Quentin Tarantino Pinocchio Jun 2026

We zoom in on Pinocchio’s face. We zoom in on his nose. It grows. It shoots across the bar, inches from Honest John’s face, jagged and sharp like a wooden stake. It stops just short of his eyeball.

According to a secondhand report on Ain’t It Cool News (a now-defunct but then-influential movie gossip site), Tarantino allegedly said:

(yelling) Get down, son!

Leave the boy alone, John. He’s with me.

Geppetto. I heard you retired. I heard you hung up your chisel. quentin tarantino pinocchio

Pinocchio leaps onto the bar. He doesn't have martial arts training; he fights with the clumsy, flailing violence of a boy who is essentially made of 2x4s. He kicks a bottle of whiskey—it smashes against a lamp.

The scene cuts to a close-up of Pinocchio’s nose. It twitches. The tension is unbearable. We zoom in on Pinocchio’s face

Overall, a Tarantino-esque Pinocchio would be a wildly entertaining, visually stunning, and thought-provoking reimagining of a beloved classic. By combining the best elements of Tarantino's style with the timeless themes of Pinocchio, this film would be a must-see for fans of both the director and the original tale.