Pinocchio Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

A living puppet, with the help of a cricket as his conscience, must prove himself worthy to become a real boy in a musical remake of the Disney animated classic.

Adventure Family Fantasy Live-Action/CGI Remake

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Pinocchio.

• 
  Tom Hanks

  ... Geppetto

  Here, Toy Story 3

• 
  Joseph Gordon-Levitt

  ... Jiminy Cricket (voice)

  Inception, Don Jon

• 
  Keegan-Michael Key

  ... Honest John (voice)

  Transformers One, Hotel Transylvania: Transformania

• B
  Benjamin Evan Ainsworth

  ... Pinocchio (voice)

  Felix, Everything’s Going to Be Great

• 
  Cynthia Erivo

  ... Blue Fairy

  Wicked, Wicked: For Good

• L
  Lorraine Bracco

  ... Sofia the Seagull (voice)

  Nonnas, Jacir

Crew Behind the Film

The Pinocchio behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Robert Zemeckis last directed Here and The Witches. The film's writer Peter Hedges last wrote Ben Is Back and The Odd Life of Timothy Green.

Director

Robert Zemeckis

Screenwriters

Peter Hedges
Chris Weitz
Jack Thorne

Producers

Andrew Miano
Chris Weitz

Production Details

What we know about the Pinocchio movie production.

Key Facts

• Pinocchio is coming to Disney+ in a compelling new live-action retelling that will leverage state-of-the art CGI to bring Pinocchio to life. Robert Zemeckis directs and Tom Hanks stars (12/11/2020).
• Tom Hanks is in early negotiations to play Geppetto. This would reunite Hanks with director Robert Zemeckis. The two have previously worked together on 1994’s Forrest Gump, 2000’s Cast Away and 2004’s The Polar Express (8/5/2020).
• This will be a live action film.
• Based on the 1883 novel "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi.

Production Updates for Pinocchio

Sep 2022

Completed

Changed Pinocchio movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

Nov 2021

Post-Production

Changed the movie production status to Post-Production. The movie is now in the editing and finishing stages.

Mar 2021

Production

Changed the movie production status to Production. Will begin production in April in the U.K.

Jan 2021

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Preparations are underway to start production.

Oct 2019

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. Robert Zemeckis is in talks to direct and will be looking to cast Geppetto as his next step.

Mar 2018

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. Paddington director Paul King is on-board to direct. Disney is hoping to being production in the fall.

May 2017

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. Sam Mendes in talks to direct, based on the script by Chris Weitz.

Apr 2015

Announced

Changed the movie production status to Announced. Disney is working on a live-action take on Pinocchio.

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