Guillermo del Toro’s Stop-Motion ‘Pinocchio’ Brings the Fabled Puppet to Life in New Trailer
variety.comWilson Chapman editorPinocchio is coming to life. A new trailer for director Guillermo del Toro’s animated film version of the classic tale has been released by Netflix.“From my many wanderings on this earth, I had so much to say about imperfect fathers and imperfect sons,” Ewan McGregor’s Sebastian J.
Cricket narrates at the start of the trailer. “I want to tell you a story. It’s a story you may think you know, but you don’t — the story of the wooden boy.”The trailer, which follows the first teaser footage from January, reveals footage of lonely woodcutter Geppetto’s (David Bradley) creation of Pinocchio (Gregory Mann) and the puppet boy’s adventures alongside his creator.The film marks del Toro’s first feature animated effort, bringing his protective love of features’ creatures to the classic fable.
The film relocates the tale to the time period of the 1930s, setting it against the backdrop of growing fascism in the country as Benito Mussolini consolidates control of the government.
The film is narrated by McGregor, with additional voice actors including Christoph Waltz, Tilda Swinton, Finn Wolfhard, Ron Perlman, Tim Blake Nelson, Burn Gorman, Cate Blanchett and John Turturro.
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