It took 14 years, but Guillermo del Toro is finally bringing his stop-motion vision of

Pinocchio, the classic tale about a puppet magically brought to life, to the screen. Newcomer Gregory Mann voices the title role, Cate Blanchett is Spazzatura, Tilda Swinton is the Wood Sprite, Finn Wolfhard is Candlewick and Ewan Mcgregor is Sebastian J. Cricket.

“In our story, Pinocchio is an innocent soul with an uncaring father who gets lost in a world he cannot comprehend,” said del Toro, 58. “He embarks on an extraordinary journey that leaves him with a deep understanding of his father and the real world.” The director of The Shape of Water and

Pan’s Labyrinth saw the film as a kid. “Pinocchio saw the world the way I saw it. I was a bit enraged that people demanded obedience from him so I wanted to make a film about disobedience as a virtue, and to say that you shouldn’t change to be loved.”