10 Movies You Won’t Believe Are In Development

10. Del Toro's Dark Pinocchio

When most people see, that Netflix are releasing a remake of the kids classic Pinocchio it’s fair to say that they wouldn’t expect Guillermo del Toro to direct. With a filmography that includes Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy and The Devil’s Backbone, del Toro may seem an unlikely fit for such a project.

However, this isn’t your mothers remake of The Adventures of Pinocchio. As only del Toro would, the film is a stop motion animated dark fantasy musical film, that takes place during the rise of fascism in Italy during the 1930s.

Disney have cancelled their live-action remake plans for Pinocchio. Guillermo del Toro’s version will certainly not be the bland shot-for-shot fodder that Disney has produced in recent years.

The Oscar winning director intends to return to the source material that is significantly darker than the Disney classic film, with del Toro describing Collodi’s original book as “a very brutalist fable about what a sin disobedience is."

Filming began in January 2020 with a release date of 2021. And with a cast including Tilda Swinton and Ewan McGregor as well as the dark, twisted imagination of del Toro, Pinocchio is certainly a movie that no one can claim to have expected. Don’t even try and lie… your nose might grow.