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{{Infobox film|name = Finding Marlin|director = Andrew Stanton|producer = Bob Peterson<br>Lee Unkrich|executive_producer = Lindsey Collins|screenwriter = Bob Peterson|story = Andrew Stanton|starring = Albert Brooks<br>Michael Keaton<br>TBA<br>Ellen DeGeneres<br>Elizabeth Perkins|music = Thomas Newman|cinematography = TBA|editing = David Ian Salter|studio = Walt Disney Pictures<br />Pixar Animation Studios|released = July 24, 2026|country = United States|language = English|rating = PG (for mild thematic elements and intense sequences)|preceded = Finding Dory}}
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'''''Finding Marlin''''' is an upcoming 2026 American 3D computer-animated buddy comedy-drama adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed and written by Andrew Stanton, the screenplay was co-written by Bob Peterson and Stanton. The film is a sequel to the critically acclaimed 2016 Disney/Pixar film, Finding Dory, and features the returning voices of Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Elizabeth Perkins, and Williem Dafoe, with TBA (replacing Hayden Rolence), Michael Keaton, TBA, Tom Hiddleston, and others joining the cast.
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'''''Finding Marlin''''' is an upcoming 2026 American 3D computer-animated comedy adventure drama film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed and written by Andrew Stanton, the screenplay was co-written by Victoria Strouse and Stanton. The film is a sequel to the 2016 Disney/Pixar film, ''[[Wikipedia: Finding Dory|Finding Dory]]'', and the 3rd installment of the Finding Nemo franchise.
  
   
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''Finding Marlin'' will focus on the overprotective clownfish Marlin, who journeys to New Zealand to find his long-lost wife, Coral. But when he and a new piranha friend get captured, Nemo, Dory, and the Tank Gang try to rescue them. Meanwhile, at an aquarium, Marlin and the new piranha friend get help from a human named Oliver to find Coral.
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Finding Marlin will focus on the formerly overprotective clownfish Marlin, who on a new adventure to find his long-lost wife, Coral. But when he and a rogue piranha named Spike get taken to an aquarium at New Zealand, Nemo, Dory, and the Tank Gang travel on their own adventure to find Marlin. Meanwhile, at an aquarium, Marlin and Spike travel and work together to find Coral and grow a friendship.
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The film received critical acclaim and won several Annie Awards, and was nominated for the Best Animated Feature OSCAR. It earned a total of $1 billion worldwide.
   
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''Finding Marlin'' is scheduled to be released on July 24, 2026. Upon release, the film was a critical and commercial success, grossing over $1 billion worldwide, becoming the third Pixar film to cross this mark after 2010's ''Toy Story 3'' and 2016's ''Finding Dory''. 
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The film is scheduled to be released on July 24, 2026.
  
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The film set several records, including being voted one of the 100 greatest motion pictures since 2020. The film will also be THX-certified and presented in [[IMAX|IMAX 3D]] and Disney Digital 3D.
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== Premise ==
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In this sequel to ''Finding Dory'', Marlin, Nemo, and Dory go on a new adventure to find his long-lost wife, Coral. But when he and a rogue piranha named Spike get taken to an aquarium, Nemo, Dory, and the Tank Gang travel on their own adventure to find Marlin. Meanwhile, Marlin and Spike travel and work together to find Coral and grow a friendship.
   
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== Synopsis ==
  
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Marlin, Nemo, and Dory go on a new adventure and head for New Zealand to find Marlin's long-lost wife, Coral. But when he and a new piranha friend get captured, Nemo, Dory, and the Tank Gang try to rescue them. Meanwhile, at an aquarium, Marlin and the new piranha friend get help from a human named Oliver to find Coral.
  
 
== Plot ==
  
== Plot ==
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The film begins with Marlin having a nightmare about losing Coral and their eggs to the barracuda. He wakes up, screaming in fear, and he wakes up Nemo and Dory in the process. Nemo and Dory ask him what's wrong, and Marlin says nothing, telling them to go back to sleep. Marlin then sits on a rock, thinking about his wife Coral.
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The film begins with Marlin, Nemo, and Dory getting ready for bed. Nemo and Dory ask Marlin what happened to Nemo's mother (Coral), so Marlin tells them what happened. Then, Marlin and Nemo go into their anemone, and Dory goes to her brain coral, then they all fall asleep. Later, at midnight, Marlin has a nightmare about losing Coral and their eggs to the barracuda. He wakes up, screaming in fear, and he wakes up Nemo and Dory in the process. Nemo and Dory ask him what's wrong, and Marlin says nothing, telling them to go back to sleep. Marlin then goes to a rock, thinking about Coral.
   
