When a musical is adapted to film, one thing’s for certain: a new song will be added whether it needs one or not (it usually doesn’t). The main reason for this is increased awards potential. In order ...

Remaking Disney's animated 1940 classic Pinocchio as a live action film was always going to be a challenge, and director Robert Zemeckis makes a few notable updates to the screenplay with Chris Weitz ...

Disney’s live-action remakes are mostly about telling the same story that the original film did, simply in a new format. However, that's not to say that the remakes don’t try to add things to make the ...

Regretfully and inexplicably, animal excrement also prominently features in Disney’s latest bit of self-cannibalization, Robert Zemeckis’ remake of the 1940 classic Pinocchio. Like the animated ...

Disney’s live-action remakes of its animated films has become a franchise of its own, with several big successes under its belt. Disney is now, not only, reusing stories to make live-action movies, ...

Pinocchio might not be a real boy just yet, but he definitely is a real puppet. Disney Plus has released the first trailer for “Pinocchio,” a live-action remake of the classic 1940 animated movie of ...

After a string of live-action remakes, from “Beauty and the Beast” to “The Lion King,” the Walt Disney Co. has finally gotten around to “ Pinocchio.” Along the way, there have been some nice ...

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As one of Disney's most recognizable names, Pinocchio is an icon of animated cinema. The legacy of the world's most famous liar spans over 80 years and countless generations, making it one of the most ...

Geppetto no longer smokes a pipe or wields a gun at the film's start. Geppetto in the original movie.Disney Geppetto's home in the animated film is filled with pipes, one of which he smokes before he ...

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Robert Zemeckis understands two things about Disney’s Pinocchio. First, he knows the 1940 animated film is ingrained in the entertainment behemoth’s DNA. It’s considered by many to be the best ...