Disney announces live-action version of Pinocchio

By Leah Zanolla | Published April 9, 2015

In what is becoming the norm for Disney, an announcement has been made about Pinocchio being remade as a live-action film. Peter Hedges is writing the adaptation, based on the story of the wooden puppet who becomes a real boy. Carlo Collodi wrote the original Pinocchio story, The Adventures of Pinocchio, in 1883.

Guillermo del Toro is also working on a version of Pinocchio, though much darker than the Disney version will likely be. del Toro co-wrote the script with Matthew Robbins and is planning his film to be a stop-motion animated 3D version.

Other upcoming animated-to-live-action films Disney has already announced include: Beauty and the Beast, The Jungle Book, Dumbo, Winnie the Pooh and Mulan.

News source: Deadline

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Leah Zanolla

Leah grew up in a little farming town in Illinois, right on the Mississippi River. Her Chicago-born husband, David, left the city for her, and they're now raising their three children (Jacob, Jonah and Lydia) just 12 miles from her hometown. As the Senior Editor of the DIS (wdwinfo.com), Leah spends a lot of time writing about, reading about, and discussing Disney. So, it should come as no surprise that one of her family's favorite ways to spend time is going to Walt Disney World and traveling on Disney Cruise Line. She also enjoys shopping, watching movies with her husband and doing crafts with and for her kids.

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