Made on a budget of less than $100,000, director Rhys Frake-Waterfield’s movie Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey earned more than $6 million during its global release in early 2023, so not only did the sequel Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 have a substantially higher budget, that success opened the door to an entire cinematic universe that will consist of at least one more Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey sequel and other horror movies inspired by children’s stories, like Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare, Bambi: The Reckoning, and Pinocchio Unstrung. (Along with the crossover Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble.) Viva Pictures will be giving Pinocchio Unstrung a theatrical release in North America on July 24th – and with that date right around the corner, a new trailer has dropped online. You can check it out in the embed above.
What is Pinocchio Unstrung about?
Frake-Waterfield directed Pinocchio Unstrung. The story follows young James as he learns of his grandfather Geppetto’s deadly secret: Pinocchio.
Cameron Bell, Jessica Balmer, Jack Art Gray, and Peter De Souza-Feighoney star alongside A Nightmare on Elm Street‘s Robert Englund and Rob Zombie regular Richard Brake.
As we’ve previously heard, Todd Masters of MastersFx, who worked on the 2019 Child’s Play remake, headed up the animatronics and puppetry. The Prosthetics Studio, which has worked on the Star Wars and Harry Potter franchises, provided the practical gore.
What has been said about Pinocchio Unstrung?
Brake previously had this to say about the project: “Not only is the script dark, twisted and gory, it’s also at times very funny. Todd Masters and his team have created incredible practical effects. Audiences are in for a crazy ride.” Masters added, “I’ve forever loved the original and demented story from the 1880s. So I was excited to join this production, to bring this little puppet to life — with all practical FX. This version is still a little puppet’s pursuit to becoming a boy… but the way he becomes one, is extremely gnarly… and frankly, very fun.“
Frake-Waterfield said, “Our movie flips everything you know about Pinocchio on its head. We have an incredibly talented cast and crew working on this. We are heavily relying on practical effects for all of the deaths and creature work. I can’t wait for the world to meet Pinocchio.“
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