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Guillermo Del Toro's Nose Is Growing
Cinema Blend News —
... Really, how seriously are we supposed to take any announcement of a project that Guillermo del Toro is working on? He's booked solid for the next decade, and yet, the guy just can't say no. The latest project bound to suffer from his neglect will be Pinocchio , a stop-motion feature he'll work on with the Jim Henson Muppet factory to make a darker version of the fairy tale we all know from Disney. Del Toro is executive producing as well as working on the screenplay, according to Variety , so at least he doesn't seem to have a delusional belief that he has time to direct it. ...
Guillermo del Toro Making A New Pinocchio
FlicksNews.net —
... Variety reports the project will be produced by JHC co-toppers Brian Henson and Lisa Henson along with senior VP Jason Lust. Del Toro will executive produce.
Del Toro developing 'Pinocchio' feature
The Screening Log —
Guillermo del Toro and the Jim Hensen Co. are currently developing a stop-motion version of "Pinocchio," according to bloody-disgusting.com.
Del Toro, who's writing the script with Gris Grimly, told the Web site the film will be much darker than the original tale.
"The idea came from Gris, and everybody loves his book about it. The original story is far more perverse and spooky and semi-necrophilia vibe to it in certain aspects," he told B-D.
Grimly will direct "Pinocchio" with Adam Parrish King. Del Toro most recently directed "Hellboy II: The Golden Army."
Besides "The Hobbit," del ...
Guillermo del Toro Producing Stop-Motion 'Pinocchio'
Cinematical —
Filed under: Animation, Horror, Deals, RumorMonger, Family Films, Remakes and SequelsEither writer/director/producer/caterer Guillermo del Toro came across a gap in his schedule for the next five decades, he's allergic to rest, or he's afraid that Luc Besson might beat him to it, but the man has decide to act as executive producer on a stop-motion version of Pinocchio that he's developing with the Jim Henson Company. Mind you, this is already in addition to his coming duties on The Hobbit, Frankenstein, Drood, next week's Rosenberg bar mitzvah ...
Pinocchio Grows on del Toro, Grimly
At The Movies - Film News and Reviews —
What? He’s not a real boy?
Variety adds details to BloodyDisgusting’s report last week that Guillermo del Toro has joined forces with children’s book illustrator Gris Grimly to make a new version of the classic tale Pinocchio. del Toro and Grimly are writing the screenplay; Grimly and Adam Parrish King are co-directing. del Toro is also exec producing.
(Why isn’t del Toro directing? As you may have heard, he’s a bit busy with this Hobbit thing.)
The new Pinocchio will be a stop-motion animated production, with The Henson Co. in on the project, presumably to ...
Guillermo del Toro and Henson team up for "Pinocchio"
FilmWad —
This is not going to be your Disney version of Pinocchio. According to Variety Guillermo del Toro along with the Jim Henson Co. will be developing a darker version of Pinocchio. Del Toro’s working on the screenplay with Gris Grimly, who illustrated a 2002 version of “Pinocchio.” Grimly and Adam Parrish King will co-direct the film. Del Toro disclosed the project in an interview with the website Bloodydisgusting.com and said that it would take about three years to complete. Pinocchio first appeared in the 19th century book “The Adventures of Pinocchio” by Carlo Collodi. Walt ...
007 Makes $70.4 Million. Trade Roughage 11/17/08
SpoutBlog —
Despite critical disappointment with the latest Bond installment, Quantum of Solace had the franchise’s best opening ever, by a lot. The previous installment, Casino Royale, debuted with only $40.8 million, and Bond’s former best opener, Die Another Day, debuted with $47 million. Quantum’s take was $70.4 million, which was unfortunately $400,000 too high for a really good headline. As for the other significant UK/USA co-production, Slumdog Millionaire earned a smashing weekend per-screen average of $35,000 and has grossed $418,000 since Wednesday. ...
Morning Deal Report: A Double Shot of McQuarrie
The Screengrab —
Thanks primarily to last week’s publicity boost from the Screengrab, Quantum of Solace opened at the top spot on the box office charts. (That’s our theory, anyway.) Raking in $70.4 million over the weekend, Quantum crushed the previous Bond best of $47.1 million held by 2002’s Die Another Day and proved that American audiences can live with a weird title as long as there are plenty of chase scenes. Madascar: Escape 2 Africa slipped to second place with a $36.1 million haul, followed by Role Models with $11.7 million.
Not long ago we were wondering whatever happened to Usual Suspects ...
