After some teasing on Twitter, Netflix has released the latest trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, which showcases a darkly beautiful interpretation of the classic tale, with the superb attention to detail the director is known for.
We first saw the stop-motion film via a short teaser earlier this year. It stars Ewan McGregor as Cricket and David Bradley as Geppetto, with Gregory Mann in the title role. Del Toro, best known for films like The Shape of Water, Crimson Peak and Pan’s Labyrinth, is co-directing Pinocchio alongside Mark Gustafson, and has previously described the film as a passion project.
“After years of chasing this dream project, I found my perfect match at Netflix,” he said in 2020. “We’ve spent a lot of time curating a remarkable cast and crew, and we’ve been blessed by Netflix’s continued support for do it quietly and carefully. soldier on, barely missing a beat. We all love and practice animation with great passion and believe it is the ideal medium to retell this classic story in a completely new”.
The film is part of a mini-resurgence of stop-motion on Netflix. In addition to Pinocchio, the streaming service released the anthology The House earlier this year, Wendell & Wild is coming this fall, and is working on new Chicken Run and Wallace & Gromit movies.
Pinocchio is coming to Netflix this holiday season.