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The following morning, Marlin sees that people have a wife, which reminds him of his wife Coral. Nemo then asks his father to come with him on a field trip, then Marlin responds, then they go to a field trip with Mr. Ray to learn about coral reefs. At the field trip, Nemo's classmates ask Marlin about ever having a wife, but Marlin, shocked, tells everybody that he lost Coral years ago. Marlin then also tells Nemo that the coral reefs remind him about Coral, then he finds clues that Coral used to leave him when she was alive on the sea bed - small broken pieces of coral - and tells Nemo and Dory about these clues.
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The following morning, on the way to bring Nemo to the Sandy Patch School, Marlin sees that people have families, reminding him of his life with Coral before the barracuda incident. Nemo then asks Marlin to come with him on a field trip, then he responds, then they go to a field trip with Mr. Ray to learn about coral reefs. At the field trip, Nemo's classmates ask Marlin about ever having a wife, but Marlin, nervous, tells everybody that he lost Coral years ago due to the barracuda. Marlin swims offs and finds Nemo, who found small broken pieces of coral - clues that Coral used to leave him when she was alive on the sea bed.
   
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When they go back home, Marlin keeps finding clues, and later that night, he goes out to follow them, while Nemo and Dory catch up and they all head to New Zealand. During their quest, Nemo falls asleep, and then the trio run into Bruce, Anchor, and Chum, who are now fully vegetarian. Marlin explains to the sharks about his quest to find Coral, so the sharks give Marlin, Nemo, and Dory a lift to New Zealand. A few hours later, the sharks drop off Marlin, Nemo, and Dory at a cave, where the trio sleeps for the night.
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Returning home, Marlin explains to Dory about the clues and that he is beginning to think about going on a new adventure to find Coral. Later that night, Marlin goes out to find Coral, while Nemo and Dory catch up and they all leave the reef and travel. During their quest, Nemo falls asleep, and then the trio run into Bruce, Anchor, and Chum, who are now fully vegetarian. Marlin explains to the sharks about his quest to find Coral, so the sharks give Marlin, Nemo, and Dory a lift.
   
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The next morning, the trio continues their quest, but they run into Gill and the Tank Gang, who escaped from the Marine Life Institute. Nemo is glad to see the Tank Gang again. Gill then sees a science research ship from NIWA, then he tells his plan to Marlin, Dory, Nemo, and the Tank Gang about a plan to get on the vessel, then they are fished up by the scientists, and are put in a tank. But then, a saltwater crocodile on the ship tries to attack the good guys, but they jump from tank to tank until the crocodile is recaptured by the scientists. Later, when they arrive at the port of Napier, New Zealand, the good guys tip their tanks over the side of the ship, then they land into the ocean, where Marlin runs into a genetically modified piranha named Spike, who escaped from a lab in Brazil. Spike joins him on his journey to find Coral. But then, Marlin and Spike both get caught in a fishing boat, but are rescued by the workers of an aquarium, then Marlin and Spike get put in a cooler in a truck, and it heads for the National Aquarium of New Zealand, in the city of Napier.
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Later, the sharks drop off Marlin, Nemo, and Dory at a cave, near the ruins of the shipwreck, where the trio sleeps for the night. The trio later continues their quest for days and days, until they run into Gill and the Tank Gang, who escaped from the Marine Life Institute and are now stuck in a water bottle. Marlin, Nemo, and Dory free the Tank Gang and swim up to the surface, where Gill sees a transport ship. He then tells his plan to Marlin, Dory, Nemo, and the Tank Gang about getting on the vessel to use the coordinates to locate Coral. Gill sends Peach and Jacques to the ship, where the two distract the guards and incapacitate them, and get a map to find the location where the boat is going to. The plan succeeds, and the heroes follow the ship until they arrive at the port of Wellington, New Zealand, where Marlin is ambushed by a piranha, whom he tries to fend off. But then, Marlin and the piranha both get rescued by the staff members of an aquarium and get put in a cooler in a truck, as it heads for the New Zealand Public Aquarium, in the city of Napier.
   
