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"This December, the remake of The Sound of Music will be released, and musical movie fans will watch with hopeful skepticism.\nWhen High School Musical became a huge hit, more teen musicals followed, including a remake of the '80s dance-fueled rebellion flick Footloose.\nSee also: One Woman's Spot-On Musical Impressions of 19 Famous Divas\nSo if enough \"Favorite Things\" fans tune into The Sound of Music reboot, a remake of another Julie Andrews classic, Mary Poppins, probably won't be too far behind. We've already got our picks for the dream cast.\n\n\nDream Casting a Modern-Day 'Mary Poppins'\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1. Mrs. Banks\n\n\nImage: Tumblr in-a-perfect-w0rld\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAmy Poehler \nEven if you think remaking a classic like Mary Poppins is blasphemous, you have to admit that seeing Amy Poehler sing \"Sister Suffragette\" would be amazing. \n\nImage: Tumblr taylortownsend\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2. Jane and Michael Banks\n\n\nImage: Tumblr timeoutime\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMaggie Elizabeth Jones\nThe role of Jane is an important one, because without a truly adorable kid reading the extensive nanny want ad, the whole premise can fall apart. And in We Bought a Zoo Maggie proved herself quite adorable.\n\nImage: Tumblr tamitaylorss\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCJ Adams\nThis kid can carry an  entire movie. Holding on to some tuppence would be a piece of cake.\n\nImage: Tumblr mtsteel\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. Mr. Banks\n\n\nImage: Tumblr areyou4cereal\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHugh Laurie\nIt seems necessary to include at least one Brit in the remake, and Laurie has turned the sour-face Mr. Banks rocks for 90% of the film into an art form. \n\nImage: Tumblr scrooogejones\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4. Burt\n\n\nImage: Tumblr somelesbian\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNeil Patrick Harris\nHarris seems so ready to perform a song and dance, there might not need to be an official remake of Mary Poppins to see him do a chimney sweep jig -- someone could probably just ask him.\n\nImage: Tumblr monininteressantevie\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. Mary Poppins\n\n\nImage: Tumblr /squaresandco\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEmmy Rossum\nJust to clarify, no one can be Julie Andrews. There is exactly one person who is Maria Von Trapp, Mary Poppins, and the queen of Genovia. But Emmy Rossun can really, really sing. And after three seasons as the exasperated caretaker on Shameless, she's got the \"don't mess with Poppins\" looks down. \n\nImage: Tumblr shawn-hunters\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6. And Betty White as the bird woman\nBecause why not?\n\nImage: Tumblr guh-gifgarden\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage: Flickr, Klearchos Kapoutsis\nImage: Getty Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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