Finding Dory Movie

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Who's Involved:

Kaitlin Olson, Bill Hader, Kate McKinnon, Willem Dafoe, Diane Keaton, Ty Burrell, Eugene Levy, Ellen DeGeneres, Dominic West, Victoria Strouse, Ed O'Niell, Idris Elba, Albert Brooks, Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson, Hayden Rolence, Bennett Dammann, Torbin Bullock

Release Date:

Friday, June 17, 2016 Nationwide

PG   PARENTAL GUIDANCE SUGGESTED MPA
mild thematic elements
Runtime: 1 hr, 45 m
Language: English

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Plot: What's the story about?

Finding Dory welcomes back to the big screen everyone’s favorite forgetful blue tang Dory (voice of Ellen DeGeneres), who’s living happily in the reef with Marlin (voice of Albert Brooks) and Nemo (voice of Hayden Rolence). When Dory suddenly remembers that she has a family out there who may be looking for her, the trio takes off on a life-changing adventure across the ocean to California’s prestigious Marine Life Institute, a rehabilitation center and aquarium. In an effort to find her mom (voice of Diane Keaton) and dad (voice of Eugene Levy), Dory enlists the help of three of the MLI’s most intriguing residents: Hank (voice of Ed O’Neill), a cantankerous octopus who frequently gives employees the slip; Bailey (voice of Ty Burrell), a beluga whale who is convinced his biological sonar skills are on the fritz; and Destiny (voice of Kaitlin Olson), a nearsighted whale shark. Deftly navigating the complex inner workings of the MLI, Dory and her friends discover the magic within their flaws, friendships and family.

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Who stars in Finding Dory: Cast List

... Dory (voice)

Finding Nemo 3D, Pauly Shore is Dead  

... Marlin (voice)

Finding Nemo 3D, THIS IS 40  

... Jenny, Dory’s mother (voice)

STEVE! (martin), Book Club: The Next Chapter  

... Charlie, Dory’s father (voice)

Curious George, Cheaper by the Dozen 2  

... Bailey (voice)

Mr. Peabody & Sherman, Storks  

... Gill (voice)

Kinds of Kindness, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice  

... Fluke (voice)

Knuckles (limited series), Sonic the Hedgehog 3  

... Rudder (voice)

John Carter, The Awakening  

... Nemo (voice)

 

... Hank (voice)

Sun Dogs  

... Destiny (voice)

Arizona, Champions  

... Mr. Ray (voice)

 

Who's making Finding Dory: Crew List

A look at the Finding Dory behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Andrew Stanton last directed John Carter and Wall-E. The film's writer Andrew Stanton last wrote John Carter and Toy Story 2 in 3-D.

Production: What we know about Finding Dory?

Key Facts

  1. Ty Burrell was tapped to give voice to Bailey, the Marine Life Institute’s resident beluga whale, who is convinced his biological sonar skills are on the fritz. The good news
  2. Diane Keaton and Eugene Levy were recruited to voice Dory’s parents. Jenny and Charlie would do anything for their only child. They celebrate and protect Dory, striving to arm her with the skills she’ll need to navigate the world with a faulty memory. Jenny may appear cheerful and a little flighty
  3. Hayden Rolence was called on to voice Nemo. One year after his big overseas adventure,Nemo is back to being a normal kid: going to school and living on the coral reef with his dad and their blue tang neighbor, Dory. His harrowing adventure abroad doesn’t seem to have sapped his spirit. In fact, when Dory remembers pieces of her past and longs to take off on an ambitious ocean trek to find her family, Nemo is the first to offer his help. He may be a young clownfish with a lucky fin, but Nemo wholeheartedly believes in Dory. After all, he understands what it’s like to be different.
  4. Albert Brooks dives in again to help bring Marlin to life. He may have traveled across the ocean once, but that doesn’t mean Marlin wants to do it again. So he doesn’t exactly jump at the opportunity to accompany Dory on a mission to the California coast to track down her family. Marlin, of course, knows how it feels to lose family, and it was Dory who helped him find Nemo not so long ago. The clownfish may not be funny, but he’s loyal
  5. Ellen DeGeneres returns to the sea as Dory, the bright blue tang with a sunny personality. She suffers from short-term memory loss, which normally doesn’t upset her upbeat attitude
  6. As director Andrew Stanton explained, “In Finding Dory, we can expect to address the one emotionally open-ended issue that remained from the first movie: Where is Dory’s family, and will this overly-optimistic fish with short-term memory loss ever be able to find them again? Her issue has also given us the opportunity to travel to very different locations, on land and sea, and meet a variety of new sea creatures that expand the world of Nemo, Marlin and Dory.”
  7. The film's ending was revised after Pixar executives viewed Blackfish (2013).
  8. "I have waited for this day for a long, long, long, long, long, long time," said Ellen DeGeneres (who voices Dory). "I'm 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. The script is fantastic. And it has everything I loved about the first one: It's got a lot of heart, it's really funny, and the best part is—it's got a lot more Dory."
  9. Follows Finding Nemo (2003). Finding Nemo won the 2003 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature; the film was nominated for three additional Oscars (Best Writing, Original Screenplay; Best Music, Original Score; Best Sound Editing). It was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture

Filming Timeline

  1. 2016 - June: The film was set to Completed  status.
  2. 2015 - November: The film was set to Post-Production  status.
  3. 2013 - April: The film was set to Production  status.
  4. 2012 - October: The film was set to Announced  status.

    Ellen DeGeneres is in negotiations with Disney/Pixar to reprise her voice role as Dory. Expected to be released sometime in 2016.

Finding Dory Release Date: When was the film released?


Finding Dory was a Nationwide release in 2016 on Friday, June 17, 2016. There were 7 other movies released on the same date, including Central Intelligence, Clown and The Last King. Additional information: 2D/3D.

Finding Dory DVD & Blu-ray Release Date: When was the film released?

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Finding Dory was released on DVD & Blu-ray on Tuesday, November 15, 2016 .

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