Others include, like, why do people give Robert Zemeckis money? Whomst clamoring was certainly one of them. I came away from this with so many questions. But, boy, I just can't find a reason that this had to be made at this time. Maybe that's part of the problem here, too. Why did that have to happen? Is it possible that I don't particularly care for the story of "Pinocchio" as we have known it in the classic Disney story? Sure. WILLISON: Academy Award nominee Lorraine Bracco as a new character, Sophia the seagull. I don't know why Lorraine Bracco is a seagull. Why we have decided to force Tom Hanks into just, like, muttering to CGI creatures by himself for many, many hours, but that's what we've decided we're doing with national treasure Tom Hanks. I don't really remember much of what happened in this movie, one, because it is basically, beat for beat, the same as the classic original film from the '40s and also because it's incredibly boring. And it does feel as though everyone here maybe owed Robert Zemeckis some sort of favor, cannot say no to him. I believe Aisha used the word corralled to describe the cast. I can say that kind of proudly and bravely. TUCKER: Well, this is a movie that was made. That promises to be a lot darker and a lot freakier than this "Pinocchio." This "Pinocchio" we're talking about is the Disney mostly live-action remake available today on Disney+. So to be clear, this isn't the animated Guillermo del Toro "Pinocchio," which is coming to Netflix in a few months. The film was directed by Robert Zemeckis, who co-wrote it with Chris Weitz. In the grand tradition of these Disney live-action remakes, Fabiana gets a brand-new song to sing, making it eligible for the best original song Oscar. It does add a new character, a puppeteer named Fabiana, played by Kyanne Lamaya. And Luke Evans is the also evil proprietor of an island of temptation. The evil puppet show proprietor, Stromboli, is played by Giuseppe Battiston. The shifty fox, Honest John, is voiced by Keegan-Michael Key. The film hits all the familiar beats of the 1940 original. He's voiced by Joseph Gordon-Levitt doing a whole Southern thing. And until that happens, a cricket named Jiminy gets sort of dragooned into acting as his temporary conscience. Now, it's not full life because if Pinocchio, voiced by Ben Ainsworth, wishes to become a real, live boy, he must prove himself brave and selfless and honest. Cynthia Erivo is the blue fairy who grants Geppetto's wish for a son, sort of, by imbuing the wooden boy with life. As we mentioned, you know the story of "Pinocchio." So here, Tom Hanks is a lonely woodcarver whose name is Geppetto, who makes a wooden boy puppet out of pine. And also with us is Christina Tucker, co-host of the podcast, "Wait, Is This A Date?" Welcome back, Christina. Joining us today is Margaret Willison, newly of Not Sorry Productions. And today we're talking about "Pinocchio" on POP CULTURE HAPPY HOUR from NPR. But director and co-writer Robert Zemeckis has corralled stars like Tom Hanks, Cynthia Erivo, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Keegan-Michael Key to give it new life. They’re Disney characters: Donald Duck Dumbo Snow White and the seven dwarfs Woody, from “Toy Story” (Hanks must have gotten a kick out of that one) Roger and Jessica Rabbit (Zemeckis ditto).The new Disney+ film "Pinocchio" is a mostly live-action remake of the 1940 Disney animated classic about a wooden boy who longs to become real but must first undergo a series of trials and temptations in order to do so. Look closely: The clocks’ automatons aren’t cuckoos. The statement is more significant than it might seem. “My clocks mean everything to me,” he declares. Cuckoo clocks cover an entire wall of his workshop. Geppetto is a clockmaker as well as woodworker. Imagine, no one previously realized that “Pinocchio” rhymes with “holy smoke-i-o.” Silvestri also composed the slathered-on score. Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard contribute four new songs, none of them memorable. There are several new characters, most notably a seagull squawkily voiced by Lorraine Bracco. A joke about Chris Pine (hint, what’s Pinocchio made out of?) and another about influencers would have Walt Disney chewing on his pipe. Evinrude should consider the tie-in possibilities. Pinocchio gets to water-ski, sort of, and later uses his legs as an outboard-motor substitute. This is one of several differences between the two movies. Readers up on their 1940 “Pinocchio” will know that it’s Jiminy who sings “When You Wish Upon a Star” there. From left: Cynthia Erivo as the Blue Fairy, with Pinocchio and Jiminy Cricket in "Pinocchio." Disney
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