--- description: The film could be added to the growing series of Disney's upcoming live-action projects title: 'Pinocchio' Continues Disney's Live-Action Development List image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt86c7ed8bc370ba6f/6987ea46cd684804fa09d6ea/screen-shot-2015-04-09-at-9-58-16-am.png?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Pinocchio_ Continues Disney's Live-Action Development List by [Jonathon Dornbush / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Jonathon Dornbush / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 9, 2015 2:13 PM CUT  A scene from "Pinocchio," 1940. A scene from "Pinocchio," 1940.Walt Disney Studios by [Jonathon Dornbush / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Jonathon Dornbush / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 9, 2015 2:13 PM CUT Pinocchio may finally get his wish to be a real boy—for real this time. EW has learned that Disney is in the early process of developing a live-action film inspired by the classic tale of _Pinocchio,_ which Disney famously made into an animated film in 1940. _About a Boy_ and _Dan in Real Life_ writer Peter Hedges is set to write the script for Disney’s live-action take, which is loosely inspired the Pinocchio story. No other names are attached to the project, which is still very early in its development. The original _The Adventures of Pinocchio_ novel debuted in the late 1800s. Disney’s animated film told the story of the wood-carver Geppetto and his puppet Pinocchio, who is brought to life and desperately wants to become a real boy. If the project takes off, it would continue Disney’s recent trend of translating many of its most famous animated properties into live action. _Cinderella_ recently performed well at the box office, and several other live projects are reportedly in the works, including _Mulan_, _Winnie the Pooh_, _Dumbo_, and _Beauty in the Beast_. All projects are in various forms of development. No other details about the _Pinocchio_ project are yet known. [_Deadline_](http://deadline.com/2015/04/pinocchio-inspired-live-action-film-being-developed-at-disney-1201406564/ "undefined") originally reported the project. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/08/disney-live-action-pinocchio-movie "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com "undefined")_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3815152/pinocchio-live-action-development/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3815152/pinocchio-live-action-development/"},"headline":"Pinocchio Continues Disney's Live-Action Development List","datePublished":"2015-04-09T14:13:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T06:16:06.718Z","description":"The original 'The Adventures of Pinocchio' novel debuted in the late 1800s","url":"https://time.com/3815152/pinocchio-live-action-development/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt86c7ed8bc370ba6f/6987ea46cd684804fa09d6ea/screen-shot-2015-04-09-at-9-58-16-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jonathon Dornbush / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt86c7ed8bc370ba6f/6987ea46cd684804fa09d6ea/screen-shot-2015-04-09-at-9-58-16-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2015-04-09 at 9.58.16 AM","caption":"pinocchio-scene","creditText":"Walt Disney Studios","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3815152/pinocchio-live-action-development/","name":"Pinocchio Continues Disney's Live-Action Development List"}}]}] ```