It’s been 13 years since Finding Nemo, and while the technology has changed, Dory’s big heart is still intact.
Dory gets a makeover
The animation software that created Dory is now obsolete, so she had to be redesigned using new technology.
A real fish tank
Pixar animators installed a real fish tank to help them study fish movement and create the look of fish in water.
A new ending
The ending was changed in response to the 2013 documentary Blackfish so the beluga whale could leave captivity.
Ty Burrell as Bailey
These cetaceans live in the arctic. Like polar bears, their white bodies help to camouflage them against the ice.
Hayden Rolence as Nemo
Hayden Rolence is the new voice of Nemo, since Alexander Gould is now 21 and has a much deeper voice.
The kid stays in the picture
Alexander Gould does makes a cameo as the truck driver in the movie.
Alexander Gould
You may remember Gould as the troubled teen Shane Botwin in the TV show Weeds.
How Ed O’Neill prepared
Ed O’Neill googled “mimic octopus” to learn more about Hank, the shape-shifting creature he was voicing.
Hank, a mimic octopus
This real creature can change its skin color and texture to blend into the local environment and evade predators.
Septopus
The modelers could only fit seven arms onto the 3-D model, so they gave Hank the back story of losing a tentacle.
Kaitlin Olson as Destiny
Destiny is a whale shark, the largest fish in the sea that happens to have very poor eyesight.
A whale of a shark
Animators had trouble keeping Destiny’s entire body in the frame during her scenes with Dory.
Crush and Squirt
Not wanting this film to be a road movie, the filmmakers used sea turtles as a quick way to get Dory to California.
Shakespearean sea lions
Shakespearean actors Dominic West and Idris Elba play Rudder and Fluke, two territorial sea lions.
A reunion of old pals
West and Elba plays Jimmy McNulty and Stringer Bell on the hit HBO show The Wire.
Sia is ‘Unforgettable’
Sia performs the end credit song ‘Unforgettable,’ written by Irving Gordon in 1951.
A very likable fish
Dory has earned over 25 million likes, making her the most liked character on Facebook from any Disney or Pixar film.
Pixar’s third female lead
Dory is the third Pixar film to have a female lead. The others are Riley from Inside Out and Merida from Brave.
Find Dory this Friday
Finding Dory swims into theaters today: Friday, June 17.
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