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Julie Andrews is getting nan documentary treatment.
Disney+ has greenlit a doc astir nan Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music prima from R.J. Cutler, nan man down Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry and Martha.
The film, which will premiere successful 2027, will look astatine Andrews’ life from her early days successful British vaudeville to becoming a Hollywood star. It will see rare, never-before-seen archival footage and caller interviews pinch nan star, who besides featured successful The Princess Diaries.
More recently, Andrews voiced Lady Whistledown successful Netflix bid Bridgerton.
It is produced by Cutler’s Sony-backed accumulation institution This Machine and Cutler, who has besides directed docs including The War Room and The September Issue, will nutrient alongside Trevor Smith, Elise Pearlstein, Jane Cha Cutler and Jonathan Ruane. Mark Blatty serves arsenic executive producer.
“Julie Andrews is not simply a beloved performer,” said Cutler. “She is simply a taste touchstone, a fig woven into nan cloth of really generations of group understand joy, resilience and grace. Most group don’t cognize nan bonzer challenges she’s had to flooded passim her life, each of which we delve into successful this film. To beryllium pinch Julie, to beryllium allowed into her soul world, to watch her bespeak connected a life that has shaped truthful galore different lives was an acquisition I will everlastingly cherish. She gave america her afloat self, without armor, without pretense. And what we recovered was personification moreover much bonzer than nan icon. I americium humbled by her talent, successful awe of her spot and honored by her trust.”
