A year after his Best Picture-winning fantasy/romance drama The Shape of Water, Guillermo del Toro is gearing up to re-enter the realm of fantasy, this time with a remake of a beloved classic. His long-gestating passion project, a stop-motion musical adaptation of Pinocchio, is finally moving ahead at Netflix. The project will be his next film with production beginning this fall, also backed by The Jim Henson Company and ShadowMachine.
Known most commonly for its 1940 Disney adaption, Pinocchio tells the story of a wood-carver who creates a puppet, who after being brought to life by a fairy, wishes to be a real live boy. However, del Toro’s version looks to be a darker version of the fairytale as it is set in Italy during the 1930s, at the rise of Mussolini and fascism. The director is certainly no stranger to combining whimsical fantasy with harsh reality, following The Devil’s Backbone,...
Known most commonly for its 1940 Disney adaption, Pinocchio tells the story of a wood-carver who creates a puppet, who after being brought to life by a fairy, wishes to be a real live boy. However, del Toro’s version looks to be a darker version of the fairytale as it is set in Italy during the 1930s, at the rise of Mussolini and fascism. The director is certainly no stranger to combining whimsical fantasy with harsh reality, following The Devil’s Backbone,...
- 10/23/2018
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
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