Nickelodeon Greenlights Live-Action TV Movie for Dora the Explorer

NEW YORK, February 19:
Nickelodeon will develop its animated preschool series Dora the Explorer into a live-action, prime-time TV movie.

The TV movie will feature
Dora as a 10-year-old live-action Latina heroine, with all new adventures
enhanced by CG special effects. The Dora the Explorer series follows Dora and her best friend, Boots, as
they overcome obstacles and reach goals. Dora the Explorer was created by Chris Gifford, Valeria Walsh and
Eric Weiner. Gifford and Walsh serve as executive producers on the series.

“We are thrilled for our
viewers to see their favorite Latina heroine come to life in a new, vibrant
live-action world,” said Brown Johnson, the president of animation at
Nickelodeon and MTV Networks Kids and Family Group. “Dora will be a little
older for her high-stakes live-action adventure, which we think will be very
exciting for our preschool audience, as well as kids and their families who
have grown up watching the show over the last seven years.”

—By Kristin Brzoznowski