Universal’s live-action How to Train Your Dragon remake doesn’t fall under the Disney umbrella, but it does follow the formula of taking an animated film and putting it in the real world with actual human beings. May’s Lilo & Stitch (2025) followed a long line of Disney live-action remakes…

EXCLUSIVE: Verve has signed 2023 Academy Award-winning director Mark Gustafson. Gustafson most recently co-directed Pinocchio for which he won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film. The widely acclaimed film was also awarded the BAFTA and Annie Award for Best Animated Feature. With over…

When Guillermo del Toro takes his shot at an animation classic, he doesn't mess around. He and co-director Mark Gustafson took the Carlo Collodi creation Pinocchio but made a version unrecognizable compared to the 1940 Disney classic. In the stop-motion animated film, Geppetto, the wood-carved boy…

An enthusiastic rendition of Happy Birthday rang through the auditorium at the world premiere of Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio as the London audience was informed Gregory Mann, the film's lead voice actor, had just turned 13.  Mann was joined on stage by Del Toro, co-director Mark Gustafson…

Netflix released a featurette today with Guillermo del Toro showcasing behind-the-scenes footage of the making of Pinocchio. The streaming platform is set to release the stop-motion film in December and during their Tudum event shared the clip, which you can see above. “To me, there’s a valuable difference…

AFI Fest said Tuesday that its lineup for the upcoming 2022 edition will include red-carpet premieres for six films including the latest movies from Alejandro González Iñárritu and Guillermo del Toro as well as the Harvey Weinstein exposé story She Said and Florian Zeller’s The Son starring Hugh Jackman. The list…

Disney has unveiled a trailer and first-look photos for its live-action adaptation of Pinocchio, from Oscar-winning filmmaker Robert Zemeckis (The Polar Express). The film is set to premiere on Disney+ on September 8, which marks Disney+ Day — Disney’s annual celebration of the Disney+ global community. Zemeckis…

Netflix on Wednesday released a teaser for Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, the Oscar-winning director’s take on the classic fairy tale about a wooden marionette brought to life  to mend the heart of a grieving woodcarver named Geppetto. The stop-motion film directed by del Toro and Mark Gustafson is getting a…

Disney+ has set Thursday, September 8 for the premiere of Pinocchio, Robert Zemeckis’ live-action adaptation starring Tom Hanks as Gepetto. The release is timed for Disney+ Day, a lead-in to the D23 Expo in Anaheim CA. The streamer also released the first footage in a teaser trailer below, along with key…

Disney+ today unveiled a first look at Tom Hanks as Geppetto in Robert Zemeckis’ live-action adaptation of Pinocchio, which is set to premiere exclusively on the streaming service this September. The Academy Award winner’s latest feature is a retelling of the beloved tale of a wooden puppet who embarks on a…

Here’s your first teaser trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s stop-motion musical update of the classic Pinocchio tale. Carlo Collodi’s classic tale charts the story of a wooden marionette who is magically brought to life in order to mend the heart of a grieving woodcarver named Geppetto. Directed by Oscar…

Disney's live-action retelling of Pinocchio, which will go out on Disney+, has added Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo as the Blue Fairy and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the voice of Jiminy Cricket, Deadline has confirmed. As Deadline first reported, Luke Evans is set to play the coachman in the Tom Hanks-as-Geppetto…