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Nemo, Dory, and the Tank Gang make a plan to find Marlin and the piranha, then Gill explains that rivers also lead to the ocean, so the heroes start a new adventure to find Marlin and the piranha. They travel too far and end up on the east coast of the South Island. Eventually, they find the Waimakariri River, where a bunch of blue penguins guide them to their leader, Lincoln, a blue tang, whom Dory falls in love with. Nemo asks Lincoln to help him find Marlin, so he and his penguin flock decide to help Nemo and his friends find Marlin.
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Nemo, Dory, and the Tank Gang make a plan to find Marlin as they then travel. They travel too far and end up on the eastern coast of the South Island, where Gill spots some of his old friends, a shoal of flying fish led by a middle-aged flying fish named Lincoln. Nemo asks them if they can help them find Marlin, and they agree. As everyone gets on them, the flying fish then travel across the river.
   
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Meanwhile, Marlin and Spike are put in a tank in a room of the aquarium, where a group of Special Needs children are visiting. The two fish meet a teenager named Oliver who can communicate with animals. The fish are shocked that he can talk to animals, but Oliver explains the reason why he can communicate with them - he received a brain injury in a car crash, and can now understand and talk to animals, although he also has seizures, fits, and headaches. Oliver agrees to help Marlin on his quest to find Coral, but the human teenager explains to Marlin about the tag. He puts Marlin and Spike in a fish bowl, and holds the bowl during the quest.
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Meanwhile, Marlin and the piranha are put in a tank in a room of the aquarium, where a group of children are visiting. Marlin and the piranha get in a steaming feud and swim away from each other. The piranha, however, feels bad and decides to help Marlin escape from the tank, as he introduces himself as Spike. The plan succeeds, with the two fish get into the pipes.
   
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In the pipes, Marlin tells Spike that he is trying to find Coral, and Spike tells him that he is a genetically modified piranha who escaped a lab, and later became a minion of the barracuda Fang, who had repeatedly mistreated him in the past to the point where he once injured his torso. He also tells Marlin that he witnessed Fang attacking the home of two clownfish. The two fish notice two pipe pathways and split up, with Marlin going into the right one while Spike goes into the left one. Later, Marlin and Spike eventually run into each other, but a pipe pig shows up and begins chasing Marlin and Spike. They try to escape, but Spike's torso injury stops him from swimming. As they pipe pig nearly hits Spike, Marlin saves his life by pushing him out of the way and both successfully escape. Spike thanks Marlin for saving his life from the pipe pig and joins him on his adventure to find Coral.
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Later, Marlin, Spike, and Oliver hear that a dolphin named Flipper is in trouble, so he puts the two into the tank. Marlin and Spike then meet Flipper, who tells them that he is being attacked by a bully named Arnold who is an orca. Marlin and Spike then stand up to the orca, who then gets taken out of the tank by the human workers. Marlin explains to Flipper about his quest to find Coral, then Oliver puts the two fish into the bucket, and the trio continue their quest to find Coral. Among the way, Marlin keeps finding clues, leading one step closer to Coral.
  
   
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At the river at South Island, Nemo and company arrive at the North Island and say farwell to the flying fish. There, they encounter a falcon that snatches Dory. Nemo, horrified, but brave enough, discusses his own very first plan to the Tank Gang. Gill sends the Tank Gang to rescue Dory from the falcon and distract it as it lets go of Dory. Realizing that Dory was hurt in the process, Nemo realizes that he has to keep everyone safe since he is leading the search and tells Dory that everything will be fine.
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Meanwhile, Fang the barracuda and another piranha named Paul find out that his spy Spike is missing, so they swim from the Tasman Sea to the East Coast of New Zealand. Back with Nemo, after travelling from the South Island back to near Napier, Lincoln introduces Nemo, Dory, and the Tank Gang to his companion, a kiwi named George. Nemo explains to George about his journey to find Marlin at the aquarium, so he puts Nemo, Dory, the Tank Gang, and Lincoln in a fish tank. Gill then notices the pipes, and he tells Nemo, Dory, and the rest of the gang to get in the pipes to get to the aquarium, so they travel through the storm-water pipes and fight against the current to get to the aquarium.
  
