Isabela Moner cast as Dora the Explorer in live-action film The Hollywood Reporter has learned that Isabela Moner (Transformers: The Last Knight, Sicario: Day of the Soldado) will be playing Dora the Explorer in Paramount Pictures’ live-action movie based on the popular Nickelodeon series, which is set to release on August 2, 2019. Dora the Explorer will follow a teenage Dora on an adventure, accompanied by her best friend, Boots the monkey, and her cousin Diego.