Jennifer Lopez is bringing Bob the Builder to the massive display screen.
The singer and actress, 54, has been producing a movie adaptation of the British animated development employee with toymaker Mattel, which owns the model, looking for to capitalize on the field workplace success of the Barbie movie by placing extra of its mascots into cinemas.
Bob – whose catchphrase is “Can we repair it?” – shall be seen within the film going to Puerto Rico for an enormous development job, in accordance with producers, and shall be voiced by the Within the Heights star Anthony Ramos, 32.
The actor stated in assertion the film contained an “vital message” and that points of the movie have been impressed by his personal life.
He added: “For years, Bob the Builder’s characters have impressed younger individuals around the globe. A film about buddies working collectively, a celebration of an attractive dwelling they share, and the way love will help to beat any impediment in your approach.
The movie is being billed as a undertaking that can tackle points dealing with residents in Puerto Rico and dig “deeper” into “what it means to construct.”
Lopez will produce the movie along with her firm Nuyorican Productions.
A director is but to be hooked up to the undertaking, however the script shall be written by Felipe Vargas, a Colombian filmmaker who lately made a brief movie a few shadowy monster stalking an orphanage.
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Lopez’s producing accomplice Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas stated: “The present’s capability to advertise constructive considering, problem-solving and empowerment with a very unique story set in Puerto Rico places a brand new spin on a beloved model. We are able to’t wait for brand new and current followers to attach with these superb characters.”
Bob the Builder was created by Keith Chapman and started in 1999, with the character voiced by Males Behaving Badly actor Neil Morrissey, 61, and likewise that includes his group of development automobiles, together with Scoop, Muck, Dizzy, Roley and Lofty.
The present’s theme tune ‘Can We Repair It?’ grew to become a chart hit and was the UK Christmas No 1 in 2000, and US toy titan Mattel purchased the corporate that owned Bob the Builder in 2011 for $680 million.
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