‘Dora The Explorer’ Movie Coming From Michael Bay And Nick Stoller, Cats And Dogs Living Together, Mass Hysteria
Dora the Explorer, the popular and educational animated children’s television character who reigned supreme for 14 years on Nickelodeon, is about to make the leap to the big screen in a very unexpected way.Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes will produce a live-action take on the character fromForgetting Sarah MarshallandNeighborsdirectorNick Stoller. I’m not making any of this up, I swear to you. You can get the fullDora the Explorermovie details below.Dora the Explorerhad quite a journey, running on Nickelodeon from 2000 to 2014, airing 172 episodes featuring Dora, a 7-year-old Latina girl who went on frequent adventures with her sidekick, Boots the monkey.Dorawas wildly popular, airing worldwide and inspiring a galaxy’s worth of merchandise that translated to significant profits for Nick. When a show is as popular asDora, it’s only a matter of time before a big screen incarnation arrives.
A film adaptation ofDorahas been in the works since at least 2015 when a live-action take on the material wasannouncedwithPuss in Bootsscreenwriter Tom Wheeler set to pen the film. The project eventually stalled out, but now it’s back again, thanks to the master of mayhem, Michael Bay. Per THR, Bay’s Platinum Dunes, the production company behind horror remakes likeThe Texas Chainsaw MassacreandA Nightmare on Elm Street, will produce a new live-actionDora the Explorermovie with Nick Stoller set to direct.
Details of the live-actionDoramovie are scant, but THR reports that Dora will no longer be a seven-year-old girl but a teenager who moves to the city live with her cousin Diego. No release date has been set yet, but producers are hoping to debutDora the Explorersometime in 2019. This is all somewhat strange, and Michael Bay being involved in some capacity instantly makes one think of aDorafilm filled with massive explosions and constantly spinning cameras. Hiring Stoller, who directed films likeForgetting Sarah Marshallas well asNeighborsandNeighbors 2, to helm the movie certainly hints that this will be a comedic take on the material. Stoller also has a background in family fare too, however, having written the screenplay for 2011’sThe Muppetsand co-directed the 2016 animated filmStorks. We’ll have to wait and see just how the live-actionDora the Explorerfilm turns out. In the meantime, you’re able to have a blast from the past and watch this live-action college humor video from 2012, which had Ariel Winter playing Dora.
