Guillermo del Toro is developing a stop motion adaptation of the classic PINOCCHIO tale with the Jim Henson Co in what Variety describe will be a dark version of the fable.
del Toro, extremely busy with THE HOBBIT right now but will somehow find the time to co-scribe a screenplay with Gris Grimley (the author of a 2002 illustrated version of the tale pictured above). Adam Parrish King (sound editor on THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS) will co-direct with Grimley.
Both will be making their directorial debut on the project, which the trades say will take three years to complete.
