The 66th BFI London Film Festival is set to host the world premiere of Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, the Oscar-winning director’s dark take on the classic fairy tale about a wooden marionette brought to life to mend the heart of a grieving woodcarver named Geppetto.The film will debut in the Royal Festival Hall at the Southbank Centre during the festival, which takes place October 5-15, 2022.The stop-motion film was directed by del Toro and Mark Gustafson and is from a screenplay by the Mexican filmmaker and Patrick McHale.
The film’s voice cast includes Ewan McGregor as Cricket, David Bradley as Geppetto and Gregory Mann as Pinocchio. Finn Wolfhard, Cate Blanchett, John Turturro, Ron Perlman, Tim Blake Nelson, Burn Gorman and Christoph Waltz and Tilda Swinton also star.The film’s music will be provided by the Oscar-winning composer Alexandre Desplat, who has also written the score.
Netflix is set to release the film theatrically in November before making it available for streaming in December.In addition to Pinocchio, LFF will also host the world premiere of Creature, the latest film from British filmmaker Asif Kapadia.
Based on a 2021 stage production by the Olivier award-winning choreographer Akram Khan, Creature follows an outsider’s search for belonging.
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