Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Trailer Is A Stop Motion Wonder
Move over Disney, becauseNetflixhas now unveiled its own version of Pinocchio, and it looks like award-winning director Guillermo del Toro has pulled out all the stops to turn this beloved fairytale into something unique thanks to the magic of stop-motion graphics.
Despite the world lining up so that there are three different Pinocchio movies coming out in 2022, del Toro's take, co-written by him alongside Patrick McHale, boasts the most start-studded voice cast with the likes of Ewan McGregor, David Bradley, Finn Wolfhard, Cate Blanchett, John Turturro, Ron Perlman, Christoph Waltz, and Tilda Swinton joining Gregory Mann, who’s been cast as the wooden boy. Netflix's Pinocchio is based on illustrations made by artist Gris Grimly, whose darker spin certainly bodes well for thePan's Labyrinth andShape of Water director.
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The Pinocchio trailer kicks off with McGregor's Sebastian J. Cricket acting as narrator, telling a tale of imperfect fathers with the warning that this is not quite the Pinocchio story audiences believe they heard before. The images seen here mostly focus on showing endearing moments between Geppetto and Pinocchio, as well as some threats the latter faces during his journey. However, the real standout here is the art style and stop-motion animation that will be heading to theaters in November before closing out 2022 with a Netflix release in December.
This Pinocchio animation is certainly a stark contrast to Disney's live-action spin on the character. That version sees Tom Hanks interact with a modernized CGI version of the popular Pinocchio design that the company introduced to pop culture in 1940. Of course, even with the more modest $35 million budget of
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