- “People ask us if it is for kids [and] we say, ‘It’s not made for kids but kids can watch it if their parents talk to them.’ It’s not a babysitter movie, it’s a movie that will have kids ask questions,” the “Pan’s Labyrinth” director told Page Six.
- The story of a wooden puppet who wants to become a real boy was created in 1883 by Carlo Collodi.
- The most well-known adaptation came from Disney in 1940.