Walt Disney Studios has released the first trailer and poster for “Pinocchio,” its Robert Zemeckis-directed live-action adaptation of its own classic 1940 cartoon feature of the same name based on the book by Carlo Collodi.
The story sees an old Italian woodcarver named Geppetto who carves a wooden puppet named Pinocchio which is brought to life by a blue fairy and dreams of becoming a ‘real boy’ if he proves himself to be “brave, truthful, and unselfish”.
This version stars Tom Hanks as Geppetto, Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Jiminy Cricket, Cynthia Erivo as The Blue Fairy, Luke Evans as The Coachman, Keegan-Michael Key as ‘Honest’ John Worthington Foulfellow, Lorraine Bracco as Sofia the Seagull, and Benjamin Evan Ainsworth as Pinocchio.
The project, not to be confused with Guillermo del Toro’s stop-motion animated Netflix film based on the story also due out later this year, will premiere as a Disney+ original movie on Thursday September 8th.
The film will serve as the big launch title tied to the ‘Disney+ Day’ showcase that same day which leads into the D23 live event running September 9th-11th.
Here’s the first star you’ll see today Check out this brand-new poster for #Pinocchio! pic.twitter.com/zdf0uGx8n4
— Disney+ (@disneyplus) May 31, 2022
