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Italian actor Carlo Giuffre, star of cinema and theater, has died in Rome after succumbing to a terminal illness, one month shy of his 90th birthday.

Giuffre, born in Naples on Dec. 3, 1928, appeared in more than 90 films throughout his career, becoming a star of both Neapolitan theater as well as Italy’s cult comedies of the 1970s.

He is best known to international audiences for his role as Geppetto in Roberto Benigni’s 2002 film Pinocchio. The pic, which was dubbed for international audiences, was a commercial flop in the U.S. but opened well in its original ...

Warner Bros. Pictures is keen to bring the beloved "Pinocchio" to life via producer Dan Jinks. Bryan Fuller has been tapped to pen the screenplay. Nick Nantell, vice president of development at the Dan Jinks Co., will also produce. Jinks told Daily Variety that he was inspired by Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" to begin work on a new version of "Pinocchio." The story tells of a puppet created by the aged Geppetto who dreams of becoming a real boy and first appeared in 1883 in Carlo Collodi's "The Adventures of Pinocchio." Disney made the first feature film cartoon back in 1940. The most recent version was 2002's film directed by and starring Roberto Benigni, Carlo Giuffrè and Nicoletta Braschi.