Overview
- The first trailer released online March 2 presents a slasher reimagining in which Pinocchio seeks “organs and stuff,” with Robert Englund voicing a malevolent Jiminy Cricket.
- Rhys Frake-Waterfield directs and produces with Scott Jeffrey for Jagged Edge Productions as a standalone entry in their low-budget Twisted Childhood Universe.
- Richard Brake portrays Geppetto, Jude Evan Lloyd voices Pinocchio, and the cast includes Cameron Bell, Jessica Balmer, Jack Art Gray and Peter De Souza-Feighoney.
- Pinocchio is brought to life as a fully practical animatronic, with effects overseen by Emmy winner Todd Masters.
- No release date is announced, and the franchise continues to expand with Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 3 entering production in April and the crossover Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble slated to shoot this summer.