PREVIEW: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (PG)

WHO’S IN IT?

Gregory Mann (The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society), Ewan McGregor (Moulin Rouge!), David Bradley (The World’s End), Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds), Tilda Swinton (We Need To Talk About Kevin), Ron Perlman (Hellboy), Finn Wolfhard (Ghostbusters: Afterlife), Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine), Tim Blake Nelson (The Ballad of Buster Scruggs), Burn Gorman (Pacific Rim), John Turturro (O Brother, Where Art Thou?)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth), director, writer, producer; Mark Gustafson (film debut), director; Patrick McHale (film debut), writer; Alexander Bulkley (Hell and Back), Corey Campodonico (The Zodiac), Lisa Henson (Five Children and It) and Gary Ungar (Gothika), producers; Alexandre Desplat (The Shape of Water), composer; Frank Passingham (Kubo and the Two Strings), cinematographer; Holly Klein (film debut) and Ken Schretzmann (Toy Story 3), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In 1930s Italy, grief-stricken carpenter Geppetto (Bradley) constructs a wooden puppet that is brought to life by a magical spirit (Swinton). The puppet, named Pinocchio (Mann), under the watch of his mindful conscience Sebastian J. Cricket (McGregor), gets into all sorts of mischief that soon attracts the attention of exploitative carnival owner Count Volpe (Waltz), as well as the increasingly prominent Fascist government…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Top filmmaker Guillermo del Toro brings his long-mooted vision of the classic tale of Pinocchio to life, and it’s every bit as gorgeous, emotional, and visually breath-taking as you could imagine.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 9TH DECEMBER 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON NETFLIX

 

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