   
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Meanwhile, Marlin and Spike, having travelled in the aquarium for days, go into an exhibit where they hear that someone is in trouble. They then meet a dolphin named Flipper, who tells them that he is being bothered by a bully named Arnold who is an orca whale. Marlin and Spike come up with a plan and discuss ideas to stop Arnold. As they confront Arnold, he chases them as the two fish work together to take advantage of him as he crashes into a bunch of rocks while Spike hides into a hole. The two fish stand up to him as Arnold agrees to never bully someone again and swims away. Returning to Flipper, Marlin explains to him about his adventure to find Coral, and Flipper, in return, tells him that there are clownfish at a large tank on the highest floor. As the two fish say farewell to Flipper, Marlin and Spike enter some pipes which would be a quick way to find the exhibit.
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Marlin, Spike, and Oliver go through a lot of exhibits, and they eventually make to their destination, the Coral Reef exhibit, where Oliver gives Marlin something to remember him, and they part ways, and Oliver drops Marlin and Spike into a tank. Marlin, however, finds Coral, who is glad to see Marlin again. They have a tearful reunion. He tells Coral about his tales from the 2003 original film, and Coral reveals how she survived the barracuda incident: she swam out of the barracuda's mouth before it closed, but she was injured in the process, so she has a scar on one side and doesn't swim well because her tail was injured as well. Spike sneaks away and sends Fang a message through phytoplankton.
  
   
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Meanwhile, after a few days of travelling, Dory meets a shy but curious and friendly North Island brown kiwi named George. Nemo, upset by the falcon incident, tells Dory that George might attack anyone, but she insists that he is friendly. Dory talks to George and asks him if he knows a shortcut to find Marlin, so he leads the way and guides Nemo, Dory, and the Tank Gang to a pipe entrance. As the heroes enter the pipe entrance, they travel through the storm-water pipes and fight against the current to get to the aquarium. Nemo, knowing that George is friendly, realizes that he shouldn't be a bit protective and remembers becoming brave the first time [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVqD-89PCRk when he succeeded in stopping the filter].
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While in the pipes, the heroes are still trying to get through them, and Dory keeps forgetting Lincoln's name, which makes him find it a little endearing. Everyone sees that they are almost outside of the NZ aquarium, but Gill and the Tank Gang get stuck in a drain, and the pelicans with George's help lift the drain grate and scoop the fish out of the storm-water drain and carry them in their beaks to the NZ Aquarium. Back at the Coral Reef exhibit, Marlin tells Coral about the tales from ''Finding Dory''. Coral is impressed about the tales Marlin tells, and comments on how sweet those stories are. Marlin comments that Nemo and Dory would try to find him. Then, he tells Coral about his mollusk joke from the original film, which impresses her. But then, Nigel and the pelicans arrive with Nemo and his friends, and they rescue Marlin, Spike, and Coral from the aquarium. Then, a mean gang plan to stop Nigel and the pelicans.
  
   
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Meanwhile, Marlin and Spike eventually make it to a tank in the tropical fish exhibit. There, they ask multiple clownfish one by one if they know a clownfish named Coral, before Marlin and Spike realize that Coral is not at the aquarium. Marlin swims off, sad that he'll never get to see his friends and family again and that he will never get to leave the aquarium. Spike then tells Marlin that they'll eventually find a way for them to escape from the aquarium.
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The heroes try to escape from the gang, but a member of the gang throws a rock at Nigel's left wing, injuring him. Oliver then rescues Marlin, Nemo, Dory, and the gang and puts them in a fish tank which is in a shopping cart, and runs away from the gang. He takes one of the gangs' cars and drives away, resulting in a car chase with the other gang members. The police join the chase and successfully stop and arrest half of the gang. Oliver has a seizure in the car, but presses the brake, so he crashes harmlessly into a wall near the river at low speed. As the police arrest the rest of the gang, Oliver releases the heroes to the ocean, and says farewell to Marlin and his friends. He is then taken to hospital by the police who know about his brain injury and seizure. Meanwhile, Nigel and the pelicans are rescued by humans.
  
