Emva Yuen McGregor kutyhilwa kwenye lodliwano-ndlebe ukuba uza kuqalisa Cricket e Pinocchio Guillermo del Toro, inkonzo stream Netflix yagqiba ekubeni ayeke elibheke yapapashwa uluhlu abadlali inxaxheba kule projekthi. Umlinganiswa ophambili uya kuvakalelwa nguGregodd Gregory Mann, iJeppeto yakudala iya kwazisa uDavid Bradley. Kwakhona, i-tilde suinton, i-christophi waltz, kate nyama i-perllman kunye neFinn Woldford iya kuthatha inxaxheba kwizinto ezivakalayo zabalinganiswa. Umlawuli okhe wathetha iminyaka emininzi malunga nokuba amaphupha okususa le filimu, ngoko ke kuphawula iprojekthi:
Ngokungaqhelekanga ngokwaneleyo, amabali amabini endithandabuzayo ahambelana. La ngamabali malunga neFrankenstein kunye nePinocchio. Bobabini baxelela ngezidalwa ezikhoyo ezilahlekileyo emhlabeni abangaziqondi. Omabini la mabali-hamba ulwazi kunye nokuzivelela koMoya. Xa saqala ukusebenza kwiPinocchio, sisazi ngokucacileyo ukuba singathanda ukuyenza yahluke ngengqondo yokuba yayingeyiyo intsingiselo ye-US. Besifuna ukuxela ngezimvo ezifanelekileyo kubo bonke abantu.
Intshukumo "iPinocchio" iya kwenzeka e-Itali ye-1930s, ngexesha lomeleza ububele, xa uBenito Mussonni waseka ulawulo lwelizwe.