Pinocchio: A True Story 2021

Pinocchio: A True Story (Russian: Пиноккио. Правдивая история, romanized: Pinokkio. Pravdivaya istoriya) is a 2021 Russian animated fantasy film directed by Vasiliy Rovenskiy and adapted from Italian novel The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. The film was released in Russia by the local division of Sony Pictures Releasing on 17 February 2022. An English dub was released in the United States by Lionsgate Home Entertainment on 22 March 2022 straight-to-DVD. The dub featured Pauly Shore as Pinocchio, whose voice acting became a viral meme on Twitter and TikTok when a clip from the trailer gained traction. Despite this, the film was heavily panned.