Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)

Timing: 1:57 (117 min)

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Release date

2022-11-09

Country

United States

Production

Double Dare You Productions, The Jim Henson Company, ShadowMachine

Genre

Animation, Fantasy, Drama, Family, Music, Adventure

Budget

$35 000 000

Revenue

$109 846

Website

https://www.netflix.com/title/80218455

Director

Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson

Actors

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

Producer

Guillermo del Toro, Gary Ungar, Alexander Bulkley, Corey Campodonico, Lisa Henson, Jason Lust

Operator

Frank Passingham

Composer

Alexandre Desplat

Artist

Andy Berry

Audition

Mary Hidalgo

Editing

Ken Schretzmann, Holly Klein, Melanie Coombs
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• Cate Blanchett informed director and screenwriter Guillermo del Toro that she would like to participate in this project after working with him on the 2021 thriller "Nightmare Alley." It was then that it became clear that for "Pinocchio," del Toro only needed to find an actress to voice the monkey. To del Toro's surprise, Blanchett immediately jumped at the opportunity to voice the monkey, even though the animals had few lines.
• In 2008, Guillermo del Toro announced that he was beginning work on his next project – a dark adaptation of Carlo Collodi's fairy tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio. The Story of a Wooden Puppet" (1883). On November 8, 2017, he reported problems with the project, which no one wanted to finance. On October 22, 2018, Netflix announced that del Toro would direct the animated project "Pinocchio," and del Toro confirmed the statement by posting concept art (a form of illustration used to visualize ideas and concepts) of the future project online, which echoed his own visions.
• Guillermo del Toro is originally from Mexico, but the film's release was initially banned in that country. This happened after an interview with del Toro, in which he complained about the state of the national cinema and the lack of interest shown by government officials in Mexico towards directors and actors. Eventually, the film was released in limited release in Mexico, shown in only a few cinemas.
• Cate Blanchett informed director and screenwriter Guillermo del Toro that she would like to participate in this project, starring in his 2021 thriller, “Nightmare Alley.” It was then revealed that for “Pinocchio,” del Toro only needed to find an actress to voice the monkey. To del Toro’s surprise, Blanchett immediately seized the opportunity to voice the monkey, although the animals had few lines.