Disney Is Turning Pinocchio Into A Real Boy With Live Action Remake
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – April 8, 2015 (Gephardt Daily) Deadline.com has broken the story that “Pinocchio” will be the latest offering from Disney’s “Remake of the Week” club.
Peter Hedges, the screenwriter of such hits as “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?” “About A Boy” and “Dan in Real Life” is developing a screenplay loosely based on the original story by Carlo Collodi.
Disney’s film will be competing with a version that is already in the works from “Pacific Rim” director Guillermo del Toro, who is developing a darker version of the story.
Pinocchio is one of Disney’s most acclaimed animated features. Film critic Leonard Maltin said that “With ‘Pinocchio,’ Disney reached not only the height of his powers, but the apex of what many critics consider to be the realm of the animated cartoon.”
Steven Spielberg paid tribute to “Pinocchio” in his films “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” and “AI: Artificial Intelligence.”
