Netflix has released the first official 30-second teaser for “Pinocchio,” an upcoming stop-motion feature film by Oscar-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, “The Shape of Water” and “Pan’s Labyrinth”.
The original Netflix film is an animated retelling of a classic fantasy story about Pinocchio, featuring voices by Ewan McGregor (Obi-Wan Kenobi) as Cricket, David Bradley (The Strain, Game of Thrones, Harry Potter) as Geppetto and featuring newcomer Gregory Mann as Pinocchio.
Pinocchio movie plot In short
The plot of the film takes place in Italy during the 1930s, and tells the story of an old woodcarver named Geppetto who carved a wooden doll called Pinocchio, only to be magically transformed into a boy walking and talking.
In addition, the cast will include Finn Wolfhard, Cate Blanchett, John Turturro, Ron Perlman, Tim Blake Nelson, Burn Gorman, with Christoph Waltz and Tilda Swinton.
Guillermo del Toro is co-directing the film with animator Mark Gustafson (Fantastic Mr. Fox, The PJs). Meanwhile, The Jim Henson Company (The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance) and ShadowMachine (Bojack Horseman, The Shivering Truth) are also involved in film production and stop-motion animation.
Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro is re-creating Carlo Collodi’s classic story of a wooden puppet that is magically revived to fix the heart of a grieving woodcarver named Geppetto. This whimsical, stop-motion musical directed by Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson follows Pinocchio’s mischievous and naughty adventures in his quest for a place in the world.
Release date, December 2022 (United States)
Pinocchio movie cast and characters
- Gregory Mann as Pinocchio
- Ewan McGregor as Sebastian J. Cricket
- David Bradley as Master Geppetto
- Finn Wolfhard as Lampwick/Lucignolo
- Cate Blanchett as Sprezzatura the Monkey
- John Turturro as Master Cherry
- Ron Perlman as Mangiafuoco
- Tim Blake Nelson as the Coachman
- Burn Gorman as the Carabiniere
- Christoph Waltz as the Fox
- Tilda Swinton as the Fairy with Turquoise Hair
source: imdb
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