‘Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio’ Producers Alex Bulkley & Corey Campodonico On Bringing Del Toro’s Vision To Life
deadline.comAfter joining Guillermo del Toro on the project over 10 years ago, producers Alex Bulkley and Corey Campodonico finally got to see the fruits of their labor when Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio premiered last year.
Del Toro’s Netflix adaptation of the Carlo Collodi story takes place in 1930s Italy, during the Fascist reign of Benito Mussolini.
In this story, woodcarver Geppetto (David Bradley) loses his son Carlo in an aerial bombing and carves Pinocchio (Gregory Mann) from the tree at his son’s grave.
Bulkley and Campodonico’s animation studio, ShadowMachine, was responsible for the stop-motion animation of the film, and the pair were incredibly excited to go on this long journey with del Toro. DEADLINE: What excited you about Guillermo del Toro’s version of the Pinocchio story? COREY CAMPODONICO: What is so cool about a property that’s been touched throughout the years and is such an iconic property, is a specific specificity that I think Guillermo had.
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