Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy, The Hobbit) is developing the children's story Pinocchio as a stop-motion film in collaboration with the Jim Henson Company. According to Variety, Del Toro's version is expected to be considerably darker than the 1940 Walt Disney animated fairy tale.Variety: Guillermo del Toro Plots Pinocchio (November 14, 2008)

• "We are trying to get a full stop-motion version of Gris Grimly's Pinocchio off the ground, with the Jim Henson Company. The idea came from Gris, and everybody loves his book about it. The original story is far more perverse and spooky and semi-necrophilia vibe to it in certain aspects. Gris certainly has that vein in him, he wants to do this with that original spookiness in it, we are trying to get it going."—Guillermo del ToroBloody Disgusting: Grimly & Guillermo del Toro Team For Stop-Motion Pinocchio' (November 12, 2008)

• A wooden puppet made by Geppetto, Pinocchio was brought to life by the Blue Fairy but his nose grows every time he tells a lie. Pinocchio must prove himself worthy before he can be made into a real boy. During his quest, the puppet is tricked by Honest John who gives Pinocchio to the wicked puppeteer, Stromboli. When Pinocchio is sent to Pleasure Island, a land where bad little boys are turned into donkeys, he manages to escape with the help of Jiminy Cricket. After saving his father, who was swallowed by the whale, Monstro, the Blue Fairy rewards Pinocchio by turning him into a real boy.Disney Archives: Pinocchio