--- description: 'Into the Woods' director Rob Marshall will direct the new film title: Disney Developing New Mary Poppins Movie Musical image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt48af23292f27f32c/698863885f570f1d3ab1d5b3/mary-poppins.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Disney Developing New Mary Poppins Movie Musical  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 14, 2015 8:20 PM CUT  Julie Andrews dressed as Mary Poppins in the 1964 film. Julie Andrews dressed as Mary Poppins in the 1964 film.GAB Archive/Redferns/Getty Images  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 14, 2015 8:20 PM CUT Mary Poppins and her magic umbrella will soon sail back onto screens. Disney is developing a new live-action movie musical about the beloved character, [_Entertainment Weekly_ reports](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/09/14/disney-mary-poppins-rob-marshall "undefined"). _Into the Woods_ director Rob Marshall and producers John DeLuca and Marc Platt will steer the project, which draws on as-yet unadapted stories from P.L. Travers’ children’s book series about Poppins. The last time the fabled nanny was in a movie was in 1964, when she was played by Julie Andrews. Songwriters Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman (who composed material for _Hairspray_ and _Smash_) will write new songs and a score. The project has the support of Richard Sherman, who wrote some the 1964 film’s music with his late brother, as well as the Travers estate. \[[_EW_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/09/14/disney-mary-poppins-rob-marshall "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4033915/mary-poppins-musical-movie/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4033915/mary-poppins-musical-movie/"},"headline":"Disney Developing New Mary Poppins Movie Musical","datePublished":"2015-09-14T20:20:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:55:39.299Z","description":"Into the Woods director Rob Marshall will direct the film","url":"https://time.com/4033915/mary-poppins-musical-movie/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt48af23292f27f32c/698863885f570f1d3ab1d5b3/mary-poppins.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt48af23292f27f32c/698863885f570f1d3ab1d5b3/mary-poppins.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"UNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 01: (AUSTRALIA OUT) Photo of English actress Julie Andrews dressed as the title character from the 1964 film Mary Poppins. 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