Guillermo del Toro vividly remembers his first exposure to the century-plus-old story of Pinocchio, the wooden puppet striving to become a real boy, when he was a boy. Like generations of children ...

Del Toro found a poetic irony in telling Pinocchio’s tale this way, he recently told Polygon. “Very poignantly, it becomes a movie about a puppet in a world of people that don’t know they’ ...

to also grow as Pinocchio evolved." Craving more stories of the fantastic? Extraordinary Tales — the 2013 Edgar Allan Poe anthology on which Guillermo del Toro served as narrator for one of the ...

but we want to know what the puppet is thinking.” Often, it seemed, the puppets were thinking of death, a theme that hangs over “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” from the extended opening ...

As the producer Lisa Henson put it, “They do things that other puppet builders do not have the patience or the expertise to do.” “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” is the latest example of ...

He begins life as a wooden puppet, his best and sometimes ... (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "GUILLERMO DEL TORO'S PINOCCHIO") GREGORY MANN: (As Pinocchio) Good morning, Papa. DAVID BRADLEY: (As Geppetto ...

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio is a compelling and ... planted on Carlo’s grave and makes a puppet out of it. That puppet—Pinocchio—is brought to life by an enchanted forest spirit ...

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio changes the narrative Director ... In del Toro’s hands, Pinocchio subverts other versions by viewing the puppet’s unique nature as something to protect rather ...

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio will begin streaming on Netflix ... on the west coast and you don’t yet see that little wooden puppet steaming up your Netflix page, try refreshing the page ...