Dora the Explorer will tell the story of Dora, a girl who has spent most of her life exploring the jungle with her parents, but now must navigate her most dangerous adventure yet: high school. Always the explorer, Dora quickly finds herself leading Boots (her best friend, a monkey), Diego, and a rag tag group of teens on a live-action adventure to save her parents and solve the impossible mystery behind a lost Inca civilization.
When we think of Hollywood stars, we may think of them having the careers on earth, however, Mexican superstar Eugenio Derbez has revealed that he nearly died three times from several accidents whilst he was in the Australian jungle for five months filming the Dora the Explorer movie!
At a recent press conference at Televisa, the actor, who has starred in movies such as Overboard; Instructions Not Included; How to Be A Latin Lover, said "I also survived Australia, because in the jungle there are deadly animals and nine of the 10 snakes are poisonous and nine of the 10 spiders are poisonous."
"I survived because we were putting life in that film," Derbez, who portrays Alejandro, a mysterious jungle inhabitant who tries to protect the teenagers from the marauders in the film.
Dora the Explorer stars Isabela Moner (100 Things to Do Before High School, Legends of the Hidden Temple, Sicario: Day of the Soldado) will star as the titular teen, who heads out on an adventure with her best friend, Boots the monkey, and her cousin Diego.
11-time Emmy and four-time BAFTA nominee director James Bobin (Alice Through the Looking Glass) has assembled a cast of diverse superstars such as: Isabela Moner (100 Things to Do Before High School, Legends of the Hidden Temple, Transformers: The Last Knight, Sicario: Day of the Soldado, Instant Family), who portrays the teen adventurer; Eva Longoria (Desperate Housewives, Overboard) and Michael Peña, who play the parents of the titular character; Eugenio Derbez (Overboard, Instructions Not Included; How to Be A Latin Lover), who plays Alejandro, a mysterious jungle inhabitant who tries to protect the teenagers from the marauders; Jeffrey Wahlberg (Future World, Ballers, Counterpart, Reefa) in the role of cousin Diego; Nicholas Coombe (Spy Kids: Mission Control, Midnight Sun) as Randy, a fellow high schooler who develops an immediate crush on Dora; Madeleine Madden (Picnic at Hanging Rock, Tidelands) as the school’s snooty class president, Sammy; and Academy Award nominee Adriana Barraza (Babel, Amores Perros, Thor, The 33) as Dora’s grandma, Abuelita Valerie; Temuera Morrison (Green Lantern, Moana), who will play the role of Powell; Q’orianka Kilcher (The Alienist), will play Inca Princess Kawillaka; Pia Miller (Home and Away) as Dora's aunt Mami; Madelyn Miranda, who portrays Young Dora; and Benicio del Toro as the voice of Swiper the fox.
Dora the Explorer is produced by Christopher Robin producer Kristin Burr, who is joined by longtime Bobin associate, executive producer John G. Scotti (The Muppets, Muppets Most Wanted, Alice Through the Looking Glass) as well as executive producers Julia Pistor (The Spiderwick Chronicles, A Series of Unfortunate Events) and Eugenio Derbez. Nicholas Stoller and Danielle Sanchez-Witzel wrote the script, and Walden Media is co-financing and co-producing the film with Paramount, which is slated to release Dora the Explorer on Aug. 2, 2019.
Dora the Explorer is based on the popular Nickelodeon children’s show, and Paramount Players has a mandate to leverage Viacom-owned properties for the big screen treatment. The studio is also developing a feature adaptation of the beloved Nick series Are You Afraid of the Dark? and a live-action/CG-animated hybrid Rugrats movie inspired by Nickelodeon's beloved '90s animated series of the same name.
The production marks the lovable Latina character’s big screen debut (and first live-action adaptation on any platform) after fourteen seasons (2000-2014) and 172 episodes on Nickelodeon.
Dora the Explorer recently wrapped filming in Australia’s Gold Coast, in the state of Queensland on the continent’s east coast south of Brisbane. Village Roadshow Studios, where the production is headquartered, has been host to several major Hollywood movies in the last few years, including The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Shallows, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Marvel’s Thor: Ragnarok and, most recently, DC’s Aquaman. In addition to designer Hennah’s stage builds, the production is utilizing Queensland’s diverse landscape, notably tropical forests near Tamborine Mountain and Tallebudgera, to portray Dora’s jungle habitat.
Dora the Explorer is a Paramount Players and Nickelodeon production in association with Walden Media. The film is being supported by the Queensland Government via Screenland Queensland. Paramount will release the film on August 2, 2019.
From El Universal:
Derbez explora en Australia
A pesar de que la televisión lo dio a conocer y hasta se dio “el lujo” de despreciar a Alfonso Cuarón cuando este era estudiante, tal parece que la carrera de Eugenio Derbez ahora ha tomado auge en el séptimo arte, por lo que se le verá más activo en ese medio en los próximos meses.
En conferencia de prensa en las instalaciones de Televisa, donde acudió a grabar una emisión del programa Me caigo de risa, el actor y productor, quien ahora se codea con los grandes de Hollywood, resaltó que se estrenarán en próximas fechas en México y en otros países El complot mongol en abril; la cinta de animación en la que presta su voz, Mascotas 2 en junio; y la película de acción viva del clásico infantil Dora, la exploradora, en la que encarna al guía de Dora que la llevará por una aventura.
“Tengo un personaje muy interesante que me ha demandado actoralmente en mi carrera, además de que sobreviví a Australia, porque en la jungla hay animales mortíferos y hay nueve de las 10 serpientes y nueve de las 10 arañas más venenosas”, explicó el actor, quien rodó en la jungla de Australia por cinco meses, en los que cuenta, estuvo tres veces a punto de morir debido a varios accidentes.
“Sobreviví porque estábamos arreglando la vida en ese filme”, resaltó sobre su trabajo en Dora, la exploradora, que estrenará en agosto.
En el Oscar. Sobre su experiencia como miembro de la Academia de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas que califica las cintas que participan en los Oscar, precisó que como mexicano hubiera deseado que ROMA ganara en la mayoría de categorías.
“No puedes votar si no ves las cintas, entonces me aventé un maratón agradable de películas, te dan 120, de las cuales fueron 30 o 40 las más importantes. Tuve que dejar todo, tu voto es secreto, es interesante, pero muy complicado, estoy agradecido. ROMA hizo un papel estupendo en los Oscar y sobre todo en un año tan políticamente complicado”.
Derbez recuerdó cuando Cuarón era estudiante y le pidió que actuara en una cinta, la cual declinó porque en Televisa le habían ofrecido su primer programa estelar y como acababa de nacer su hija Aisslin, necesitaba dinero para mantenerla.
“Le dije me gusta participar con los jóvenes, pero que en ese momento no se podía. Si me llamara ahora me encantaría, pero creo tendría que ser algo muy especial porque el cine de Cuarón es más profundo y fuerte y lo mío no tanto, lo mas profundo que he hecho es No se aceptan devoluciones, ese filme tiene más mensaje”.
Para Complot mongol, el actor comparte créditos con Bárbara Mori, Damián Alcázar, Roberto Sosa y Rodrigo Murray, entre otros.
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Source: Tribuna; Additional sources: Google Translate, DeepL Translator, La Verdad Noticias, Quién, RPP Noticias, Radio Fórmula.
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