Tom Beasley chats to director Peter Hedges about his new film Ben is Back, in which his son Lucas Hedges plays the title role… Just a few months after Timothée Chalamet broke the world’s hearts as a bizarrely attractive meth addict in Beautiful Boy, another exciting young actor is flexing his muscles as an addict […]
Disney reportedly retooling Pinocchio after losing director
Back in January it was announced that Paddington helmer Paul King has vacated the director’s chair on Disney’s planned Pinocchio movie, leaving the fate of the live-action adaptation uncertain. Well, if a new report from The DisInsider is to be believed, the House of Mouse has decided to retool the project, bringing in Jack Thorne […]
Paddington’s Paul King drops out of Disney’s Pinocchio remake
Back in February of last year it was announced that Disney had enlisted Paddington and Paddington 2 director Paul King to helm its live-action Pinocchio remake, but now comes word that King has exited the project, leaving the film’s status up in the air. “I don’t think it’s a secret anymore, but the film has […]
Tom Hanks in talks to play Geppetto in Disney’s Pinocchio
Having secured a director in Paddington’s Paul King earlier this year, it looks like Disney may be about to make its first casting on the live-action remake of its animated classic Pinocchio, with Variety reporting that Tom Hanks is in talks to portray Geppetto, the puppeteer who creates Pinocchio and becomes his father figure. Pinocchio […]
Why Netflix should green light Guillermo del Toro’s At the Mountains of Madness
Thomas Roach wants to see Netflix reviving Guillermo del Toro’s At the Mountains of Madness… Just last week it was announced that Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio project has received the green lit from Netflix. Del Toro had been working on the stop motion adaptation for some time, before stating back in 2017 that it was no longer […]
Roberto Benigni to star as Geppetto in live-action Pinocchio
Less than a week after the announcement that Guillermo del Toro’s stop-motion animated passion project Pinocchio is moving forward at Netflix, we now have word that another adaptation of the Carlo Collodi fairy tale is moving forward, this time in live-action. Deadline reports that writer-director Matteo Garrone (Gomorrah, Dogman) has cast Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni (Life […]
Guillermo del Toro to direct Pinocchio for Netflix
Guillermo del Toro is finally set to make his long-gestating passion project Pinocchio, with Netflix announcing that it is teaming with the Oscar-winning filmmaker on the stop-motion animated musical. “No art form has influenced my life and my work more than animation and no single character in history has had as deep of a personal connection […]
Paddington director to helm Disney’s live-action Pinocchio remake
Last week it was reported that Paddington and Paddington 2 director Paul King has signed on to direct Warner Bros.’ Willy Wonka movie, and now comes word from THR that the filmmaker has added another high profile project to his slate. According to the site, King will direct Pinnochio, Disney’s latest adaptation from its animated […]
Director Sam Mendes exits Disney’s Pinocchio, prompting speculation of a Bond return
It looks like Disney will have to find a new director to pull the strings on its live-action Pinocchio film, with The Tracking Board reporting that Sam Mendes (American Beauty, Skyfall) has exited the project. It’s unclear why the filmmaker has opted to drop out of Pinocchio, but it has prompted speculation that Mendes could […]
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio movie isn’t happening
Guillermo del Toro has revealed that his planned Pinocchio movie is no longer happening. The director’s stop-motion adaptation of the classic tale had been in the works since 2008, wanting to base his film on Gris Grimly’s art of Carlo Collodi’s famous 1883 novel, The Adventures of Pinocchio. The idea was to make a much […]