In addition to the two Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey slasher movies, the twisted childhood universe known as the “Poohniverse” also includes the recently released Bambi: The Reckoning and Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare, and up next is Pinocchio: Unstrung.
Horror legend Robert Englund will voice Jiminy Cricket in the film, and the “Poohniverse” team has shared two images this week that give us a look at the character design.
If you’re thinking this particular version of Jiminy Cricket looks a tad bit like another iconic character that Robert Englund is known for playing, well, that’s probably not an accident!
Rhys Frake-Waterfield is directing the upcoming Pinocchio horror movie for Jagged Edge Productions, with makeup FX legend Todd Masters (Child’s Play, Underworld Awakening, Slither) tasked with creating the film’s sinister Pinocchio doll via practical effects.
Frake-Waterfield tells BD, “The film will embrace practical effects at every opportunity, ranging from the doll itself to the title card of the film. Having a budget significantly higher than my last film, Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2, I’m aiming to make this the definitive Pinocchio horror film and my best movie to date.”
Richard Brake (3 from Hell) will be starring as puppet master Geppetto.
Cameron Bell, Jessica Balmer, Jack Art Gray and Peter De Souza-Feighoney also star in horror movie Pinocchio: Unstrung, which is expected to come to life sometime next year.
The various films in this “Twisted Childhood Universe” are all building towards Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble, which will also feature Pinocchio amongst the deadly gang.
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