   
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Meanwhile, a stream of phytoplankton leaves the pipes and enters the ocean. It eventually passes by a volcano, where it is found by a moray eel named Paul, who then tells his boss about this.
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When the heroes go back to the ocean, they travel from Hawkes Bay up to the Bay of Plenty, where Spike, feeling remorse for betraying Marlin's trust, confesses his plans and his role as a spy to Marlin, which angers the clownfish. Marlin and Spike end up in an argument, but Dory stops them from arguing. Spike has a change of heart, and agrees to help Marlin escape from the barracuda. Soon, Spike goes to Fang, who scolds at him for going missing. Fang then sees Dory and Coral, and starts chasing them while Spike goes with Marlin and co.
  
   
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While in the pipes, the heroes are still trying to get through them, and Dory is trying to guess directions for the heroes to go through. Eventually, as Nemo and Dory look through a barely opened drain gate and discover that they're nearby an aquarium, Gill and the Tank Gang get stuck in a drain, and the pelicans help lift the drain grate and scoop the fish out of the storm-water drain and carry them in their beaks to the NZ Aquarium. Back at the Coral Reef exhibit, Marlin and Spike are planning a way to escape this aquarium. As they notice another pipe entrance with a lock on it, they ask a crab named Jake if there is a way to get out of the aquarium. He twists the lock from the inside, opening it. The two fish and Jake enter the pipeline, which unintentionally leads them to a water facility connected to the aquarium.
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Leading the barracuda away from Marlin, whom he intended to ambush, Dory swims away with Coral; Meanwhile, Marlin and friends make a plan to stop Fang. Dory and Coral, however, catch up with Marlin and his friends, but Fang shows up and corners everyone, and he asks Spike to help him bring the heroes down. Spike refuses and sides with Marlin, making Fang furious, and the heroes fight Fang. During their fight, Fang knocks a sea column on Spike's head, hurting him. The barracuda then corners Marlin, intending to attack him, but Marlin and Nemo decide to swim away from him. Then, they spot an underwater volcanic crater, part of the White Island volcano, then Nemo remembers the 'Ring of Fire' from the first film and swims in the bubbles safely with Marlin while trying to escape. Fang runs into the bubbles and gets burned. Angry and in pain, he blindly crosses the crater just as the eruption starts. Nemo and Marlin yell at him to look out and get out of the crater, but he continues chasing them and nearly devours them before he gets caught by the full blast of the eruption. Nemo and Marlin then have to escape the underwater lava flows, steam and landslides.
  
   
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As Nemo and friends make it into the aquarium and go into the tropical fish exhibit, they learn that two fish and a crab unlocked a pipe entrance which would lead them to a water facility. They figure out that the two fish are Marlin and his new friend Spike, so they leave the aquarium and try to locate the nearest water facility. Meanwhile, Marlin and Spike, along with Jake, have to avoid all the obstacles in order to get out. As the heroes make it to the water facility, they spot the three fish in one of the sections and successfully rescue them. Marlin, after being rescued, explains to Nemo, Dory, and the Tank Gang that he wasn't able to find Coral. The pelicans eventually make it to the shore, where they drop off the heroes and tell them that they will see them again on the holidays. Marlin and his friends then head off to the ocean.
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Marlin and Nemo make it out of the volcano alive, and then they check on Spike. Everyone is safe; Spike, however, is severely dying due to getting badly hurt by Fang, and apologizes to Marlin before he dies. Nemo then cries because Spike died, and everyone mourns Spike's death. Marlin and everyone then head back home to the Great Barrier Reef.
  
   
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Having returned to the ocean, the heroes travel from Hawke's Bay up to a cave near a volcano in the Bay of Plenty, where Spike, feeling remorse for betraying Marlin, confesses that he was forced to bring food to Fang, revealing that he sent a secret message to him about bringing him food while he was in the pipes, but Marlin turns hostile towards him. Marlin and Spike end up in an argument, but Spike agrees to help Marlin escape from Fang. Spike reveals that he knows where Coral was the entire time, and that Fang forced him to keep it a secret. Spike then tells Marlin and the others that he has a plan to rescue Coral and escape from Fang.
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Marlin and the others go back to the reef by riding the current, and they tell Crush and the sea turtles about their adventures. Marlin is still sad about Spike's death, but Crush cheers him up, and then everyone exits the current and they return to the reef. Back at the reef, Marlin, Nemo, Coral, and Dory make a little memorial in the sand for Spike. The next day, Nemo comes back to school and Mr. Ray tells him off for not being at school and that he was supposed to have a report on predators. However, Nemo is able to come up with a report on barracudas and piranhas on the spot, so Mr. Ray gives him an A+. All the other kids then think he is very cool.
  
