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InkDagger Since: Jul, 2014
TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#27: Jan 24th 2022 at 12:47:02 PM

[up] Yup. Ewan McGregor voices the cricket.

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#28: Jan 24th 2022 at 12:50:22 PM

[insert joke here about Jimney cricket lecturing about the darkside]

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Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
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#29: Jan 24th 2022 at 12:53:07 PM

Or the Shining. … The mentor role is a strange type casting for him.

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#30: Jan 25th 2022 at 10:08:54 AM

I loved his design! Looks pretty realistic, but whimsical and sympathetic at the same time, perhaps thanks to the stop motion.

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brb1006 (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#31: Jan 25th 2022 at 3:52:09 PM

You have no idea how long I've been waiting for this project. I remember Bedhead Bernie made a video discussing the very lengthy production for this movie a few years back.

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#32: Jan 25th 2022 at 3:57:59 PM

Give Roberto Benigni another chance!

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#33: Jan 25th 2022 at 4:01:29 PM

[up] Does the 2020 live-action adaptation count where Roberto plays Geppetto?

BTW: The film can be viewed on Amazon Prime (strongly recommend with the original Italian audiotrack with subtitles).

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#34: Jan 25th 2022 at 4:07:20 PM

> Give Roberto Benigni another chance!

Insert the picture of a bear with the caption

"How about No?"

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good-morning Lord Something, Forgetter of Cool Titles from Brazil Since: Nov, 2021
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#35: Jan 25th 2022 at 4:26:24 PM

Is the film literally named "Guilhermo del Toro's Pinocchio" or is that for marketing purposes? Because if it is the latter, we will have to disambiguate WesternAnimation.Pinocchio, either by year or by creator.

Edited by good-morning on Jan 25th 2022 at 9:26:40 AM

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#36: Jan 25th 2022 at 4:28:51 PM

Disambiguating it by year might be problematic, since Disney is planning to release their live-action remake of Pinocchio this year as well. So, we'd essentially have two works called Pinocchio (2022).

good-morning Lord Something, Forgetter of Cool Titles from Brazil Since: Nov, 2021
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#37: Jan 25th 2022 at 4:34:07 PM

[up] True, in that way we would have WesternAnimation.Pinocchio 2022 and Film.Pinocchio 2022 sharing pages like YMMV, Trivia, Headscratchers etc., even though they are completely different from each other, barring being inspired by The Adventures of Pinocchio.

Edited by good-morning on Jan 25th 2022 at 9:35:16 AM

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InkDagger Since: Jul, 2014
#38: Jan 25th 2022 at 5:30:28 PM

I feel like most people will end up knowing it as Gd T's Pinocchio, even if it's not titled that way, so might as well lean into it?

Also, apparently the film will be set during the rise of Mussolini so we're continuing the historical fascism theme from his previous works.

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#39: Jan 25th 2022 at 6:19:29 PM

So I guess this Pinocchio will be more true to the text by making Pinocchio more of an asshole than Disney's version.

Not looking forward to what Pinocchio does to the cricket then.

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Sunchet Since: Oct, 2010
#40: Jan 30th 2022 at 1:45:09 AM

What's with all these Pinocchios in 2022? There is already one animated movie coming and live-action remake this year. This will get confusing.

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#41: Jan 30th 2022 at 8:02:32 AM

[up] ...That's a trailer to Moonfall you're linking to.

Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
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#42: Jan 30th 2022 at 8:47:36 AM

And if you count video games, there is also Lies of P, which is coming at some point.

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#43: Jan 30th 2022 at 8:52:38 AM

> What's with all these Pinocchios in 2022?

Public domain means its a free for all,plus everyone wants to make adapation that makes people think of the Disney one

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InkDagger Since: Jul, 2014
#45: Jan 30th 2022 at 11:41:09 AM

Its just the Follow The Leader Trope.

One group makes an adaptation of Public Domain and then another wants to get a better and cheaper adaptation out quicker to cash in on competition. Or some other related idea.

And its not always Disney being the leader either.

I'd consider Lies of P to be more coincidental though since I believe that's had a pretty lengthy development time and is in a non-Western country where I feel like "New Pinocchio movie announced" would be irrelevant.

They probably adapted Pinocchio purely because it was public domain first and thus no royalties for easily identifiable property for a non-western Indie studio to adapt.

Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#46: Jan 30th 2022 at 12:02:51 PM

In this case, I think it's...mostly coincidence. Guillermo del Toro's been trying to get funding for his version for ages (and it was announced by Netflix well before the Disney announcement), Disney getting around to it was basically an inevitability, and Lies of P seems to be independent too.

I'd say that other animated version is the obvious cash in.

Sunchet Since: Oct, 2010
#47: Jan 30th 2022 at 12:36:50 PM

Alright, here's a trailer for the actual thing.

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#48: Jan 30th 2022 at 1:03:17 PM

Yeah,that looks really average,also is that Dumbledore as the wooden puppet's father?

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good-morning Lord Something, Forgetter of Cool Titles from Brazil Since: Nov, 2021
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#49: Jan 30th 2022 at 3:50:03 PM

Wow, that's gotta be the most CGI-like stop motion animation I've ever seen! Props to Netflix

Edited by good-morning on Jan 30th 2022 at 8:50:52 AM

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InkDagger Since: Jul, 2014
#50: Jan 30th 2022 at 5:16:49 PM

...

wtf is the argument for 'A True Story'???

Everything is looks typically stupid and bad; fine, whatever. But the 'True Story' part is actively confusing.

How??? HOW can you possibly argue that???


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