The idea of a wood puppet turning into sentient is a terrifying idea by itself, however depart it to Guillermo del Toro to take it a lot additional.
Netflix on Wednesday launched a teaser trailer for the horror grasp’s reimagining of the traditional toy-to-boy fairytale Pinocchio. However as its narrator chirps atop this new footage, “it’s a narrative you might suppose you already know, however… you don’t.”
A far cry from the Disney model of Pinocchio — which is coincidentally receiving its personal reboot over on Disney+ as we communicate — del Toro’s movie seems to linger on extra sophisticated material, from “imperfect fathers and imperfect sons” to “loss and love.” (There was additionally that ridiculous Pauly Shore model that got here out earlier this 12 months, however we don’t speak about that. Until you wish to.)
Pinocchio‘s voice forged consists of Gregory Mann because the titular puppet particular person, Ewan McGregor as Sebastian J. Cricket, David Bradley as Grasp Geppetto and Tilda Swinton because the Fairy with Turquoise Hair. Extra voices embody Christoph Waltz, Finn Wolfhard, Ron Perlman, Tim Blake Nelson, Burn Gorman, John Turturro and Cate Blanchett.
The movie will arrive on Netflix on December, following a restricted theatrical launch in November.
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