That said, it’s unclear if Key’s Honest John will be accompanied by his cat partner Gideon (with the duo being based off the unnamed Fox and Cat from the original tale The Adventures of Pinocchio) or if he’ll operate solo.
One of the main villains in the original Pinocchio was Honest John, a con artist fox who convinces the eponymous protagonist to join Stromboli’s puppet show and later embark to Pleasure Island. That won’t change for the live-action Pinocchio adaptation, as Keegan-Michael Key has been cast to voice Honest John.
This will be Key’s fourth time contributing to the Disney canon, having previously played Hugo Gernsback in Tomorrowland, Ducky in Toy Story 4 and Kamari in the Lion King remake.