Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (or simply Pinocchio) is a 2022 stop-motion animated musical dark fantasy film directed by Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson, with a screenplay by del Toro and Patrick McHale. The story was written by Matthew Robbins and del Toro, who modified the script drawing from the 1883 Italian novel The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, and also influenced Gris Grimly's illustrations for a 2002 edition of the book. As per the novel, the film reimagines the adventures of Pinocchio, a wooden puppet who comes to life as the son of his carver Geppetto. The film stars the voices of Gregory Mann as Pinocchio and David Bradley as Geppetto, alongside Ewan McGregor, Burn Gorman, Ron Perlman, John Turturro, Finn Wolfhard, Cate Blanchett, Tim Blake Nelson, Christoph Waltz, and Tilda Swinton.
Pinocchio premiered at the BFI London Film Festival on October 15, 2022. It was released in select theaters on November 9, 2022, and began streaming on Netflix on December 9. The film received critical acclaim for its animation, visuals, music, story, emotional weight and voice acting. Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, surveyed 274 reviews and judged 97% to be positive.
The film received several awards and nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, thus becoming the first animated film from a streaming service, the first non-Disney/Pixar film since ' (2018), the second stop-motion animated film after Aardman's ' (2005) and the Adventures of Pinocchio's second adaptation to win any category from Academy Awards after Disney's Pinocchio.' It received three nominations at the 80th Golden Globe Awards and 76th British Academy Film Awards, winning Best Animated Feature Film and Best Animated Film, respectively, and nine Annie Award nominations, winning five, including Best Animated Feature.