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Guillermo del Toro Developing Stop-Motion 'Pinocchio'
Source: Variety
Variety reports that Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth, The Hobbit) is developing a stop-motion Pinocchio feature with the Jim Henson Co. "as a darker version of the original fairy tale."
Del Toro's working on the screenplay with Gris Grimley, who illustrated a 2002 version of "Pinocchio." Grimley and Adam Parrish King are set to co-direct the film.
Variety reports that Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth, The Hobbit) is developing a stop-motion Pinocchio feature with the Jim Henson Co. "as a darker version of the original fairy tale."
Del Toro's working on the screenplay with Gris Grimley, who illustrated a 2002 version of "Pinocchio." Grimley and Adam Parrish King are set to co-direct the film.
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Comment by MovieThompson on November 17, 2008 at 5:18pm -
Ohh no....
Knowing this guy I think he might make pinochio a not so kid friendly tail (Which it really isnt suppost to be but Disney scraped the original tale and went for a story about a father in his son when the original was just a PSA telling you to not do drugs). Anyway, This might be kind of Jim Henson (Mirror Mask)'ish, but i'll look into it.
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Comment by Zero on November 17, 2008 at 9:40am -
:o I dunno this doesn't sound like a good idea.
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Comment by Devin on November 16, 2008 at 5:25pm - Yeah, they try to hang Pinocchio but he's made of wood so he doesn't die. We also must not forget about the cricket getting crushed with a hammer early on, and becoming a ghost cricket for most of the book!
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Comment by Maciek on November 16, 2008 at 2:10pm -
Did you guys ever read the orginal book? The version before Disney adaptaion? It's has some trully dark moments (for example a scene when Fox and cat try to kill Pinocchio in forest with kinfes and he bites cats hand off, and they try to hang him, but he dosent die for some reason) and it is very disturbing in tone, much like the orginal "Alice in Wonderland" (if not more).
I can imagine a better director for a adaptation of this book...
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Comment by Hgreen on November 16, 2008 at 9:19am - how could you have a darker version of pinnochio?
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Comment by HANDOVERFISTS on November 16, 2008 at 8:55am - Long live the spirt of Jim Henson!
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Comment by Michael on November 15, 2008 at 11:13pm - Dark Pinchio hell no you could a dark little mermaid though and mabye jim hensons puppets would be decent
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Comment by Crym on November 15, 2008 at 7:33pm - del Toro and Jim Henson Co? This could make me squee like a fangirl. Granted Henson Studios haven't been the same since Jim Henson died but maybe this and the Dark Crystal sequel can put them back on track.
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Comment by Devin on November 15, 2008 at 6:55pm
- I actually just ejaculated reading this. Anyone who's read Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio knows how dark and twisted it really is, and I was waiting for someone like this to happen.
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Comment by Fordman2539 on November 15, 2008 at 6:51pm - sounds lame, i hope they finish the hobbit before they start this... dont want that to get pushed back
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