Film - Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

Guillermo del Toro is making his animated feature film directorial debut at Netflix this Christmas with his lifelong passion project, Pinocchio, as a stop motion musical. Watch the announcement trailer...

Press Release

Drawing on the classic Carlo Collodi tale, this stop motion musical follows the extraordinary journey of a wooden boy magically brought to life by a father’s wish. Set during the rise of Fascism in Mussolini’s Italy, del Toro's Pinocchio is a story of love and disobedience as Pinocchio struggles to live up to his father’s expectations. 

Directed by Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson (Fantastic Mr. Fox), the film features an all-star voice cast with Ewan McGregor as Cricket, David Bradley as Geppetto, and introduces Gregory Mann as Pinocchio. Other cast includes Finn Wolfhard, Cate Blanchett, John Turturro, Ron Perlman, Tim Blake Nelson, Burn Gorman, with Christoph Waltz and Tilda Swinton.

 “After years of pursuing this dream project, I found my perfect partner in Netflix. We have spent a long time curating a remarkable cast and crew and have been blessed by continuous support from Netflix to quietly and carefully soldier on, barely missing a beat. We all love and practice animation with great passion and believe it to be the ideal medium to retell this classic story in a completely new way,” says del Toro. 

[Okay this isn't going to be weird at all... is it. - Ed]

Del Toro and Patrick McHale wrote the script and the song lyrics are by del Toro and Katz, with music by Academy Award® winner Alexandre Desplat who will also write the score. Gris Grimly created the original design for the Pinocchio character. The film’s puppets have been made by Mackinnon and Saunders (Corpse Bride ). Pinocchio is produced by del Toro, The Jim Henson Company’s Lisa Henson, ShadowMachine’s Alex Bulkley and Corey Campodonico, as well as Exile Entertainment’s Gary Ungar; it is co-produced by Blanca Lista of The Jim Henson Company and Gris Grimly. Other credits include production supervisor Melanie Coombs, co-production designers Guy Davis and Curt Enderle, animation supervisor Brian Hansen, puppet supervisor Georgina Hayns, director of photography Frank Passingham, art director Rob DeSue, and animatic editor Ken Schretzmann. 

GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO coming to Netflix this December.

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