Carlo Collodi

Have you psychologically and emotionally recovered from Guillermo del Toro’s twisted, Oscar-winning, stop-motion-animated adaptation of Pinocchio? Perhaps you’re still trying to scrub Disney’s creepy, lifeless, live-action Pinocchio movie out of your mind? Good news—you have plenty of time to heal before A Series of Unfortunate Events author Lemony Snicket and Hellboy creator Mike Mignola team up to bring yet another creepy-ass version of the puppet-boy into the world.Well, kind of. Instead of making a movie, the two are…

TJ Klune’s latest leads you deep into a fantastic forest where a man has raised a small family of robots. This standalone novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The House in the Cerulean Sea and Under the Whispering Door takes inspiration from Carlo Collodi’s The Adventures of Pinocchio, and is described as “Swiss Family Robinson meets Wall-E.” In a strange little home built into the branches of a grove of trees, live three robots—fatherly inventor android Giovanni Lawson, a pleasantly sadistic nurse machine,…

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio hits Netflix December 9.Image: NetflixFrom its very earliest iterations, Pinocchio has never been a kid’s story. Yes, it’s about a kid, but emotionally, it deals with issues that are much more adult. And in its newest version, Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro not only leans into those complex feelings, but does so in a medium where he can say so much more.Star Wars: Shatterpoint Announcement Trailer02:27The First Things To Do In VR, Part 3Yesterday 9:39AMGuillermo del Toro’s…