Cast announced for ‘Pinocchio’

Newcomer Gregory Mann will join Ewan McGregor and David Bradley in the new Netflix film “Pinocchio.”

Mann will assume the title role with McGregor as Cricket and Bradley (“Harry Potter,” “Game of Thrones”) as Geppetto. Oscar winner Guillermo del Toro will direct the stopmotion animated musical.

Other cast members include Oscar winners Christoph Waltz, Tilda Swinton and Cate Blanchett; Canadian Finn Wolfhard (“Stranger Things”), John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson and Golden Globe winner Ron Perlman.

The story will be set during the rise of fascism in Mussolini’s Italy. The film is to debut in theatres and on Netflix.