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Will RDJ Be Geppetto In Tim Burton's 'Pinocchio?'
Warner Brothers is moving forward with a live-action adaptation of 'Pinocchio,' and none other than Tim Burton is interested in pulling the strings. Apparently in this version, written by Bryan Fuller ('Pushing Daisies'), Geppetto sets out on a quest to find his wayward wooden boy. Burton seems to have his eye set on Robert Downey, Jr. for the starring role of the master carpenter. It is important to note that neither Burton nor RDJ has anything resembling an official deal as of yet, but Burton is quite jazzed about the project and is currently in talks with WB to helm the film. RDJ is also evidently very interested and it may now just be a question of his availability. Given that WB has fast-tracked this project, and that Burton is also considering signing on to Fox's 'Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children,' the new Pinocchio will likely happen with or without Burton.
Once again, Burton is looking to play in someone else's sandbox; closing in on not one, but two adaptations. Don't get me wrong, I dig the idea of a Pinocchio story that focuses more on Geppetto's search, and the fact that Fuller wrote the script is more than a tad intriguing, but how many Burton adaptations are we going to get before he does something original? I would love to see Robert Downey, Jr. play Geppetto, but I would actually prefer someone else behind the camera. I'm therefore glad Warner Brothers is not, or at least appears to not be, hinging this project on whether Burton signs on. What is not clear however is how much of RDJ's interest in this project is tied up in Burton's involvement. There are a great deal of moving pieces and variables here, but I'm sure we'll see this film one way or another.
What do you guys think? Would you see a Tim Burton 'Pinocchio?' Do you like RDJ as Geppetto?
Source: THR
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Comment by Jon Riddle on January 11, 2012 at 11:52pm -
Alice in Wonderland.
Planet of the Apes.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Somebody needs to make Tim Burton slow down.
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Comment by Kevin Teel on January 10, 2012 at 6:55pm -
Keep Downey, but give it to Del Toro!
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Comment by Penny Dreadful on January 10, 2012 at 3:11pm -
Bad Tim Burton! bad! he's going to ruin two potentially awesome movies. Firstly he'll ruin Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children which was an awesome book and then he'll ruin Pinocchio atm starring Robert Downey JR. Robert Downey Jr is the best actor working atm and can make any film work except Burton's movies. I love Tim burton's movies BEFORE Corpse Bride, Now he's all s...tyle and NO substance. Look at Alice in wonderland, two hours of pretty images and nothing else. Someone honestly has to glue a good scriptwriter onto him for the love of god. It's not even like he's deliberately making arthouse films, he just doesn't understand the importance of the spoken word. Give talented film students and writers a chance to make movies. They'd put effort and devotion into these movies instead giving them away to some lazy one trick pony director who only casts his wife and his mate.
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Comment by Daz Da Spazz on January 10, 2012 at 11:11am -
i like tim burton, he really is one of my inspiring directors, but....... come on now.........
i'm more hoping for guillermo del toro's stop motion movie than anything else
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Comment by Boatloads1017 on January 10, 2012 at 12:18am -
Oh boy. RDJ will be great, but I'm not sure about the rest of the movie.
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Comment by Ian The Birthday Boy on January 9, 2012 at 10:59pm -
Tim Burton wants to do this with Downey? Did him and Depp have a fight recently?
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Comment by Mr. Jumbo on January 9, 2012 at 8:56pm -
I pretty sick of Burton and Downey, so this has a big "NO" written all over it.
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Comment by KP Spark on January 9, 2012 at 8:21pm -
You lost me at Tim Burton and had me at Bryan Fuller and then really perplexed me at RDJ.
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Comment by The Spill Crew on January 9, 2012 at 7:59pm -
@The Film Rebellion - Yes, the stop-motion Pinnochio film (based on Gris Grimly's illustrated version of the original book) is still in production.
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Comment by The Film Rebellion on January 9, 2012 at 7:42pm -
What happened to Guillermo Del Toro's awesome looking stop-motion Pinnochio film? Is it still in production?
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