption of a book.

What's that, I hear you saying, a book? Mary Poppins was a book?

Yes. Most of Disney's stuff is just adapted from a book or folklore.

So maybe the aim of this "remake" is to adhere more closely to the book.

No one called Disney's versions of the two Narnia movies remakes of the BBC miniseries adaptations. Nor the MGM Wizard of Oz a "remake" of the 1921 silent film version. Etc.

Likewise, when there was rumor of The Neverending Story by Michael Ende getting a new film adaptation, I was all for it. I wanted to see all the stuff they left out of the book. And if I didn't like it as much as the 1984 film, I never had to watch the new version again and could still watch the 1984 version as much as I wanted.

EDIT:
ALSO, I would LOVE for someone with enough courage to take on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum in a more faithful adaptation of the book. There was an anime version in the 80s that was decent, but I'd like to see what a nice dark live action version today would be like.

[Namelessfengir]

i saw the trailer for diary of a wimpy kid.... made me want to kill

but this poppins should be or at least better than most of the crap there is out lately

[Mercen-X]

ALSO, I would LOVE for someone with enough courage to take on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum in a more faithful adaptation of the book. There was an anime version in the 80s that was decent, but I'd like to see what a nice dark live action version today would be like.

I'd like to see a DVD for Wicked since I don't care to ever go see a live play. Iam pertickler thet weghy.

I also started writing my own sequel to Oz about a kid named Dart who dreams of action and adventure. Obviously there's meant to be a lot more dramatic fighting and violence than in the original. I wrote this before I found out there was a manga "sequel" and before Tin Man was released. Unfortunately, I find both the manga and the miniseries to be far superior to my take and have been greatly discouraged.

[charliepanayi]

This is only rumours at the moment anyway, and I'm not sure it'd ever happen. Similar to Wizard of Oz (touching on what Bastian would ideally like to happen), Mary Poppins is a film classic, so doing another version and not being overshadowed by its predecessor would be a tall order. I doubt there'd be many takers. Very few 'classics' get the remake treatment (I'm thinking of Gus Van Sant's Psycho remake in the late 90s, which is all but forgotten now).

[KentaRawr!]

At least now Dick Van Dyke won't need as much make-up to be the banker.

[Psychotic]

I hope he also does the voice for Bert again. Have them dub it, I don't care. His cockney accent was gold.

[Del Murder]

This is bull. What the smurf? Smurf this . Smurf.

[charliepanayi]

I hope he also does the voice for Bert again. Have them dub it, I don't care. His cockney accent was gold.

They could get Don Cheadle after his hilarious Cockney impression in the Oceans films.