With just a few weeks to go before Pinocchio premieres, the first extended trailer for the live-action adaptation has been released by Disney, bringing the animated classic to life. The trailer finally offers fans a detailed look at the beloved titular character, voiced by Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, and his allies. It is surprising to see just how accurate the adaptation is compared to the animated original released in 1940.
The new Pinocchio trailer features a lot of footage from the upcoming Disney film, especially of the lead character, which fans had been waiting to see ever since the film was announced. The Pinocchio teaser trailer released earlier this year showed fans Tom Hanks' Geppetto and glimpses of some of the other main characters. However, Pinocchio was mostly missing in action, and the new trailer makes up for it entirely.
The Pinocchio trailer begins with glimpses of the titular character, before the Blue Fairy brings him to life. Hanks' Geppetto is seen playing with him in his workshop, while Joseph Gordon-Levitt's Jiminy Cricket wanders around, probably getting ready to narrate the story. Once the puppet is brought to life, the trailer includes some fascinating shots of Ainsworth's Pinocchio interacting with everyone around him. The CGI is being praised by fans, which isn’t a surprise, as the little puppet boy has uncanny similarities to his animated counterpart.
The trailer then reveals the moment where Pinocchio gets kidnapped, and Geppetto and Jiminy Cricket struggle to find him. From that moment on, the action-packed trailer showcases Pinocchio exploring the world, meeting new people, and just trying to be a young boy. As fireworks erupt on screen, several scenes offer a glimpse at the exciting journey that Pinocchio will go on as part of the film. In the end, he will be Geppetto's “real boy,” a call back to the original animated film where that’s all the woodworker wants. The trailer ends with a look at Pinocchio's famous growing nose, which occurs when he tells a lie.
The much-awaited film is a live-action remake of the 1940 animated movie of the same name. Fans already know that the original was based on a children’s novel written by Carlo Collodi, which was first published as a serial in a newspaper back in 1881. It was titled The Adventures of Pinocchio and was converted into a book in 1883. The tales narrated the story of a string puppet who wanted to be a real boy, and it is perhaps one of the few children’s novels that have traversed generations and retained its popularity over time.
Pinocchio premieres on Disney Plus on September 8, 2022.
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