Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes (American Beauty) is reportedly being targeted by Disney to direct the project live-action Pinocchio. According to Deadline, Mendes has started discussions with related parties to work on this project.
Mendes is a director who has become known to the public since winning the Oscar for Best Director in film kategori American Beauty (1999). Then he directed Tom Hanks in the film The Road to Perdition as well as the success of two films Bond the era of Daniel Craig, Specter and Skyfall.
While the story Pinocchio is a film story that is very well known by the audience. Tells about a wooden doll who dreams of becoming a human child. In addition, the relationship between father and son is also dug quite deeply and life lessons about the consequences of lying are also characteristic of the story Pinocchio.
Disney is indeed trying to realize a movie “program” live action them for the company’s classic animated films. As we know a series of films have started to be released such as Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, and The Jungle Book. And other projects besides Pinocchio already waiting for them are The Lion King which will be worked on by Jon Favreau and Dumbo by Tim Burton. Other projects that are lining up are The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Mulan and Cruella De Villa.