Cynthia Erivo tells POPSUGAR about starring in Disney's Pinocchio remake as the Blue Fairy and how her role represents Black girls in Disney fairy tales. Skip to main content. Popsugar.

Cynthia Erivo has been tapped to star in Disney’s live-action Pinocchio, directed by Robert Zemeckis and based on the 1940 animated classic.. The actress will play the Blue Fairy, a magical ...

It's the sequel to 2021's GLORY: Magical Visions of Black Beauty. The book is broken down into three categories: Classic fairy tales, African and African American Folktales and original stories.

In their latest book CROWNED: Magical Folk and Fairy Tales from the Diaspora, Kahran and Regis Bethencourt retell fairy and folk tales with Black children as the main characters.