Tom Winchester Pitches a Darker Mary Poppins Series

Tom Winchester is developing a proposed Mary Poppins television series for Pure Fiction Television, drawing on P. L. Travers’s novels and their darker, more mysterious elements rather than directly adapting the familiar Disney films. The project remains at the pitch stage, and no series has been commissioned or confirmed for production. The planned adaptation is described as a live-action series based on Travers’s eight Mary Poppins books. Reports characterize the novels as stranger and sometimes more frightening than the screen versions, and say the proposal would take a more complex approach to the material. No plot details or confirmed casting have been announced in the supplied reports. Disney’s involvement is unresolved. The reports describe early discussions with the company, but say no agreement has been finalized and its participation is not required for the project to move forward. Whether Disney will join the proposal, or whether it will advance beyond pitching, remains unclear. Winchester is developing the project for Pure Fiction Television. The reports also identify See-Saw Films and the talent agency Hamilton Hodell as involved in the project.