 United Artists announced in 1969 that a film version of this show  would be directed by Gower Champion (he directed the stage show) and  starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke. Champion was dissatisfied  with the original ending from the Broadway show and wrote a  screenplay that changed the ending to have the couple adopt twelve  Korean children and remain in their home. The film was canceled in  the spring of 1970 due to the then recent financial failure of  musicals at the box office.