Mary Poppins Reboot

Disney is reportedly developing a new Mary Poppins television series for Disney+, revisiting the character beyond the familiar 1964 film. The project is expected to draw directly from P.L. Travers’s series of children’s novels, which present Mary Poppins as more mysterious, unpredictable and occasionally unsettling than her screen counterpart. Reports characterize the planned adaptation as darker in tone, suggesting a closer examination of the books’ eccentric magic and stranger elements.

The series would offer Disney an opportunity to expand the setting and story across multiple episodes rather than retell a single musical film. Travers published several Mary Poppins books, giving a television adaptation a wider pool of characters, episodes and magical encounters to explore. The reported reboot remains in development, and major details such as casting, creative leadership, production timing and a release date have not been firmly established. The coverage therefore centers on the project’s concept: a Disney+ reinterpretation that aims to return Mary Poppins to her literary roots while presenting a moodier version of the character for modern audiences.