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At one point, Matthew Robbins considered making the film as a 2D-animated film with French artist Joann Sfar to bring the costs down, but del Toro eventually decided that it had to be stop-motion, even if the higher budget made it harder to get greenlit. On November 8, 2017, he reported that the project was not happening, because no studios were willing to finance it. On August 31, 2017, del Toro told IndieWire and at the 74th Venice International Film Festival that the film will need a budget increase of $35 million more dollars or it would be cancelled. On January 23, 2017, Patrick McHale was announced to co-write the script with del Toro. It was originally scheduled to be released in 2013 or 2014, but the project went into development hell, with no further informations for years. On July 30, 2012, it was announced that the film would be produced and animated by ShadowMachine. In February 2012, Del Toro released some concept arts with the designs of Pinocchio, Geppetto, the Talking Cricket, Mangiafuoco and the Fox and the Cat.

On May 17, 2012, del Toro took over for Grimly. On February 17, 2011, it was announced that Gris Grimly and Mark Gustafson would co-direct a stop-motion animated Pinocchio film written by del Toro alongside his long-time collaborator Matthew Robbins, and Grimly based by Grimly's designs, with del Toro producing along with The Jim Henson Company and Pathé.

#ANIMATED SCREENPLAYS WANTED MOVIE#

He has called Pinocchio his passion project, stating that: "no art form has influenced my life and my work more than animation and no single character in history has had as deep of a personal connection to me as Pinocchio", and "I've wanted to make this movie for as long as I can remember". In 2008, Guillermo del Toro announced that his next project, a darker adaptation of the Italian novel The Adventures of Pinocchio, was in development. Guillermo del Toro worked on the film since 2008.

Tilda Swinton as the Fairy with Turquoise Hair.

Cate Blanchett as Sprezzatura the Monkey.

But at its core, Pinocchio is "a story of love and disobedience as Pinocchio struggles to live up to his father's expectations." Voice cast When Pinocchio comes to life, he turns out not to be a nice boy, causing mischief and playing mean tricks. It is set to be released in December 2022.Ī dark, twisted retelling of the famous Carlo Collodi fairytale about a wooden puppet who comes to life and dreams of becoming a real boy takes place in 1930s Fascist Italy. The production was revived the following year after being acquired by Netflix. In January 2017, McHale was announced to co-write the script, but in November 2017, the production was suspended as no studios were willing to provide financing. Produced by Netflix Animation, The Jim Henson Company and ShadowMachine in co-production with Pathé, El Taller del Chucho and Necropia Entertainment, Pinocchio was announced by Del Toro in 2008 and originally scheduled to be released in 2013 or 2014, but the project went into development hell. It stars the voices of Ewan McGregor, David Bradley, Gregory Mann, Finn Wolfhard, Cate Blanchett, John Turturro, Ron Perlman, Tim Blake Nelson, Burn Gorman, Christoph Waltz, and Tilda Swinton. The screenplay was written by del Toro, Gris Grimly, Patrick McHale and Matthew Robbins, from a story by del Toro and Robbins. The film marks the animated feature film directorial debut of del Toro. Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio ( Spanish: Pinocho de Guillermo del Toro), or simply Pinocchio, is an upcoming stop-motion animated musical fantasy film directed by Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson, based on Gris Grimly's design from his 2002 edition of the 1883 Italian novel The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi.