Deadline has the exclusive that Mendes has entered ‘early talks’ to direct Disney’s live-action adaptation of classic Italian fable Pinocchio.
This represents the latest step forward in Disney’s total live-action overhaul, accompanying percolating treatments for The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Cruella de Vil, The Lion King, and Mulan.
Nearly two decades out from his first film, and the viewing public hasn’t gotten any closer to answering the philosophical quandary of what, exactly, a Sam Mendes film is.
Mendes has recently busied himself in his home of the theatrical world, but the Pinocchio gig would represent his third foray into blockbuster-dom, the entertainment industry’s polar opposite.