Guillermo del Toro's stop-motion Pinocchio cast revealed

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The complete cast has finally been revealed and you can wish on about a dozen stars

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We've finally got the complete cast for Guillermo del Toro's stop-motion Pinocchio film and it's absolutely loaded with iconic actors.

In the three lead roles are Ewan McGregor as Cricket (aka Jiminy Cricket), David Bradley – of Harry Potter fame – as Gepetto, and "newcomer" Gregory Mann as Pinocchio. Mann certainly is a newcomer, as there's no information on him anywhere, save for a brief and pictureless IMDB listing for a Gregory Mann, which lists Pinocchio as one of two roles alongside The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society. 

Mysterious newcomer aside, del Toro's Pinocchio is filled to the brim with top-tier celebs, including Tilda Swinton, Cate Blanchett, Christoph Waltz, Ron Perlman, John Turturro (The Big Lebowski), Finn Wolfhard (Stranger Things), Tim Blake Nelson (HBO's Watchmen), and Burn Gorman (Game of Thrones). That's a hell of a lot of well-known actors.

According to Deadline, del Toro's Pinocchio will be set during the rise of fascism during Mussolini's Italy, where a wooden boy is magically brought to life by a father's wish. "After years of pursuing this dream project, I found my perfect partner in Netflix," says del Toro, "We have spent a long time curating a remarkable cast and crew and have been blessed by continuous support from Netflix to quietly and carefully soldier on, barely missing a beat. We all love and practice animation with great passion and believe it to be the ideal medium to retell this classic story in a completely new way." 

Del Toro will direct with Mark Gustafson, who's no stranger to stop-motion as he worked on Wes Anderson's The Fantastic Mr. Fox. There's no set release date yet, but stay tuned as we'll update you accordingly. I'm here for the possibility of Ewan McGregor doing an Italian accent…

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Alyssa Mercante
Alyssa Mercante
Former Features Writer

Alyssa Mercante used to be a features writer at GamesRadar+ and is now a freelance writer and editor. Prior to entering the industry, she got her Masters's degree in Modern and Contemporary Literature at Newcastle University with a dissertation focusing on contemporary indie games. She spends most of her time playing competitive shooters and in-depth RPGs and was recently on a PAX Panel about the best bars in video games. In her spare time Alyssa rescues cats, practices her Italian, and plays soccer.