Chapter 1
History meets dark fantasy
Chapter 2
Designing the perfect monster
Chapter 3
Love and the outcast
Chapter 4
Reimagining the classics
YOUR GOAL
Master of Guillermo del Toro's fairy tales
Ch 4 · Reimagining the classics
choko Reimagining Classics
Bring it to life, bring it to life! A steel skeleton makes it feel alive!
choko The film replaces the traditional Blue Fairy with two mythological sisters: the Wood Sprite and Death.
choko Creating the film required years of meticulous, frame-by-frame manipulation of physical puppets.
BETA
choko Spin the wheel to align spooky icons to discover how del Toro builds dark fables.
Fun Fact
Meticulous work: A single animator working on 'Pinocchio' would typically produce only about two seconds of usable movie footage after an entire day of work.
Glossary
adaptation (noun)
A written work or film that has been modified from an earlier source. Guillermo del Toro directed a 2025 version of Mary Shelley's classic novel starring Oscar Isaac.
A written work or film that has been modified from an earlier source. Guillermo del Toro directed a 2025 version of Mary Shelley's classic novel starring Oscar Isaac.
Quiz
What is the name of the cricket who narrates the story and lives inside Pinocchio's wooden heart?