FINAL TRAILER: “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”

FINAL TRAILER: “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”

November 9th, 2022

Jerry Beck

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro reinvents Carlo Collodi’s classic tale of the wooden marionette in a new stop-motion feature, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio. Directed by del Toro and Mark Gustafson (Fantastic Mr. Fox) the film premieres in theaters today (November 9th) in selected cities and on Netflix on December 9th. Here’s the final trailer:

The film features an all-star voice cast with Ewan McGregor as Cricket, David Bradley as Geppetto, and introducing 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.

Synopsis:
Academy Award-winning director Guillermo del Toro and award winning, stop-motion legend Mark Gustafson reimagine the classic Carlo Collodi tale of the fabled wooden boy with a whimsical tour de force that finds Pinocchio on an enchanted adventure that transcends worlds and reveals the life-giving power of love.

Premieres: December 9, 2022 on Netflix and in select theaters now

Directed by Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson

Screenplay by Guillermo del Toro and Patrick McHale

Based on the Book Pinocchio Written by Carlo Collodi

Produced by Guillermo del Toro, p.g.a.; Lisa Henson; Gary Ungar, p.g.a.; Alex Bulkley, p.g.a. & Corey Campodonico

Executive Producer Jason Lust

Director of Photography Frank Passingham

Production Design by Guy Davis and Curt Enderle

Edited by Ken Schretzman, Holly Klein

Music by Alexandre Desplat

Songs: Music by Alexandre Desplat; Lyrics by Roeban Katz, Guillermo del Toro and Patrick McHale

Co-Producers Melanie Coombs, Gris Grimly, Blanca Lista

Directors of Character Fabrication Ian MacKinnon, Peter Saunders, and Georgina Hayns

Animation Supervisor Brian Leif Hansen

Puppet Supervisor: Georgina Hayns

Art Director Robert DeSue

Visual Effects Supervisor Jeffrey Schaper

Sound Design and Supervision: Scott Martin Gershin

Re-Recording Mixers: Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montano

Casting by Mary Hidalgo

Cast: Gregory Mann, Ewan McGregor, David Bradley, Tilda Swinton, Christoph Waltz, Finn Wolfhard, Cate Blanchett, John Turturro, Ron Perlman, Tim Blake Nelson, Burn Gorman

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Writer, cartoon producer and author of more than 15 books on animation history. A former studio exec with Nickelodeon and Disney; currently on the faculty at both CalArts in Valencia and Woodbury University in Burbank, California.