Gold Coast’s Dora The Explorer movie finds its star

THE next big movie to film on the Gold Coast, a live-action version of beloved cartoon character Dora The Explorer, has found its star.

THE next big movie to film on the Gold Coast, Dora The Explorer, has found its star.

US actress Isabela Moner, best known for her role alongside Mark Wahlberg and Anthony Hopkins in Transformers: The Last Knight, will play a teenage version of the beloved children’s character Dora in the live-action Dora the Explorer movie.

Pre-production on the film began in February, with cameras set to roll on the film’s Gold Coast set on August 6.

Cartoon character Dora The Explorer will be brought to life in a new film to be shot on the Gold Coast.

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Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Moner, who turns 17 in July, is also a voice actress, singer, songwriter, dancer and ukulele player.

The actress has been pegged as one to watch since she was named Rising Star of the Year at the 2017 CinemaCon Awards.

The Coast shoot isn’t the first Dora project she’s worked on — she voiced the character Kate in an animated Dora spin-off called Dora and Friends: Into the City! in 2014.

Isabela Moner at the world premiere of Transformers: The Last Knight at Leicester Square in London, England, in June last year. Picture: Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images.

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Based on the animated series of the same name, the Paramount film is being directed by James Bobin (Muppets Most Wanted) and produced in association with Nickelodeon.

The new live action film will follow Dora as she heads off on an adventure with her cousin Diego and best friend Boots the monkey.

Dora The Explorer is slated for release in the US in August 2019.