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WATCH: Guillermo del Toro Gives Emotional Speech Thanking Parents at 2023 Oscars

Kiko Martinez — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 14:02:20 +0000

The 2023 Oscars started off on an emotional high Sunday night (March 12) when filmmaker Guillermo del Toro and company won the Best Animated Feature Oscar for Pinocchio. “Animation is cinema,” del Toro said during his acceptance speech. “Animation is not a genre. Animation is ready to be taken to the next step. We are all

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Guillermo del Toro Gets Real About ‘Pinocchio’ & How Kids Today Are Like Greta Thunberg

Kiko Martinez — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 18:01:27 +0000

During a recent interview with Variety, Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro opened up more about the process of making his stop-motion animated version of Pinocchio and explained how children have evolved over the years to appreciate more complex stories like his and in general. Del Toro explained that he had some prerequisites before going into production

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Guillermo del Toro Compares His ‘Pinocchio’ to Jesus — Here’s Why

Kiko Martinez — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 19:41:39 +0000

During a conversation Friday night (January 6) at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, Oscar-winning filmmakers Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water), Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity), and Alejandro González Iñárritu (The Revenant) talked about a range of topics – from death to monsters to their friendship with one another. Del Toro and

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INTERVIEW: Guillermo del Toro Talks ‘Pinocchio’, Sacrificing for Art & Inspiring Taylor Swift

Lyra Hale — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 22:26:07 +0000

Jump into any Guillermo del Toro project and you’ll experience the best when it comes to the exploration of the human condition. Even when he’s tackling kaiju’s or ghosts, del Toro has a keen understanding of what inspires us, what holds us back, and how grief wraps its arms around us in startling and fascinating

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Guillermo del Toro Explains How Vandals Destroyed His Early Animation Ambitions

Kiko Martinez — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 19:56:07 +0000

As creative as Academy Award-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro is, it’s surprising that he has never made a fully animated film sometime in his career. Based on his imaginative approach to storytelling, it’s almost like the genre was made for him. That doesn’t mean, however, that del Toro didn’t aspire to make an animated film

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Guillermo del Toro to Be Honored by Museum of Modern Art — & It Coincides with His Exhibit

Kiko Martinez — Fri, 11 Nov 2022 15:20:26 +0000

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) will honor Academy Award-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water) at its upcoming Film Benefit on December 8, 2022. “Guillermo del Toro has been a treasured member of the MoMA family for the last 30 years,” Rajendra Roy, MoMA’s chief curator of film, said in a recent statement.

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WATCH: Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Pinocchio’ Official Trailer is Proof This Film is Going to Make Us Cry

AJ Gonzalez — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 19:03:24 +0000

The official trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio already shows what an emotional journey this iteration of the classic story will show us. Academy Award-winning del Toro, along with stop-motion legend Mark Gustafson, appear to have truly made something special. The trailer begins with Ewan McGregor, who voices Sebastian J. Cricket, saying, “I want to

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First Reviews for Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Pinocchio’ Are Here & They’re Glowing

Kiko Martinez — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 19:38:51 +0000

With Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio making its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival on Saturday (October 15), the first reviews and reactions from critics and viewers have started to slowly roll in over the last few days. So far, things are looking very good. Del Toro’s animated version follows closer to the original

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Guillermo del Toro Reveals Mother Died Day Before World Premiere of ‘Pinocchio’

Kiko Martinez — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 14:17:30 +0000

One day before his newest film Pinocchio debuted at the BFI London Film Festival on Saturday (October 15), Oscar-winning director and producer Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water) revealed that his mother died. Del Toro made the announcement about his mother, Guadalupe del Toro, while introducing the film to the festival audience. “I just want

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Guillermo del Toro Explains What Makes His ‘Pinocchio’ Different from Every Version Before It

Kiko Martinez — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 15:10:31 +0000

Italian writer Carlo Collodi’s late 19th-century story, The Adventures of Pinocchio, about a wooden puppet who wishes to become a real boy, has been told many times before. From Disney’s 1940 animated musical to its live-action remake that was just released last month on Disney+, countless versions of Pinocchio have been adapted over the last

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