From Rian Johnson’s upcoming Benoit Blanc sequel, Glass Onion, to David Fincher’s adaptation of his late father’s script, Mank; Netflix is known for giving top directors near unprecedented budgets and creative freedom for the awards season films. Oscar-winning genre king Guillermo del Toro is the latest auteur to team with the streamer for his biggest passion project, a stop motion animated feature film adaptation of the puppet turned real boy, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio. The Shape of Water and Blade II director has reportedly been trying to make this movie since at least 2008, previously saying “no art form has influenced my life and my work more than animation and no single character in history has had as deep of a personal connection to me as Pinocchio”, and “I’ve wanted to make this movie for as long as I can remember.” While his love for the story is admirable, what left is there to be said about a story that’s already been adapted dozens of times, including once earlier this year at Disney? In today’s episode of The Cinematic Schematic, host Caleb Masters is rejoined by Daniel Bokemper and Christopher Shultz to review this fresh take on Pinocchio from the […]

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