Guillermo del Toro Offers Update on His Frankenstein-Inspired Pinocchio, Reveals Release Window

Guillermo del Toro is Hollywood’s undisputed king of exciting projects that get announced and then discarded for one reason or another, so getting two back-to-back projects from the Oscar-winner is a dang cause for celebration. Speaking to the director about his upcoming noir Nightmare Alley, Collider’s Steve Weintraub also confirmed the filmmaker’s stop-motion musical Pinocchio, the Italian fantasy fable most notably adapted by Disney in 1940, will arrive on Netflix at the tail-end of 2022. “The movie will come out last quarter of 2022,“ Del Toro told us. “It’s curious because it’s been almost five years since Shape of Water and now it’s going to be two movies in a row one after the other.“ Pinocchio is one of the most often-adapted fairy tales in history, between the classic Disney version, Roberto Benigni’s (many) attempts, and director Robert Zemeckis’ upcoming live-action take featuring Tom Hanks as Gepetto. But Del Toro promises to bring a unique, dark eye to the project, citing Mary Shelley’s Franken