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Wheres that damn Pinocchio movie!!

posted 7 years ago by chromegrass
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I remember he announced that he was gonna make a Pinocchio movie like years ago. And I am here like 5 years later and nothing. He isn't even working on that much projects. Cant he just finish projects that he says he is gonna do instead of leaving fans and projects in the air. Like he did that with the Hobbit. I am still waiting for my favorite Disney movie to be remade (yes I know its based off a book but I never read it). So cmon Del Toro, START ALREADY!!

[–] Askur 7 years ago

Well, it is a stop-motion movie with a somewhat dark content. Another stop-motion movie in that regard was Frankenweenie. The studios came to the conclusion that if a stop motion movie did not do it as good as expected, it would not be worth the risk (it probably never occurred to them the fact that it was black and white could have had something to do with it):

http://www.cartoonbrew.com/animators/did-frankenweenie-kill-guillermo- del-toros-stop-mo-pinocchio-project-77266.html

That's like assuming if a CGI movie did not do it well enough, one should be more careful with other CGI movies as well. But that's how Hollywood works:

Most greenlight decisions in Hollywood are reached in part based on computer programs that analyze how similar releases have performed in the past.
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/nov/19/entertainment/la-et-ct-life-of -pi-tough-sell-20121119/2

[–] [deleted] a year ago

It's finally out!

[–] roger_dat (1082) a year ago

Yeah just saw the trailer on Netflix, feels like it will be an emotional ride