Nickelodeon’s groundbreaking Latina heroine Dora is making her big screen animated debut with the launch of the all-new short film Dora and the Fantastical Creatures, screening exclusively in theaters with PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie (Spin Master Entertainment, Nickelodeon Movies, Paramount Pictures), beginning Friday, September 29.
Simultaneously, Paramount Pictures announced that the super-powered pups will attempt to break a Guinness World Record with a special canine-friendly screening of PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie: The film will screen in Los Angeles at the Autry Museum at Griffith Park, with pups over the age of one and their companions encouraged to attend to help break the GWR for “most dogs attending a film screening.” For more information on the event and to register your furry friend, please visit the event page here.
“We are very excited to be a partner for the PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie screening and to help kids understand the importance of adopting,” said Brittany Thorn, Executive Director, Best Friends Animal Society in L.A. “Educating children and their families on the importance of adoption will help us reach our goal of taking the country no-kill by 2025 and saving countless pets lives.”
In Dora and the Fantastical Creatures, Dora (Diana Zermeño) and Boots (Asher Spence) embark on an incredible adventure to the land of alebrijes, the most magical and colorful creatures in the rainforest. There, they must band together against Swiper (Marc Weiner) to save the beloved alebrijes and their Copal Tree Celebration.
The short film also features Anairis Quiñones as Luna Arcoiris, Danny Burstein as Sol and Kate del Castillo as Ale. Following the debut of Dora and the Fantastical Creatures, additional Dora content will also be available across Nickelodeon platforms, Paramount+ and Noggin.
The short will reintroduce the character to a new generation of viewers ahead of the launch of Dora, the all-new CG-animated preschool series set to stream exclusively on Paramount+ in spring 2024 in the U.S. Internationally, Dora will stream day-and-date on Paramount+ and air on Nickelodeon channels in all markets where available.
Joining the cast of Dora and the Fantastical Creatures in the new Dora series are additional voice actors, including Anairis Quiñones as Map and The Fiesta Trio’s armadillo, Maria Canals-Barrera as Abuela, Danny Burstein as Grumpy Old Troll as well as The Fiesta Trio’s frog and marmoset, Katarina Sky as Backpack, Donovan Monzon-Sanders as Tico, Tandi Fomukong as Isa, Quintún Muñoz as Benny and Chris Gifford as Big Red Chicken.
Dora and the Fantastical Creatures is produced by Nickelodeon Animation in Burbank. William Mata is directing from a screenplay by Alejandro Bien-Willner and a story by Bien-Willner and Sean Gill. Production is overseen by Eryk Casemiro, Executive Vice President, Global Animated Series, Nickelodeon. Miriam Ritchie and Marielle Kaar serve as Nickelodeon’s Executives in Charge of Production for the short. Dora the Explorer is created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh Valdes and Eric Weiner.