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Oscar - winner Robert Zemeckis has entered talk to send Disney ’s unrecorded - actionPinocchioremake . Save for Tim Burton’sDumbo , just about every one of the Mouse House ’s live - action or CG retellings of its animated classic so far has been a huge commercial success . AladdinandThe Lion Kingboth topped $ 1 billion this yr alone , as didBeauty and the Beastin 2017 and ( very nearly)The Jungle Bookbefore them . As such , it ’s no surprisal that Disney has turned its centre to re - imaginging some of its older animated feature of speech next , include its 1940 adjustment of Carlo Collodi ’s storyPinocchio .
The live - actionPinocchiowas in the beginning expected to commence filming this class , with Paul King ( Paddington 1 & 2 ) directing from a script by Chris Weitz ( who also cowrote Disney ’s live - actionCinderella ) . However , back in January , King step downfor reasons that were never report on , and the film ’s been on hold ever since . However , it looks like the famous wooden son may be on his way to becoming a real - sprightliness someone once again .
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According toVariety , Zemeckis is now in former discourse to directPinocchiofor Disney . The filmmaker has apparently been eyeing the project since this summer , but was still in - production on Warner Bros. ' new adaptation of Roald Dahl ’s children ’s horror novelThe Witchesat the fourth dimension ( forward of its schedule discharge in 2020 ) , and wanted to finish filming before he signed on for his next movie .
In the decade or so since his return to live - action directing , Zemeckis has focused on making dramas either intended for old audiences ( Flight , Allied ) and/or based on actual - life story events ( The Walk , Welcome to Marwen ) , while at the same time still monkey around with filmmaking technology like 3D and , yes , motion - seizure . However , afterMarwenbombed at the box officelast year , he seems to have begin move back to four - quarter-circle crowd pleaser again , beginning withThe Witchand , possibly , keep withPinocchio . Disney ’s live - action at law remakes to date hastended to be faithful to a fault , so it ’ll be interesting to see if someone like Zemeckis - again , should he sign on - can coalesce thing up a little more with a impudent twirl on this particular fairy taradiddle .
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