The 62-year-old actor is in early talks to play the puppeteer in Disney’s live-action remake of its 1940 animated Pinocchio film – itself based on the 1883 novel The Adventures of Pinocchio by Italian writer Carlo Collodi, Variety reported.
Tom Hanks could become the next Gepetto.
Paddington filmmaker Paul King is to direct the forthcoming film, which is part of a series of live-action remakes announced by Disney.
This is the first significant casting news regarding the upcoming reboot, for which a release date has yet to be announced.