'Finding Dory' Will Take Place At a Marine Life Institute

Pixar's general manager Jim Morris gave new information about the plot for Finding Dory at the CCXP - Comic Con Experience in Brazil today (Dec. 8). He also revealed concept art, unfinished scenes, and showed off a new software that helped create schools of fish. Here's what the movie's about (via ComicBookMovie).

The story of the movie will follow Dory, Marlin and Nemo as they set off on a journey to find about Dory's past and parents. The movie will be mainly set in the Marine Biology Institute of California, a huge complex of rehabilitation for marine life. Dory learns that she was born and raised there and was released in the ocean when she was a kid. We will see new characters, like an octopus, sea lions, a beluga whale and others.

Finding Dory Logo

It was first rumored over a year ago that Finding Dory would take place in an aquarium type attraction when The LA Times reported that Pixar directors John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton viewed the documentary Blackfish with it's director Gabriela Cowperthwaite. According to Louie Psihoyos, director of the documentary The Cove, at the end of Finding Dory some marine mammals were sent to and aquatic park- kind of like a Sea World environment. He went on to say that after seing Blackfish, a documentary that shows the injustice and problems within the sea-park industry, the Pixar directors  retooled the film so that the sea creatures now have the choice to leave that marine park. Gabriela Cowperthwaite said that Pixar employees were deeply impacted from her film, but Pixar declined to comment on the Blackfish story.

Finding Dory Concept Art

New characters for Finding Dory include Dory's parents Charlie and Jenny who will be voiced by Eugene Levy and Diane Keaton. Ty Burrell will also lend his voice to the film, he will be playing a beluga whale named Bailey. Ellen DeGeneres (Dory) and Albert Brooks (Marlin) will return for the Finding Nemo sequel as well.

"Oh boy! This is going to be good, I can tell."

Finding Dory is directed by Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo, WALL-E) and will be released on June 17th, 2016.