WMG / Pinocchio (2022, Disney)

Pre-Release

There will be Adaptational Karma for the Coachman.

• No way they can get away with not doing this.
  • Jossed. Like the original, the coachman suffers no consequences for kidnapping children besides losing Pinocchio

Honest John and Gideon will have an Adaptational Heroism.

In some of the Disney Live-Action Remakes, they make the villains' henchmen get an Adaptational Heroism such as LeFou from Beauty and the Beast (2017) and Jasper and Horace from Cruella. So it's likely that in the Pinocchio remake, Honest John and Gideon will do a Heel–Face Turn and help Pinocchio and Jiminy Cricket rescue the children kidnapped by the Pleasure Island Coachman. Even Honest John and Gideon find a way to get the children back to normal and stop being donkeys and return to being human and Honest John and Gideon get the kidnapped children back safely to their parents.

• Jossed. Though their involvement in the Coachman's plan is Adapted Out, the characters do not perform a Heel–Face Turn, and never appear again after selling Pinocchio to Stromboli.

Pinocchio is based on Geppetto's deceased son.

It is possible that for this remake, they will give Geppetto a little more depth, they would even reveal that he had a son, but that child died for an unknown cause, Geppetto sad and even having a photograph of his deceased son, Here◊ in the first trailer you can see Geppetto's workshop, the photograph of a boy much like when Pinocchio becomes a real boy. Geppetto would build Pinocchio in appearance and resemblance to his deceased son.

• Confirmed.

There will be an explanation regarding the existence of talking animals and non-talking animals that coexist with humans.

In the original animated movie he never gives an explanation or logic as to why there are anthropomorphic animals and normal animals in Pinocchio's world. At no time is a character wondering or questioning, because there is a cricket, a fox, and a cat that talk, walk on two legs, and wear clothes like humans. In the remake, it may be explained that the existence of talking animals is due to Magic Realism and Unusually Uninteresting Sight. Talking animals are regular citizens and are rarely seen living with humans.

• Jossed. It goes completely unexplained, like in the original.

Pleasure Island won’t be an illegal location.

In contrast to the 1940 film, Pleasure Island won’t be an illegal amusement park. Unlike the original Disney film the children won’t be offered free alcohol and tobacco, though they will be offered free food, refreshments, rides and games. Plus there won’t be places open for vandalism either, making it more closer to The Land of Toys.

• Mostly Jossed. Though the alcohol and tobacco are Adapted Out, Pleasure Island is still a well-known and dreaded location, with Gepetto being horrified when he learns that Pinocchio has been taken there.

The Coachman is an evil magician.

Given that the Coachman is played by Luke Evans, his role will not only be expanded but will also be upgraded to an evil magician who curses the kids to be bad so they become donkeys. The kids including Lampwick will start off enjoying themselves with free food and drink, games and rides. But towards the climax of the Pleasure Island sequence he will magically cause the kids to misbehave until they literally become donkeys, unlike the original where the boys became donkeys as they chose to misbehave, though it is expected Lampwick will still be a brat like the original film. And judging how Pinocchio is a puppet, he will likely be immune to the curse, causing him to escape with the Coachman to go after him so he can destroy him instead as he seen too much, leading to his demise.

• Mostly Jossed. While the Pleasure Island scenes do have a stronger implication of magic, with his henchman being otherworldly, demonic beasts, the Coachman himself is never shown using magic.

The donkey transformation will be much more painful and scarier, a la An American Werewolf in London.

Unlikely, but plausible.

• Jossed. It remains mostly faithful to the original.

The Coachman will have a Death by Adaptation.

It is likely that the Coachman will not make it out alive in the remake and he will suffer the same fate of dying as the Disney villains.

• Jossed. He remains a Karma Houdini, like in the original.

Lampwick will have a Character Development.

It is likely that Lampwick will have some Character Development in the remake and he, perhaps unlike the original film. Will acquire a Took a Level in Kindness, after Pinocchio rescues the kidnapped children, and the donkey-transformed children return to normal, Lampwick he will become a better boy and acquire more responsibility and education.

• Jossed. He’s mostly the same as the original, and suffers the same fate.

Sabina will become Pinocchio’s love interest

Sabina who is an original character in the film will likely fall in love with Pinocchio after the two have chemistry during Stromboli’s puppet act and it is likely by the end of the film she becomes a real girl and becomes Pinocchio’s girlfriend.

• Jossed. Sabina remains a lifeless puppet, though Pinocchio does befriend her puppeteer.

Jiminy will officially leave Pinocchio

The film will very likely have a bittersweet ending in contrast to the 1940 film. While Jiminy in the original film got a medal as an reward for his efforts, it is likely Jiminy and Pinocchio will go their own ways like Woody and Buzz in Toy Story 4. Jiminy after seeing Pinocchio finally become a real boy knows the latter won’t need him anymore and that his job is done, particularly as it was confirmed he was only to be Pinocchio’s temporarily conscience till Pinocchio became human. However it is also likely he will fly away with Sofia the seagull another original character to the film having befriended her in search of others who may need a conscience as a new job.

Pinocchio’s ‘chain reaction’ makes him a real boy.

Unlike the original film but similar to the 2000 musical Geppetto, Pinocchio goes to school and he gets into trouble causing him to be kicked out. He obviously fears telling his father Geppetto the truth and he suffers misadventures along the way including being a star attraction for Stromboli, going to Pleasure Island and saving Geppetto from Monstro. And by the end of the film Pinocchio becomes clear to Geppetto to everything he did. And it is his bravery to tell the truth as well as saving Geppetto which was both brave and selfless that finally makes him a real boy.

The Stupid Little Boys and Girls will have a Throw the Dog a Bone moment and and a happier ending

• Jossed. They’re still doomed to their fates, as in the original.

Post-Release