A 'Finding Nemo' Attraction is Coming to Tokyo Disney Resort

A new Pixar inspired attraction is coming to a Tokyo Disney Resort! The Oriental Land Company recently announced  that a indoor ride based on the movie Finding Nemo and the upcoming sequel Finding Dory (2016) will the replace motion simulator ride, StormRider, and be built in the Tokyo DisneySea Park in 2017. 

Concept Art of the Cabin Interior of the Attraction

In the five-minute long attraction, attendees will be submersed in an underwater universe that combines gorgeous ocean visuals from the movies with a motion system.  The official ride description reads:

 Boarding a submarine that “shrinks” to the size of a fish, Guests can explore the vast underwater world from the same point of view as Nemo and Dory. Guests can meet different characters and make new discoveries when they ride.

Concept Art of the Submarine that Appears On the Ride

The attraction is expected to open in Spring of 2017.

'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.

Angus MacLane is the co-directer for 'Finding Dory'

Andrew Stanton (director of Finding Nemo, WALL-E, and Finding Dory) recently commented on Twitter that Angus MacLane is his co-director (presumably for Finding Dory).

Click here to see MacLane's LEGO build.

Angus MacLane has directed Pixar short films; BURN-E, Small Fry, and most recently, Toy Story OF TERROR!, Pixar's popular Halloween TV special. He is also a LEGO enthusiast, and has submitted a LEGO WALL-E and the Toy Story OF TERROR! LEGO Bunny on LEGO Ideas, a website for uploading your ideas for a future LEGO set. Check out MacLane's Flickr page to see his other awesome LEGO creations.

Finding Dory concept art.

Finding Dory will be released on June 17, 2016. Here's what the movie's about: 'Finding Dory' takes place about a year after the first film, and features returning favorites Marlin, Nemo and the Tank Gang, among others. Set in part along the California coastline, the story also welcomes a host of new characters, including a few who will prove to be a very important part of Dory’s life.

Source: Rotoscopers.