Beloved puppet Pinocchio gets a horror makeover in new film

A new entity is ready to enter the public domain horror universe. Pinocchio, the beloved storybook character and puppet, is the latest to get the gruesome makeover .

Jagged Edge Productions released a poster for the upcoming film during the week of Aug. 25. Filming of "Pinocchio: Unstrung," begins in October, with a release scheduled for 2025.

Director Rhys Frake-Waterfield also brought Winnie The Pooh, another iconic character in the public domain, to the horror genre .

More adaptations for these kinds of movie characters are on the way, with films featuring Bambi and Peter Pan set to release later this year.

Frake-Waterfield is working to create an "expanded horror universe," and a film where these characters all come together is already in the works.

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