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Jennifer Lopez to produce Bob the Builder movie
The artist once known as Jenny from the block is spearheading an animated feature about a Latino construction worker voiced by Anthony Ramos
Move over Barbie: the latest Mattel property set for cultural domination has been unveiled as Bob the Builder, the chirpy construction worker who debuted 25 years ago on CBBC and is being belatedly brought to the big screen by booty-shaking multi-hyphenate Jennifer Lopez. In something of a spin on the original series, the film’s plot will see Roberto (AKA Bob) travel to Puerto Rico for a major construction job, where he “takes on issues affecting the island and digs deeper into what it means to build”. These include Lena Dunham’s Polly Pocket, Daniel Kaluuya’s “adult” take on Barney the Dinosaur, which “leans into millennial angst” and a Hot Wheels film JJ Abrams promises will be “emotional, grounded and gritty”.
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