'Finding Dory' Swims Into Theaters In 2015

"Disney has officially announced that Finding Dory, a sequel to the 2003 hit animated film Finding Nemo, will be released in theaters November 25, 2015.

Ellen DeGeneres will be reprising her role as Dory, a forgetful but well meaning regal blue tang who helps clownfish Marlin (Albert Brooks) search for his lost son, Nemo (Alexander Gould). Brooks will also be reprising his role, but Gould will likely be recast.

DeGeneres said she had been waiting for the day the sequel would finally come to fruition for a very long time.

Im not mad it took this long. I know the people at Pixar were busy creating Toy Story 16. But the time they took was worth it, DeGeneres said in a Disney press release. The script is fantastic. And it has everything I loved about the first one: Its got a lot of heart, its really funny, and the best part isits got a lot more Dory.

Andrew Stanton, who directed the first film, will also be returning for the sequel. Stanton said, There is no Dory without Ellen. She won the hearts of moviegoers all over the world not to mention our team here at Pixar.

Stanton added that one thing that the Pixar team had in mind while they were working on Finding Nemo was the question of why Dory was by herself when she first met Marlin. It turns out that Dory was every bit as lost at the titular character.

In Finding Dory, she will be reunited with her loved ones, learning a few things about the meaning of family along the way, Stanton said.

Finding Dory takes place one year after Finding Nemo and will feature some favorites from the original, including the Tank Gang. Part of the film will take place along the California coastline, quite a ways from the Great Barrier Reef where the first film took place.

Finding Nemo was the second highest-grossing film the year it came out and was the highest-grossing G-rated film of all time until Toy Story 3 was released. It is also the third highest-grossing animated film and  the best-selling DVD of all time.

Are you excited for Finding Dory?"

What the hell? This is the last Pixar film I expected a sequel to. Where's the Incredibles 2?

It' s one of the few new Pixars movies I' ll be eager to see.

What the hell? This is the last Pixar film I expected a sequel to. Where's the Incredibles 2?

jamejame

This! I loved The Incredibles, favorite Pixar film by far. Instead we get a sequel to a film that didn't need one and Planes. 

Already have a thread for this. This is going to get locked.

What the hell? This is the last Pixar film I expected a sequel to. Where's the Incredibles 2?

jamejame

What's so good about The Incredibles? Finding Nemo was far better than The Incredibles.

ugh, Finding nemo is so overrated.FinalFighters

ugh, Finding nemo is so overrated.FinalFighters

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What the hell? This is the last Pixar film I expected a sequel to. Where's the Incredibles 2?

tjricardo089

What's so good about The Incredibles? Finding Nemo was far better than The Incredibles.

Excited for this. Finding Nemo was one of my favorites. Hoping a sequel to The Incredibles is somewhere down the road too. Seeing how Finding Nemo was released in 2003 and The Incredibles in 2004, there is hope.

Hopefully this is not a retread of the story in Finding Nemo. Also, hopefully, they put the same effort into the animation as Finding Nemo.

I can't wait.

Loved the first one so it will be great to see a return.

Hopefully this is not a retread of the story in Finding Nemo. Also, hopefully, they put the same effort into the animation as Finding Nemo.

Serraph105

lol finding nemo...SNIPER4321

lol finding nemo...SNIPER4321

LOL SNIPER.

Not sure how to react. I don't think it needs a sequel, but I'll watch it regardless.

Not sure how to react. I don't think it needs a sequel, but I'll watch it regardless.

Big_Pecks

What the hell? This is the last Pixar film I expected a sequel to. Where's the Incredibles 2?

jamejame

Pretty much this in every sense.

Very excited. :D Ellen's announcement on her show was really funny.Aquat1cF1sh

You watch ellen?

Damn it. I liked Finding Nemo but when will film studios cut it with the damn sequels?

Watched the first one so many times that I started hating it.

Watched the first one so many times that I started hating it.

Pete-B

I haven't seen it in quite a while, but this was the case for me for a period of time. Regardless though, I'm still excited to see Finding Dory.

I hope this isn't a copy of Finding Nemo, it sounds kind of like a nostolgia trip with Dory instead of Nemo from the very brief description. Regardless there's a 99% chance I'll see it in theaters.

One pattern I don't like from Pixar is their current affinity for sequels, only one non-sequel from pixar since 2009 (Brave), with the next original title from Pixar coming out in 2014 (the dinosaur one). Between those 5 years we have Cars 2, Monsters inc 2, and Toy Story 3, with Finding Nemo 2 coming out a year later. As long as Pixar is pumping out high quality stuff I won't complain though.

ugh, Finding nemo is so overrated.FinalFighters

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Watched the first one so many times that I started hating it.

M13L13S

I haven't seen it in quite a while, but this was the case for me for a period of time. Regardless though, I'm still excited to see Finding Dory.

I'm sure I'll have a change of heart at some point.

@Wesley: Ease up.

Why all this?

I was very skeptical about Finding Nemo having a sequel, but I am starting to look at it in a brighter light.

Well...I'm just glad Nemo didn't get lost again. 

I hope the sharks appear again. <3

Well that's one movie I'll definitely be watching in cinemas!

Not sure I'm looking forward to this one. Dory was a good side-kick but her own story? (Makes me think of UGH--Cars2, which wasn't about McQueen but Mater, which is probably why it didn't do that well.)