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The Year Ahead in TV, Film; Back Story of 'Saving Mr. Banks'
Anticipated stories for 2014; the back story of "Saving Mr. Banks."
By Kim Masters • • 29m ListenWe look at the shake-up in late night TV and other 2014 show biz stories to come. Plus, how producer Ian Collie adapted his documentary about Mary Poppins author PL Travers into the Disney film Saving Mr. Banks.
Banner image: P.L. Travers, courtesy of Essential Media
In this episode
2 storiesHollywood News Banter
Michael Schneider of TV Guide Magazine and host of KCRW's The Spin-off joins Kim Masters and John Horn of the Los Angeles Times to discuss the entertainment news stories they're anticipating in 2014.
Read the story10 minSaving Mr. Banks' Producer
Ian Collie is an Australian producer whose TV documentary, The Shadow of Mary Poppins , was the inspiration for the feature Saving Mr. Banks, starring Emma Thompson as author PL Travers and Tom Hanks as Walt Disney. That film tells the story of how Travers' greatest invention -- Mary Poppins -- became a Hollywood film.
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