Gold Coast in lights again for Australian-first screening of Dora
The Premier has joined 400 Queensland cast and crew involved in the filming of blockbuster Dora and the Lost City of Gold for a special Australian-first screening on the Gold Coast today.
The movie is the latest release of a string of blockbusters filmed in Queensland and sees Dora The Explorer transformed from the much-loved animated series to a real-life teenager on the big screen.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said Dora had led Queensland to a treasure trove of jobs and opportunities.
“Our journey to bring Dora’s adventure tale to Queensland began back in February last year when I met with Paramount Pictures during a trade mission to the United States,” the Premier said.
“I still remember saying, we did it! We knew the incredible economic boost and jobs the production would bring.
“It was a really exciting time and that excitement has only grown through the buzz of production filming and now with the movie coming out.”
The Premier said across 15 weeks of pre-production and 15 weeks of filming, Dora and the Lost City of Gold employed more than 400 Queensland cast and crew, engaged 200 small businesses and injected approximately $43 million into Queensland’s economy.
“Dora’s voyage to the hidden Inca ‘City of Gold’ would not have been possible without our own city of gold – the Gold Coast,” she said.
“In August last year, Dora was the first production to use Village Roadshow’s Sound Stage 9 following its transformation for the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.
“The studio was one of 16 locations across the South East used in the film including Tamborine Mountain, Tallebudgera Valley, the Old Museum in Brisbane and Palm Beach Currumbin State High School which was transformed into an all-American school campus.
“I thank Screen Queensland, Paramount Pictures and the film’s cast and crew for taking our State along on this exciting adventure.”
At a recent red carpet event in the United States, the cast of Dora talked about how much they loved filming in Queensland and working with a local crew.
Eva Longoria (Elena): “Brilliant, they were so great, they had big project after big project, so they had Aquaman and us and King Kong. It was one of the most experienced crews I’ve ever seen just for the amount of work they’re continuously doing there.
Isabela Moner (Dora): “Amazing, I love Queensland and I want to go back. They were wonderful, Aussies are such good people. Specifically, I’ve never seen so many women crew members which is so cool, really, really, cool and it felt like such a great environment to be surrounded by.”
James Bobin (Director): “Goldy, I loved it, we had a really fun time. We were there for a long time, about 7 months last year and I loved it.”
Eugenio Derbez (Alejandro): The people in Queensland are the best crew I’ve ever worked with, I swear. They’re the nicest people in the universe.”
Screen Queensland’s Acting CEO Jo Dillon said the Production Attraction Strategy was driving a broad range of ongoing positive outcomes for Queenslanders.
“Major feature film productions such as Dora create jobs and opportunities that have made Queensland crews and studio facilities among the most sought after in the global screen industry,” Ms Dillon said.
“They also drive tourists to our shores by showcasing our picturesque locations and the Production Attraction Strategy has made this possible by supporting back-to-back productions in Queensland”.
Dora the Explorer is one of Nickelodeon Junior’s longest-running animated shows, translated into dozens of languages and adapted into video games, stage productions and now, a live-action feature film.
Dora and the Lost City of Gold tells the story of Dora – now a teenage explorer – who accompanies her friends on an adventure to save her parents and solve the mystery behind a lost Incan civilization.
It is released in cinemas Australia-wide on 19 September 2019.
Production Attraction Strategy
Since its inception in 2015–16, the Palaszczuk Government through the Production Attraction Strategy has secured 23 high-end television series, feature films and post, digital and visual effects projects to Queensland creating more than 7,500 jobs and delivering a boost to the economy in excess of $679 million.
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From Quest News:
Girl Guides attend Dora movie screening in Brisbane
A HUNDRED young girl guides attended the Dora and the Lost City of Gold Brisbane premiere.
For a lot of the youngsters, Dora is their on-screen hero and they couldn’t contain their excitement to watch the live-action adaptation of the popular Nickelodeon cartoon Dora the Explorer which was filmed at Village Roadshow Studios on the Gold Coast and on location in southeast Queensland last year.
The Paramount Pictures movie stars including Isabela Moner (Dora), Eva Longoria, Michael Pena, Danny Trejo, Jeff Wahlberg and Australian Madeleine Madden.
The film follows Dora and her friends on an adventure through the jungle in an attempt to save her parents.
Girl Guides Queensland’s State Commissioner, Velia Nicholls said today’s green carpet event at Westfield Garden City’s Event Cinemas was a great success.
“What a fantastic opportunity for these young girl guides to be a part of the premiere of Dora and the Lost City of Gold,” she said.
“The excitement has been at fever pitch for weeks. The movie and guiding align very closely, with a number of our activities being outdoor orientated and adventure-based.
“There are 100 young Dora’s at this event, just waiting for the next opportunity to emulate their own screen heroine.”
Girl Guides Queensland CEO Kim Harrington said today was another great day to be a member of Girl Guides Queensland.
“Thank you to Paramount Pictures and SUPERDREAM for allowing our aspiring adventurers to be some of the first people to experience the movie in Australia,” she said.
“I am certain our leaders will be inundated with requests for the associated Dora and the Lost City of Gold activity sheets and program activities just like we saw on screen today.”
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Originally published: Saturday, August 31, 2019.
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