For fifteen years, Guillermo del Toro has wanted to offer his darker version of the famous Pinocchio tale, in which the puppet and his creator Geppetto live under the fascist regime of 1930s Italy. The director has tried to sell his interpretation of Pinocchio to Hollywood studios and producers for years before Netflix finally bought the rights in 2018. Del Toro of the adventures of the little wooden puppet in stop-motion. in Mussolini’s Italy made of military salutes, strict conformity and violent machismo in this animated film which will be released on Netflix on December 9th. See also on Konbini“ I wanted [situer le film] at a time when behaving like a puppet was a good thing,” Guillermo del Toro told AFP. “I wanted Pinocchio to disobey,” added the Mexican director. “That [Pinocchio], who is the only puppet, don’t act like a puppet.”While the Oscar-winning filmmaker in 2018 for his fantasy film The Shape of Water has always been fascinated by animation, this is his first directing this guy. And the use of computer-generated imagery – as is the case in the latest live-action remakes of Disney classics – has never been an option. and deeply spiritual,” but it’s a “technique that’s dying out all the time,” Del Toro noted. “There are only crazed fanatics to bind to keep her alive.” Stop-motion, known for its difficulty, is one of the oldest cinema techniques which consists of taking successive photos of inanimate objects to give them the illusion of movement. On an original soundtrack by Alexandre Desplat, the The tale will be narrated by Ewan McGregor, who lends his voice to Sebastian J. Cricket, alongside Gregory Mann as Pinocchio and David Bradley as Geppetto. Finn Wolfhard, Cate Blanchett, John Turturro, Ron Perlman, Tim Blake Nelson, Burn Gorman, Christoph Waltz and Tilda Swinton complete the voice cast of the film which promises to be a great success.
