Everything You Need to Know About Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Movie (2022): Nov. 12, 2023 - added the US DVD release date of December 12, 2023 - Movie Insider (original) (raw)

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Plot Outline: A stop-motion musical and set during the rise of fascism in Italy under Mussolini.

Who's Involved:

Guillermo del Toro, Cate Blanchett, Ron Perlman, Christoph Waltz, Ewan McGregor, Tilda Swinton, Burn Gorman, Finn Wolfhard, John Turturro, Jason Lust, David Bradley, Lisa Henson, Mark Gustafson, Patrick McHale, Tim Blake Nelson, Brian Henson, Allison Abbate, Gregory Mann

PG Parental Guidance Suggested MPA
Rating Reason: dark thematic material, violence, peril, some rude humor and brief smoking

Runtime: N/A

Language: English

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Plot: What's the story about?

A dark, twisted retelling of the famous Carlo Collodi fairy tale about the wooden puppet who dreams of becoming a real boy. When Pinocchio comes to life, he turns out not to be that nice of a boy, creating mischief and playing mean tricks. He eventually learns a few lessons.

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Production: What we know about Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio?

Key Facts

  1. Principal photography began in the fall 2019 at ShadowMachine’s studio in Portland, OR, and production has reportedly continued uninterrupted during the pandemic (Deadline, 8/20/2020).
  2. Guillermo del Toro explains, "It's not a 'Pinocchio' for all the family (Hollywood Reporter, 12/1/2018)."
  3. A stop-motion animated feature. The story and the look of the feature will be based on the 2002 children's book illustrated by Gris Grimly.

Filming Timeline

  1. 2019 - October: The film was set to Completed status.
  2. 2018 - October: The film was set to Pre-Production status.

    Production is set to begin this fall.

  3. 2017 - December: The film was set to Shutdown status.
  4. 2011 - May: The film was set to Pre-Production status.
  5. 2011 - February: The film was set to Development status.

    Production set for later in 2011

  6. 2008 - November: The film was set to Announced status.

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio DVD & Blu-ray Release Date: When was the film released?

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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio was released on DVD & Blu-ray on Tuesday, December 12, 2023 .

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