   
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Near the volcano, Spike brings Marlin, Nemo, Dory, and the Tank Gang to Paul, as he tells him that "he is going to bring Fang the food that he promised". As they all go to the volcano, Paul alerts Fang that Spike is here with food, as he leaves the cave. Fang, recognizing Marlin, reveals to him that he has Coral, who explains to Marlin that Fang spared and imprisoned her after the attack on their anemone. Fang then asks Spike to help him bring the heroes down; Spike refuses and sides with Marlin at his own expense, making Fang furious, as the heroes fight Fang and Paul. During their fight, Fang knocks a sea column on Spike's head, thus hurting him and physically sending him into a rock wall. Marlin, horrified because of what he just saw, escapes with Nemo from Fang as he begins chasing them. Then, the two clownfish spot an underwater volcanic crater, part of the White Island volcano, then Nemo remembers the Ring of Fire from the first film as they enter it, and swim together in the bubbles safely with while trying to escape. Fang runs into the bubbles and gets burned. Angry and in pain, he blindly crosses the crater just as the eruption starts. Nemo and Marlin sympathetically shout at him to look out and get out of the crater, but he continues chasing them and nearly devours them before he gets caught by the full blast of the eruption and gets burned to death as Marlin and Nemo escape the volcano.
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That night, Marlin and Coral are in the anemone, and they talk about being together and Marlin talks about how much he missed Coral, but that somehow he knew that she wasn't dead because he didn't turn into a female. They share a loving hug because they're happy to be together again. The next day everybody celebrates with Dory and Nemo and all their friends, including characters from the previous 2 films. Then, Dory and Lincoln sing the Just Keep Swimming song. Nemo says he's glad that everybody has a family now, and then the film ends happily.
  
   
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Everyone then sees the volcanic eruption and they all believe that Marlin and Nemo have died, so they mourn their loss. Then, Marlin and Nemo make it out of the volcano alive, and then everyone cheers for them. Paul, realizing that Fang is dead, escapes. Everyone is safe, and Spike apologizes to Marlin for his actions. Everyone then begins to head home to the Great Barrier Reef.
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Marlin and the others go back to the reef by riding the East Australian Current, and they tell Crush, Squirt, and the other sea turtles about their adventures. Marlin introduces Coral and Spike to Crush, and then everyone exits the current and they return to the reef. There, as everyone goes back to their regular lives, Spike thanks Marlin for helping him defeat Fang as the two become best friends. Marlin and Coral talk about being together and he talks about how much he missed Coral, but that somehow he knew that she wasn't dead because he didn't turn into a female. They share a loving hug because they're happy to be together again and spend time with everyone else as the movie ends.
   
 
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*Albert Brooks as Marlin, an overprotective clownfish, Nemo's father, and Coral's husband.
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*Albert Brooks as Marlin, a formerly overprotective clownfish, Nemo's father, and Coral's husband. The main protagonist of the film.
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*Michael Keaton as Spike, a genetically modified piranha who works for Fang and the secondary antagonist-deuteragonist of the film.
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*Jessica DiCiocco as Nemo, a young optimistic clownfish, Marlin and Coral's son, and Dory's friend. He was voiced by Hayden Rolence in the previous film. He was also voiced by Alexander Gould in the first movie.
  
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*TBA as Nemo, a young optimistic clownfish, Marlin and Coral's son, and Dory's friend. He was voiced by Hayden Rolence in the previous film. He was also voiced by Alexander Gould in the first movie.
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*Ellen DeGeneres as Dory, a Pacific regal blue tang who suffers from "short-term memory loss", and Lincoln's girlfriend.
  
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*Ellen DeGeneres as Dory, a Pacific regal blue tang who suffers from short-term memory loss.
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*Elizabeth Perkins as Coral, a female clownfish, Marlin's wife and Nemo's mother.
  
