Disney ’s quest to createlive - action remakesforall its animated classicstakes another footstep forward with Pinocchio , which hit Disney+ on September 8 as part of the streamer ’s anniversary celebration . Today ’s new dawdler — equal parts fantastical and sentimental , as gestate — gives us our best flavor yet atthe Robert Zemeckis tale , star the theatre director ’s old palTom Hanks as Geppetto .
Quite patently , “ alive action ” in this case entail “ unrecorded action but a sight of CG fiber , ” which is really no surprise . If you ’re inquire why you finger like you have Pinocchio - related déjà vu , that ’s because Guillermo del Toro also has a reading of the floor coming to cyclosis soon — a break off - motion labor of love titledThe Adventures of Pinocchiothat’ll be on Netflix in December .
But first , we ’ll see Zemeckis ’ take , which not only stars Hanks as Geppetto , it also featuresThe Haunting of Bly Manor ’s creepy-crawly - kid gaolbreak Benjamin Evan Ainsworth as Pinocchio ; Joseph Gordon - Levitt as Jiminy Cricket;Cynthia Erivoas the Blue Fairy ( Erivo will also perform a new interpretation of “ When You like Upon a Star ” for the movie ’s soundtrack ) ; Keegan - Michael Key as “ reliable ” John ; Lorraine Bracco as a new character name Sofia the Seagull ; andBeauty and the Beast ’s Luke Evans as the Coachman .
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Pinocchio premieres on Disney+ Day , September 8 .
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