Disney’s New Pinocchio Trailer Is Kind of on the Nose

Disney’s quest to create live-action remakes for all its animated classics takes one other step ahead with Pinocchio, which hits Disney+ on September 8 as a part of the streamer’s anniversary celebration. Today’s new trailer—equal elements fantastical and mawkish, as anticipated—provides us our greatest look but at the Robert Zemeckis story, starring the director’s outdated pal Tom Hanks as Geppetto.

Quite clearly, “live action” on this case means “live action but a lot of CG characters,” which is basically no shock. If you’re questioning why you’re feeling like you’ve gotten Pinocchio-related déjà vu, that’s as a result of Guillermo del Toro additionally has a model of the story coming to streaming quickly—a stop-motion labor of affection titled The Adventures of Pinocchio that’ll be on Netflix in December.

But first, we’ll see Zemeckis’ take, which not solely stars Hanks as Geppetto, it additionally options The Haunting of Bly Manor’s creepy-kid breakout Benjamin Evan Ainsworth as Pinocchio; Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Jiminy Cricket; Cynthia Erivo because the Blue Fairy (Erivo can even carry out a brand new model of “When You Wish Upon a Star” for the film’s soundtrack); Keegan-Michael Key as “Honest” John; Lorraine Bracco as a brand new character named Sofia the Seagull; and Beauty and the Beast’s Luke Evans because the Coachman.

Pinocchio premieres on Disney+ Day, September 8.

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