According to Collider, one of the many projects Guillermo Del Toro has found himself attached to over the years has picked up a new writer. Patrick McHale, creator of Cartoon Network’s acclaimed Over The Garden Wall, has reportedly teamed up with Del Toro to help write his long-in-the-works Pinocchio movie. The Hellboy and Pan’s Labyrinth director has spent years talking about his dream of crafting a dark, stop-motion animated version of Pinocchio. The film, which was set to be based on Carlo Collodi’s 2002 book, spun into production way back in 2011, but according to Del Toro, it lots its financial backing and he’s been toying with the script ever since. McHale will be joining him in preparing a new draft.
Should Pinocchio fully get off the ground, it would mark Del Toro’s debut as a director of feature-length animation. As he told Collider, he ...
Should Pinocchio fully get off the ground, it would mark Del Toro’s debut as a director of feature-length animation. As he told Collider, he ...
- 1/24/2017
- by Matt Gerardi
- avclub.com
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