DISNEY+ 2nd TRAILER: ‘PINOCCHIO’ DELIVERS ON SEPTEMBER 8TH

DISNEY+:  Pinocchio is the next animated classic to get that live-action look.  With Tom Hanks in front of the camera as Geppetto, and Robert Zemeckis behind the camera pulling the strings (pun intended), it seems pretty clear that this take is a straight-forward re-do of the Disney classic. So if you like that movie, you’ll probably like this one.

But for me, I found the original animated story to be a bit wooden (pun intended).  And I hope that the story/characters are a bit more fleshed out in this new film.  I mean, if the Blue Fairy can bring life to a wooden boy, maybe she can also make the story/characters vibrant and alive as well.  You have Tom Hanks for goodness sakes! Give him something to do…

“Academy Award winner Robert Zemeckis directs this live action retelling of the beloved tale of a wooden puppet who embarks on a thrilling adventure to become a real boy. Tom Hanks stars as Geppetto, the wood carver who builds and treats Pinocchio (Benjamin Evan Ainsworth) as if he were his own son.”