The actor plays Geppetto in the Disney premiere directed by Robert Zemeckis
Before the direct version from Guillermo Del Toro (and which will have its world premiere in October), Pinocchio arrives this Thursday, 8, at Disney +. Live action is directed by Robert Zemeckis and has Tom Hanks in the role of Geppetto.
Scene from the live-action Pinocchio, directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks as Geppetto. photo: disney
The story of the wooden boy who comes to life thanks to an action by the Blue Fairy has a long tradition at Disney Studios, after all the animated film. Pinocchio it was launched in 1940 and has since become a reference point for the original story created by the Italian Carlo Collodiin 1883.
Carved into a tree trunk by a wood carver named Geppeto in a small Italian town, Pinocchio was born as a wooden puppet, but who dreamed of being a real boy. The scene in which, punished by the Fairy, Pinocchio sees his nose grow at every lie he tells became famous.
For this new version of disneya great cast was chosen as Benjamin Evan Ainsworth like Pinocchio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Jiminy Cricket, who serves as Pinocchio’s guide as well as his “conscience”; Cinzia Erivo it is the Blue Fairy; Keegan-Michael Key is John “honest”; Lorena Bracco is the new character Sofia the Seagull; And Luca Evans è The coachman. Also part of the cast Kyanne Lamaya like Fabiana (and her puppet Sabina), Joseph Battiston like Mr. Stromboli and Lewin Lloyd like Fuze.
Pinocchio will also become a stop-motion animation on Netflix, directed by Guillermo Del Toro. Photo: Netflix
another version
The version directed by Del Toro is produced by Netflix and will debut during 66th BFI London Film Festivalwhich takes place in the English capital from 5 to 15 October 2022. It is a dark vision of the Mexican director on the classic fairy tale.
also in stop movementthe film has the participation of Ewan McGregor like Grillo, David Bradley like Geppetto and Gregorio Mann like Pinocchio. Also in the cast are Finn Wolfhard, Cate Blanchett, John Turturro, Ron Perlman, Tim Blake Nelson, Burn Gorman and Christoph Waltz and Tilda Swinton. Netflix is expected to release the film in theaters in November before making it available streaming in December.
Source: Terra
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