(Originally published by the Daily News on Feb. 8, 1940. This story was written by Kate Cameron.) Walt Disney has waved his magic wand over Collodi’s world-famous fairy story, “Pinocchio,” and presto!

Way back in 1881, Carlo Collodi began to publish a serial story about a puppet named Pinocchio. Two years later, in 1883, he collected the stories as a single novel titled, "The Adventures of ...

Roberto Benigni plays the woodcutter Geppetto, who crafts a puppet to replace the son he never had, in director Matteo Garrone’s live-action adaptation of Carlo Collodi’s beloved children’s book, ...

There’s no earthly way Carlo Collodi could have predicted his novel The Adventures of Pinocchio would become one of the world’s most popular stories when it was published in 1883. The fascinating tale ...

Bry is a film fanatic who deeply cherishes the fantasy worlds that movies and shows allow us to escape into. The story of Pinocchio has been seen through many iterations over the 142 years since the ...

America’s dad Tom Hanks transforms into Pinocchio‘s dad in the live-action Disney Plus remake of the animated classic. “Pinocchio,” a spin on the 1940 animated Disney film of the same name, is itself ...

The wooden marionette is everywhere this year: Disney’s live-action adaptation will launch in September, and Guillermo del Toro’s animated version will hit Netflix in December.