Despite a pretty swell fake poster pitting Ryan Gosling as Walt Disney, it appears Tom Hanks may be the one to portray the legend onscreen. While we previously heard he was a possibility, Variety now reports that Hanks is officially in talks alongside Emma Thompson to star in the “making-of Mary Poppins” film Saving Mr. Banks. The pic tells the true story of Disney’s 14-year courtship of Australian author P.L. Travers for the rights to the Mary Poppins character. Thompson is negotiating to play Travers, who was ultimately displeased with the 1964 feature film adaptation (especially the animated sequences) and even more upset with the way the property was treated by Disney. Ironically, Disney is the studio that’s putting Saving Mr. Banks together. Hit the jump for more.

Meryl Streep was previously mentioned as a possibility for the Travers role, but I quite like the casting of Thompson. As for Hanks, it’s difficult to think of a more amiable actor to portray Walt Disney. I’m less enthused by the choice of director, John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side), but with Disney backing the project I guess family-friendly was inevitable. I just hope the rough edges of the Disney/Travers relationship aren’t smoothed out for the feature version of their story in lieu of a “happy ending.”

Hanks recently wrapped Cloud Atlas with the Wachowskis, and is next set to shoot the Somali pirate pic Captain Phillips for director Paul Greengrass. Thompson shot the biopic Effie, based on a script she wrote, late last year with Dakota Fanning and she recently signed on to star in the adaptation Beautiful Creatures. She’ll next be seen in this summer’s Men in Black 3 and will be heard in Brave.

近日，據外媒報道，湯姆·漢克斯與艾瑪·湯普森正在洽談出演一部名為《拯救班克斯先生》（Saving Mr. Banks）的影片。漢克斯將出演迪士尼王國的開拓者華特·迪士尼。

影片根據真實故事改編，講述了華特·迪士尼制作電影《歡樂滿人間》的經歷。當年，華特·迪士尼花費了14年時間，爭取到本片的改編權。這部影片成為朱麗·安德魯斯的銀幕處女作，扮演了一個跟她次年主演的《音樂之聲》幾乎相同的角色。影片不僅歌曲非常出色，一點不亞于《音樂之聲》，而且特技也屬一流，尤其是真人跟動畫共舞的段落，在當時達到新的境界。

艾瑪·湯普森在片中飾演《歡樂滿人間》原著作者P.L. Travers。據悉，Travers當年非常不滿意迪士尼改編的《歡樂滿人間》，特別是動畫段落，對于迪士尼的酬勞分配也頗有微詞。此前，梅麗爾·斯特里普也曾考慮出演該角色。

本片將由《弱點》導演約翰·李·漢考克執導。而迪士尼方面對該項目暫未發布任何評論。