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*Chris Wedge as Lincoln, a blue tang and Dory's boyfriend.
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*Elizabeth Perkins as Coral, a female clownfish who is Marlin's wife and Nemo's mother.
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*Williem Dafoe as Gill, a Moorish idol who is the leader of the Tank Gang.
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*Hayden Rolence as Oliver, a human teenager who can communicate with animals. He helps Marlin on his adventure to find Coral.
  
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*Williem Dafoe as Gill, the leader of the Tank Gang.
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*Brad Garrett as Bloat, a pufferfish who is a member of the Tank Gang.
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*Allison Janney as Peach, a pink starfish who is a member of the Tank Gang.
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*Brad Garrett as Bloat, a pufferfish.
  
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*Austin Pendleton as Gurgle, a royal gramma who is a member of the Tank Gang.
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*Allison Janney as Peach, a pink starfish.
  
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*Stephen Root as Bubbles, a yellow tang who is a member of the Tank Gang.
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*Austin Pendleton as Gurgle, a royal gramma.
  
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*Vicki Lewis as Deb/Flo, a four-striped damselfish who is a member of the Tank Gang.
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*Stephen Root as Bubbles, a yellow tang.
  
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*Jerome Ranft as Jacques, a cleaner shrimp who is a member of the Tank Gang. He was voiced by Joe Ranft, Jerome's late brother, in the first film.
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*Vicki Lewis as Deb/Flo, a four-striped damselfish.
  
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*Jerome Ranft as Jacques, a cleaner shrimp. He was voiced by Joe Ranft, Jerome's late brother, in the first film.
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*Idris Elba as Bruce, a completely vegetarian great white shark. He was voiced by Barry Humphries in the first film.
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*Idris Elba as Bruce, a vegetarian great white shark. He was voiced by Barry Humphries in the first film.
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*Eric Bana as Anchor, a completely vegetarian hammerhead shark who is friends with Bruce.
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*Eric Bana as Anchor, a hammerhead shark friends with Bruce.
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*Bruce Spence as Chum, a completely vegetarian mako shark who is friends with Bruce and Anchor.
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*TBA as Fang, the barracuda who wants to eat Marlin and his friends. He is the main antagonist of the movie, unlike his first appearance in the first ''Finding Nemo''.
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*Bruce Spence as Chum, mako shark friends with Bruce and Anchor.
  
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*John Ratzenberger as Paul, a moray eel who works for Fang.
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*Michael Keaton as Spike, a genetically modified piranha who is Fang's spy. He is a friend of Marlin.
  
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*Greg Sestero as Jake, an Atlantic blue crab, who helps to get out of the aquarium
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*TBA as Fang, the barracuda. He is the main villain, unlike his first appearance in Finding Nemo.
  
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*James S. Baker as Flipper, a common bottlenose dolphin who lives at the New Zealand Public Aquarium.
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*Denis Leary as Dan, a genetically modified piranha who is much more of a baddy than Spike is, and also works for Fang. He is the secondary antagonist of the film.
  
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*Alec Baldwin as Arnold, a mean orca whale who bullies Flipper.
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*Chris Parnell as Arnold, a good but funny orca whale.
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*Jeff Bennett as George, a North Island brown kiwi.
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*Frank Welker as George, a kiwi.
  
 
*Andrew Stanton as Crush, a 150-year old green sea turtle.
  
*Andrew Stanton as Crush, a 150-year old green sea turtle.
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*Anton Starkman as Squirt, a green sea turtle and Crush's son. He was voiced by Bennett Dammann in the previous film. He was also voiced by Nick Bird in the first film.
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*Finn Carr as Squirt, a green sea turtle and Crush's son. He was voiced by Bennett Dammann in the previous film, and Nicholas Bird in the first film.
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*Geoffrey Rush as Nigel, a pelican.
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*Geoffrey Rush as Nigel, a brown pelican from the first film.
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*Bob Peterson as Mr. Ray, a spotted eagle ray, the school bus of the class, and the teacher of the class.
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=== Additional Voices ===
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*Owen Vaccaro as Sheldon, a sea horse.
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*Scarlett Estevez as Pearl, a flapjack octopus.
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*Connor Corum as Tad, a long-nosed butterfly fish.
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*Katherine Ringgold as Kathy, a chickenfish.
 
