The last nugget we catch on Pinocchio come almost a year ago , whenTom Hanks was considering play Geppetto , the woodwind instrument statue maker who creates thepuppetthat becomes Pinocchio . Though today ’s Variety report on Zemeckis ( who is not the first director to circle the project ) notes that the actor has since put across on the office .
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Interestingly enough , del Toro and Zemeckis just work together on an unrelated project : the Zemeckis - directed , del Toro - produced adjustment of Roald Dahl ’s The Witches , which was first adjust back in 1990 in a version that ’s since become a cutis - flake craze classic .
When you wish upon a star, a live-action movie of your story just might appear.Image: Disney
Del Toro ’s Pinocchio is due in 2021 ; there ’s no timeline yet for Disney ’s young take . The Witches will be in theaters next October .
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