Most recently, he portrayed Fred Rogers in the biopic A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood. He also starred in rom-coms like You’ve Got Mail and won the Best Actor Oscar for his roles in Forrest Gump and Philadelphia. Hanks has been in Hollywood since the 80s, starring in classics like Big, Turner & Hooch, and Splash. Banks, Disney’s retelling of how Mary Poppins was turned into a movie.
Hanks himself is no stranger to Disney, as he portrayed Uncle Walt himself in Saving Mr. In Disney’s Pinocchio movie, Gepetto wishes upon a star, and his kind heart and a lifetime of good deeds summons the Blue Fairy, who grants Pinocchio sentience. Shocker ! America’s dad is slated to play Gepetto, the childless toymaker who creates Pinocchio for companionship and to have a son of his own. So cut your puppet strings and walk on down to see who’s starring in Pinocchio the live-action movie! Don’t worry – it’ll probably be watered down. Although this movie birthed Disney’s theme song “When You Wish Upon a Star”, it also had horrifying characters like a carnivorous whale and a sadistic puppet master who threatens sentient marionettes with an ax.Īnd don’t get us started on Pleasure Island and the boys screaming for their mothers as they turn into donkeys!Īlas, this nightmare fuel got the greenlight to become a Disney live-action movie, complete with a cast list. The movie is based on the short but terrifying novel by Carlo Collodi, and Disney’s 1940 remake is also the stuff of nightmares.
The latest in the saturation of these unwanted remakes is Disney’s Pinocchio. Since we live in a world where money talks, that means the Disney live-action movies no one asked for keep on coming. They frequently get panned by critics, but Mickey Mouse keeps raking in his cheddar from them anyway. By: Carmen MacBeth ‘Pinocchio’: Which A-listers are starring in the Disney live-action movie?ĭisney live-action remakes are the Nickelback of movies.
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