Is there anything he can’t do? Tom Hanks is looking to re-up for more checks from Disney. Hanks already has the Toy Story franchise, Saving Mr. Banks, and now he’s going to add Pinocchio to the list. This will be yet another Disney live-action remake of one of their classic movies. Things are still in the works for this but with the star power Hanks brings to this project, you might as well just pencil in another billion-dollar box office success for the House of Mouse.

Tom Hanks is in early talks to play the fatherly figure Geppetto in Disney’s live-action adaptation of its classic animated tale “Pinocchio.”

“Paddington’s” Paul King is directing. Andrew Miano and Chris Weitz are producing. King, Weitz, and Simon Farnaby wrote the most recent draft.

The original animated movie tells the tale about a living puppet who, with the help of a cricket as his conscience, must prove himself worthy to become a real boy. Geppetto is the puppeteer who created Pinocchio and eventually becomes the fatherly figure he always wanted.

Source: Variety