Tom Hanks to portray Walt Disney? Making-of Mary Poppins film might include Meryl Streep as PL Travers if green-lit

Deadline unveiled today that The Walt Disney Company is nearing the end of a deal to acquire the rights for Saving Mr. Banks, a making-of film about creating the original Mary Poppins movie. Rumors abound that the script has been considered by top name actors Tom Hanks (to portray Walt Disney) and Meryl Streep (as author PL Travers).

Fans of Mary Poppins know the Walt Disney spanned a good deal of his career trying to persuade Australian author P.L. Travers to sell him the rights to her books about the precocious British Nanny and this new film would chronicle that saga.

History shows that he would eventually succeed as Mary Poppins would not only be made into a film but would go onto make millions of dollars for the studio since its release.