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Anne Hathaway arrives for the premiere of the film "Interstellar" in New York, in 2014. Carlo Allegri—Reuters by [Jessica Derschowitz / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Jessica Derschowitz / Entertainment Weekly Sep 16, 2015 10:34 AM UTC With the news Monday that Disney is developing a new live-action musical film featuring Mary Poppins, people are already starting to wonder who could possibly play the practically perfect nanny. And, it seems, some are already placing bets on the subject. BoyleSports, an Ireland-based online betting firm, announced Tuesday that Anne Hathaway is the current favorite to pick up Poppins’ bag and umbrella, with 6/4 odds. Other actresses in “contention,” at least as far as bettors are concerned, are leading ladies with vocal chops like Emily Blunt (5/2), Amy Adams (7/2), Kristen Bell (11/2), and Anna Kendrick (10/1). More actresses who made BoyleSports’ list include Amanda Seyfried (12/1), Gugu Mbatha-Raw (16/1), Lea Michele (33/1), and Anna Camp (50/1). The new film, which has _Into the Woods_ director Rob Marshall and producers John DeLuca and Marc Platt on board, will take place in Depression-era London, some 20 years after Disney’s classic 1964 _Mary Poppins_, and will draw from existing Poppins tales in the rest of author P.L. Travers’ children’s book series. Songwriting duo Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman (_Hairspray, Smash_) are on board to compose original songs and a new score for the movie, and David Magee (_Finding Neverland, Life of Pi_) is attached to write the screenplay. Head here for more details on the project, news of which first broke here at EW. [_This article originally appeared on EW.com_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/09/15/mary-poppins-anne-hathaway) ## Transcript [00:00] [ SOUND ] [00:13] Are you alone out here? What are you doing so deep in [00:16] the jungle? [ MUSIC ] Don't you know what you are? [00:18] [ SOUND ] I know [00:26] what you are. I know [00:31] where you [00:36] came from. [00:39] [ MUSIC ] [00:42] Poor, [00:44] sweet little girl. I'll [00:52] keep you close. [ SOUND ] Let go of your fear [00:58] now. [ SOUND ] [ MUSIC ] And trust [01:06] in me. 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