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    Cynthia Erivo to The Play Blue Fairy in Disney’s Live-Action “Pinocchio”

    Mary Anne ButlerBy Updated:No Comments

    Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo is joining a fairly high-profile live-action remake at Disney, and we’re pretty interested to see what she does! As just announced, Erivo will be playing the iconic Blue Fairy in Robert Zemeckis‘s upcoming “Pinocchio” adaptation.

    Erivo is a multi-talented singer, actress, and song writer who is just one step away from EGOT status. Had she won her nomination for Best Actress for her portrayal of Harriet Tubman in “Harriet,” she would’ve been the youngest actor ever to achieve an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony award.

    Cynthia Erivo, during a visit to Stephen Colbert

    She’ll be joining Tom Hanks as Geppetto, Joseph Gordon Levitt as  Jiminy Cricket, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth voicing the title character of Pinocchio, Keegan-Michael Key as the voice of Honest John, and Lorraine Bracco as the voice of Sofia the Seagull (a new character).

    Zemeckis and Chris Weitz co-write the script. Production is scheduled to kick off in April in the UK.

    “Pinocchio” will be an original film for Disney’s streaming service, Disney+.

    We’ll let you know what else we hear about the project.

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    Mary Anne Butler (Mab) got her start in album reviews and live concert coverage for a nationally published (print) music magazine as a teenager. She eventually transitioned to online media, writing for such sites as UGO/IGN, ComicsOnline, Geek Magazine, Ace of Geeks, Aggressive Comix (Editor-in-Chief), Bleeding Cool (News Editor), Nerdbot (as Editor-In-Chief), and now [Bad]Influencers, where she is Editor-in-Chief. Over the past 15 years, she’s built a well-known reputation at conventions across the globe as a cosplayer (occasionally), photographer (constantly), panelist and moderator (mostly), and reporter (always). Interviews, reviews, observations, breaking news, and objective reporting are the name of the game for the founder of Harkonnen Knife Fight, a Dune-themed band. She also produces award-winning immersive events, including Wasteland Weekend and Neotropolis.

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