CG 'Dora The Explorer' Reboot Now Set For Spring 2024 On Paramount+
Tentatively titled '¡Dora!', it will arrive a decade after the original series last aired regularly
Last February, it was announced that the long-running Nick Jr. series Dora the Explorer would be getting a 3D CG reboot on Paramount+. While initially set for sometime this year, it will unfortunately not be the case.
The June 2023 issue of Toy World Magazine declares that the new series with the Latina heroine will arrive next spring. The series, tentatively titled ¡Dora!, is described as a reimagining of the classic show which “promises to strike the perfect balance between the comfort of the familiar and the excitement of the fresh.” It will feature the notable characters from the original series, with not only Boots and Swiper but as the only released art shows, Isa, Tico, and Benny too. A key modernization to the storytelling is also teased, unclear as to what (could it be the fact that the series was originally in the world of a point-and-click PC game?). While Toy World is a British magazine, that only makes the difference of a day or so based on recent releases rather than be any substantially staggered rollout separated by months or even whole seasons.
The 'Rugrats' Reboot Brings Back Buster And Edwin Carmichael In Season 2
When visuals for the Rugrats reboot started coming in for its May 2021 premiere on Paramount+, one thing was clear: A lot had changed for the Carmichaels. While Susie kept her original design and voice actress, she was aged down from Angelica's age (~3 years) to Chuckie's (2 years), and brought into the main group of babies instead of being Angelica's foil.
In addition, the live-action series announced the year before alongside what became The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder is still coming. As previously revealed, it’s tween-aimed and inspired by the tone of the 2019 film Dora and the Lost City of Gold, an occasion that several original series episodes that had still yet to air for five years would be used to commemorate.
Paramount is set to showcase the new Dora the Explorer series at Licensing Expo 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Whether it’s both series is unclear. Of course, these are the franchise’s fourth and fifth series, following Go Diego Go! which ran from 2005 to 2011, and Dora and Friends: Into the City, which ran from 2014 to 2017.
'Barney' Animated Reboot 'Barney's World' Will Give Life To Cartoonito On Max and Cartoon Network Next Year
In February, it was announced that Mattel was relaunching preschool franchise juggernaut Barney the dinosaur, revamping him for modern audiences. It would start with a new CG animated TV series that would also see the brand go multiplatform with a new film and YouTube content.
Sources: NickAlive, Toy World Magazine