‘Finding Dory’ Trailer: Pixar’s Most Forgetful Heroine Sets Out On An Unforgettable Adventure
The firstFinding Doryposter,released yesterday, riffed the forgetful fish’s oft-repeated mantra: “Just keep swimming, just keep swimming…” Now the Pacific regal blue tang has swum all the way to YouTube, where Pixar has unveiled the first officialFinding Dorytrailer.Ellen DeGeneresreturns as Dory, andAlbert Brooksas Marlin. Watch theFinding Dorytrailer after the jump.
DeGeneres debuted the firstFinding Dorytrailer on herYouTube channel.
AlthoughFinding Doryarrives 13 years after the release ofFinding Nemo, it takes place just a few months later. A minor trauma triggers Dory’s memory, and she suddenly has an urge to return home to her family. Her journey takes her all the way from the Great Barrier Reef, where she’s been living with Marlin and Nemo, to the Monterey Marine Life Institute in California.
Marlin and Nemo tag along for the ride, and along the way they encounter a whole new cast of characters. Those include Hank, a “cantankerous octopus” voiced byEd O’Neill; Bailey, a “misguided beluga whale” voiced byTy Burrell; and Destiny, a “kind-hearted whale shark” played byKaitlin Olsen.Diane KeatonandEugene Levyvoice Dory’s parents Jenny and Charlie.
In addition, we’ve previously heard thatWillem Dafoewouldreprise hisFinding Nemoroleas Gill, the Moorish idol Nemo met in the the Sydney dentist’s office.Idris ElbaandDominic Westare alsobelieved to be part of the cast, although character details remain under wraps.
You’ll have to wait a while to meet most of Dory’s new friends, but you can get a first look at Hank below fromD23:
Directed byAndrew Stanton,Finding Dorysplashes into theatersJune 17, 2016. Here’s the official synopsis from Pixar:
Disney•Pixar’s “Finding Dory” reunites everyone’s favorite forgetful blue tang, Dory, with her friends Nemo and Marlin on a search for answers about her past. What can she remember? Who are her parents? And where did she learn to speak Whale?
