Jennifer Lopez is bringing Bob the Builder to the large display screen.
The singer and actress, 54, has been producing a movie adaptation of the British animated building 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?” – can be seen within the film going to Puerto Rico for an enormous building job, in line with producers, and can be voiced by the Within the Heights star Anthony Ramos, 32.
The actor mentioned in assertion the film contained an “vital message” and that features 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 a wonderful house they share, and the way love may also help to overcome any impediment in your means.
The movie is being billed as a undertaking that can tackle points going through 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 connected to the undertaking, however the script can be written by Felipe Vargas, a Colombian filmmaker who just lately made a brief movie a few shadowy monster stalking an orphanage.
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Lopez’s producing accomplice Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas mentioned: “The present’s capability to advertise optimistic considering, problem-solving and empowerment with a totally unique story set in Puerto Rico places a brand new spin on a beloved model. We will’t wait for brand spanking new and current followers to attach with these wonderful characters.”
Bob the Builder was created by Keith Chapman and commenced in 1999, with the character voiced by Males Behaving Badly actor Neil Morrissey, 61, and likewise that includes his group of building autos, together with Scoop, Muck, Dizzy, Roley and Lofty.
The present’s theme music ‘Can We Repair It?’ turned 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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