Saving Mr. Banks tells the story of Walt Disney's 1961 negotiations with P.L. Travers to obtain the rights to her Mary Poppins series in order to make the books into a film. The film also chronicles Travers' childhood in rural Australia and how her family influenced her writing of Mary Poppins. Emma Thompson stars as Travers, with Tom Hanks as Walt Disney and a further cast that includes Colin Farrell, Paul Giamatti, Bradley Whitford, and Jason Schwartzman.