Pinocchio (2022 film)

Pinocchio
Directed by	Robert Zemeckis
Produced by	Chris Weitz Andrew Milano
Written by	Chris Weitz Robert Zemeckis
Starring	Tom Hanks Benjamin Evan Ainsworth Joseph Gordon-Levitt Keegan-Michael Key Cynthia Erivo Luke Evans
Music by	Alan Silvestri
Cinematography by	Don Burgess
Studio(s)	Walt Disney Pictures Depth of Field Studios ImageMovers
Distributor	Disney+
Released	September 8, 2022
Language	English

Pinocchio is an upcoming live-action adaptation of the 1940 animated feature of the same name. The film was announced on April 8, 2015, and will premiere exclusively on Disney+ on September 8, 2022.

Plot

A wooden puppet comes to live the life of adventure.

Cast

• Tom Hanks as Geppetto
• Benjamin Evan Ainsworth as Pinocchio
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Jiminy Cricket
• Keegan-Michael Key as Honest John
• Cynthia Erivo as Blue Fairy
• Luke Evans as The Coachman
• Giuseppe Battiston as Stromboli
• Lorraine Bracco as Sofia the Seagull; a new character
• Kyanne Lamaya as Fabiana
• Lewin Lloyd as Lampwick

Development

In May 2017, Sam Mendes had reportedly been chosen to direct the film, with Cinderella writer Chris Weitz writing the screenplay, but in February 2018, Paul King had been confirmed, with Jack Thorne being set to rewrite Weitz's script.

On August 21, 2018, Weitz revealed that the script was still in development and that filming was expected to occur in England and Italy, beginning at some point in 2019. In November 2018, Tom Hanks had entered early talks to play Geppetto. In January 2019, it was announced that Paul King had quit as the director due to family reasons.

In October 2019, it was announced that Robert Zemeckis was in talks to replace King as director, while Chris Weitz had written a new script along with King and Simon Farnaby. Chris Weitz will also produce the film with Andrew Milano. It was also reported that Tom Hanks has turned down the role of Geppeto. On November 29, 2018, Zemeckis officially signed on as director. In August 2020, Disney announced that they were again eyeing Hanks for the role of Geppetto.

On December 10, 2020, it was announced that the film would premiere exclusively on Disney+.

On January 26, 2021, it was announced that Luke Evans had been cast as The Coachman.

On November 11, 2021, it was revealed that the film will premiere in Fall 2022. On March 9, 2022, it was revealed that the film will release in September.

Differences from the 1940 film

• The remake features a new character: Sofia the Seagull.
• In the original movie, Geppetto wears glasses, but in this remake, he does not wear them.
• While the "naughty little boys" taken to Pleasure Island were all, in fact, boys, among them in the live-action remake there are also little girls.
• The Blue Fairy is depicted as of Caucasian descent in the original movie, just like in the Italian novel said movie is based on, while in the live-action remake she is of African-American descent.

Trivia

• This will be Disney's second live-action film adaptation of Pinocchio, after Geppetto.
• This is the fourth time Robert Zemeckis has worked for Disney, the first was with Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the second was with A Christmas Carol, and the third one was with Mars Needs Moms.
• This will officially be the first time since 2011's Mars Needs Moms that Robert Zemeckis has worked with Disney again.
• This will be the fourth time that Tom Hanks has worked with Robert Zemeckis again, the first was with Forrest Gump, the second was with Cast Away, and the third was with The Polar Express.
• This will be the second time that Luke Evans will do a role for a Disney film, after playing Gaston in the 2017 live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast.
  • This will also be the second time that Luke Evans will play a classic Disney Villain.
• This will be Keegan-Michael Key's second role in a Disney remake, after Kamari in the 2019 adaptation of The Lion King.
• This will be Tom Hanks and Keegan-Michael Key's second Disney film together after Toy Story 4.
• Some of the clocks in Geppetto's workshop feature Donald Duck, Zazu and Rafiki from The Lion King, Aurora from Sleeping Beauty, Snow White from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and Roger and Jessica Rabbit.
• Pinocchio and Jiminy Cricket's designs for this film resemble those of their original 1940 animated counterparts.
• This is the first Pinocchio film to be rated PG by the MPA, unlike the original animated film was rated G.

Video

Pinocchio - Teaser Trailer - Disney+

Gallery

First screenshot of the movie

First teaser for the movie

External links

• Pinocchio (2022 live-action film) on Wikipedia
• Pinocchio (2022 film) on IMDb

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