Sundance short Kid Adam Parrish King to helm Del Toro’s ‘Pinocchio’

I guess if it was early in Guillermo del Toro’s career, and he wouldn’t be attached to make films for the next two decades then he’d probably take on a re-imagined version of Pinocchio for himself, but its safe to say that the del Toro name on a project in any capacity is not like a “Tarantino presents” type gimmick. A fan of the macabre and fantasy, del Toro will kick-start a pair of careers in this project. 

Adam Parrish King made a name for himself with his brilliant Sundance-preemed stop-motion animated short The Wraith of Cobble Hill (which I’ll be digging out of my screeners for a second viewing sometime in the future) will be teaming with Gris Grimly, the illustrator who re-created a Pinocchio that will be the basis for the feature-length filmmmaking debut. 

Variety reports that Guillermo del Toro‘s developing the project to be produced by Brian Henson and Lisa Henson along with Jason Lust. Del Toro will exec produce. Don’t look for this to come out anytime soon — as it will be a stop-animation type project.