One of the greatest gifts for Disney fans won’t be something under the tree this holiday season. Walt Disney Pictures Saving Mr. Banks release date is December 13, 2013 and looks to be one of the best films of the year. Tom Hanks stars as Walt Disney and Emma Thompson as P.L. Travers, creator of Mary Poppins. This movie tells the story of the hoops Disney jumped through to convince a resistant Travers to let him turn her story about the magical nanny into a film. The interwebs have been buzzing with the movie’s first details. The photo below debuted yesterday on TIME Magazine’s site. Even more exciting, a Saving Mr. Banks first look was featured on Entertainment Tonight yesterday. The sneak peak is almost like a trailer for the film which is much more than we’ve seen so far. Watch the episode of ET Online around 6:20 and see the exciting footage for yourself!

Why Saving Mr. Banks is a Disney fan’s dream

We’ve all fallen in love with Walt Disney’s movies and now we get to see him in one of his own. This will be the first film where we see someone portray Walt Disney and after seeing some footage, Tom Hanks does it better than I could have imagined.

Walt Disney’s incurable optimism and ‘dream it, do it’ way of life made him an extremely admirable figure in history. In Saving Mr. Banks we see Disney overcome one of his biggest obstacles which led to one of his greatest successes.

Vintage Disneyland makes a cameo. Many of us wish we could have visited Disneyland in it’s first years. Now we can at least venture through a recreation of it on the big screen.

Music makers Richard and Robert Sherman get a proper nod. Sometimes legends are not paid sufficient tribute while they are still around. Though Robert Sherman is no longer with us, more people will be made aware of he and his brother’s musical talents and contributions. Richard Sherman played counsel for the film and shared his input. [Note: If you haven’t seen The Boys: The Sherman Brothers’ Story * it’s a must!]

* it’s a must!] Though the plot tells of overcoming a challenging business triumph, the sentiment of Saving Mr. Banks looks fun and entertaining. Nothing at all like a serious documentary but an adverse story told with us already knowing the successful outcome.

How the Mary Poppins movie came to be is so interesting. As seen in the ET Online footage, we discover Poppins is closer to P.L. Travers than we thought, which is why she was attached to her work.

Continuing to woo Travers, Disney invites her to tour Disneyland for her first time with him. Can you just imagine visiting Disneyland with Walt Disney himself?

Also just shared today is this first official trailer!