EXCLUSIVE: Up-and-comer Jacob Rodriguez (Tell Me Lies) has landed the male lead in Dora and the Search for Sol Dorado (wt), the new live-action family film being produced for Nickelodeon and Paramount+ by Nickelodeon Studios.
With Samantha Lorraine on board for the title role, as previously announced, Rodriguez will play Diego, the adventurous and resourceful cousin of Dora first introduced in the hit kids’ franchise’s animated spin-off series Go, Diego, Go!.
Directed by Alberto Belli (Ultra Violet and Black Scorpion) from a script by JT Billings (Are You Afraid of the Dark?), the film will watch as Dora, Diego, and their new friends trek through the perilous dangers of the Amazonian jungle in search of the ancient and powerful treasure of Sol Dorado to keep it out of enemy hands.
Sol Dorado marks the second live-action feature out of the world of Dora the Explorer, on the heels of 2019’s Dora and the Lost City of Gold.
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