InstagramWe've been waiting for this sequel since Finding Nemo came out in 2003, and now we finally have more details about the highly anticipated Finding Dory!
Pixar President Jim Morris spoke at the Comic-Con Experience in Brazil and gave fans a little insight into the forthcoming movie, revealing some great tidbits about what we can expect come June 17, 2016. For starters, the majority of Finding Dory won't take place in the ocean!
Hmmm...a movie about fish won't take place in the ocean? How does that work?!
Well, it turns out Dory was born and raised at the Marine Biology Institute of California before being released into the wild, so that is where the movie will be set! Taking place several months after its predecessor, Finding Dory has the namesake character living with Marlin and Nemo on the same reef. When Dory accompanies Nemo on a school field trip, memories of her past and family trigger that send her on a journey to California to go and find them.
Ellen DeGeneres and Albert Brooks will return to voice Dory and Marlin, respectively, while Dory's father, Charlie, will be brought to life by Eugene Levy's voice and Dory's mother, Jenny, will be voiced by Diane Keaton. Ty Burrell has also been cast in the animated film as a Beluga whale named Bailey.
The voice of the beloved blue fish previously announced the sequel on Twitter, confirming everyone's hopes and dreams with a captioned Instagram photo that said there would be a follow-up to the Oscar-winning original.
"I'm excited that it's finally happening," she told her audience on Ellen. "I read the script and it's fantastic, it's hilarious, it's warm, it's everything that you want it to be."
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