Netflix has released a new teaser trailer for Guillermo del Torostop-motion animated film adaptation of the classic story by Carlo Collodi, Pinocchio. This is a well made film that will tell a wonderful story that is full of heart and soul. At least, that’s the vibe I get from this new trailer!
The stop-motion musical adventure follows the extraordinary journey of a wooden boy magically animated by the desire of a father. Set in the 1930s during the rise of fascism in Mussolini’s Italy, del Toro’s film Pinocchio is a story of love and disobedience like Pinocchio struggles to live up to his father’s expectations.
Del Toro teamed up with the Jim Henson Company and ShadowMachine to bring this film to life, on which it is based Carlo Collodiis the novel. In addition to McGregor as Cricket, the voice cast also includes Ewan McGregor how Sebastian J. Grillo, Gregorio Mann like Pinocchio, David Bradley (Harry Potter, game of Thrones) like Geppetto, Tilda Swinton (Strange Doctor), Cristoph Waltz (Alita: Angel of battle), Finn Wolfhard (Stranger things), Cate Blanchett (Thor: Raganrok), Giovanni Turturro (The Batman), Ron Perlman (Hell boy), Tim Blake Nelson (Guardians), And Burn Gorman (Enola Holmes).
Del Toro directed the film together Marco Gustavo (Great Mr. Fox) and wrote it together with Patrick McHale. The lyrics of the songs come from del Toro and Katz, with music by Alexandre Desplat who will also write the score. Artist Gris Grimly created the original design for the character of Pinocchio in the film and the puppets were built by Mackinnon and Saunders (The Corpse Bride).
Although the film looks like a delightful family film, the director has previously stated that the film is not a family-friendly version of the story. The director also discussed his own Pinocchio film, compared to Frankensteinand described it as a “brutalist tale”.
“For me, Pinocchio, very much like Frankenstein, is a blank canvas in which learning the curve of what the world is and what the human being is is very interesting to do as a story. I am very attracted to it because, thematically – and I don’t want to spoil the argument of the film – it is something that is in all my films, which is choice. It is a theme that is very close to my heart. I think [earlier versions of] history, and Collodi’s in particular, are very repressive. It is essentially a very brutalist tale about what sinful disobedience is. And I think disobedience is the beginning of the will and the beginning of the choice. … I think there is something very attractive about seeing disobedience as a virtue, or as the beginning of a virtue.
He also described the character of Pinocchio, saying, “He is a creature created by unnatural means by a father who then pushes away [himself] from, and must learn about failure, pain and loneliness ”.
Speaking earlier about the film, Perlman said: “The presumption of the film is that Pinocchio is the perfect soldier because he is not human. So he never questions orders. He has no fears. He is invulnerable. “
This was a passion project for Del Toro and it’s been a long time. It’s great to see him finally taking shape and we will have the opportunity to finally watch him when it comes out on Netflix in December! Watch the trailer and let us know what you think.
by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