*Kaitlin Olson as Destiny, a near-sighted whale shark and Dory's childhood friend.
  
*Kaitlin Olson as Destiny, a near-sighted whale shark and Dory's childhood friend.
 
*Ty Burrell as Bailey, a beluga whale.
  
*Ty Burrell as Bailey, a beluga whale.
 
*Diane Keaton as Jenny, Dory's mother.
  
*Diane Keaton as Jenny, Dory's mother.
 
*Eugene Levy as Charlie, Dory's father.
  
*Eugene Levy as Charlie, Dory's father.
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*Ed O'Neill as Hank, a cranky East Pacific red octopus who previously lost a tentacle.
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*Bob Peterson as Mr. Ray, Nemo's schoolteacher.
  
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*Brian Firenzi as a captain
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*John Ratzenberger as TBA
  
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*John Cena, Paul Scheer, and Hannibal Buress as guards
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*Ed O'Neill as Hank, a cranky East Pacific red octopus who previously lost a tentacle. He only appears in a post credits scene.
  
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*Tom Franco as a truck pilot
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*Jacki Weaver as truck co-pilot
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*Grant Palmer as Sheldon, a sea horse.
  
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*Grey DeLisle-Griffin as Pearl, a flapjack octopus.
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*Grey Griffin as the NZ aquarium owner
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*James Franco and Dee Bradley Baker as fishermen
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*Caleel Harris as Tad, a long-nosed butterfly fish.
  
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*Kevin Michael Richardson as the Tropical Fish Exhibit owner
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*Katherine Ringgold as Kathy, a chickenfish.
  
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*Andrew Stanton, Brad Bird, Bob Peterson, and Lee Unkrich as the pelicans who are Nigel's friends. They help Nemo and friends find Marlin, Coral, and Spike at the NZ Aquarium.
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*Carlos Alazraqui as Bill
  
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*Phil Proctor as Bob
  
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*Jim Ward as Ted
  
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*Mona Marshall as Pearl's mother
  
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*Alexander Gould as one of the gang members who chase Oliver. Gould voiced Nemo in the original 2003 film, and he also voiced Passengers Carl and Tommy in the previous film.
  
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*Frank Welker as the saltwater crocodile who chases the fish at the ship.
  
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*Bill Hader as one of the scientists at the National Aquarium of New Zealand. He also voices one of the gang members who chase Oliver.
  
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''more coming soon''...
  
''more coming soon''...
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== Production ==
  
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In June 2016, director Andrew Stanton talked about the possibility of a sequel, saying that he would never exclude it because of the introduction of new characters, citing the Toy Story films as guides for how to expand a world through sequels. But in 2022, Andrew Stanton announced that a third film will be released in 2026.
  
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== Trailers ==
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== Production ==
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In June 2016, director Andrew Stanton talked about the possibility of a sequel, saying that he would never exclude it because of the introduction of new characters, citing the Toy Story films as guides for how to expand a world through sequels.
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1. Send Me On My Way - Rusted Root
  
   
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''Finding Marlin'' began production in 2022, 6 years after the release of ''Finding Dory''. The film contains many new scenes inspired from deleted scenes and rejected concepts that were originally going to be used for ''Finding Nemo'' and ''Finding Dory''. It was decided early in development of ''Finding Marlin'' that they would use inspiration from ''Finding Dory'' and ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Age_(2002_film) Ice Age]'' and that deleted scenes and rejected concepts from the first two films would be revisited.
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2. Just Keep Swimming (1st time) - Ellen DeGeneres, Elizabeth Perkins
  
   
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The film was officially announced at the 2023 D23 Expo. It was also confirmed that Brooks, DeGeneres, Dafoe, and Perkins had already signed on to reprise their roles as Marlin, Dory, Gill, and Coral. Eventually a short teaser trailer released at the 2025 D23 Expo, accompanied by the announcement that the film would be released on July 24, 2026. Some time later, a subsequent full-length trailer was released on Disney and Pixar's social media pages in April 2026.
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3. Just Keep Swimming (2nd time) - Ellen DeGeneres, Chris Wedge
  
   
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== Rating ==
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''Finding Marlin'' received a PG rating (for mild thematic elements and intense sequences) by the MPAA. This is the ???th Pixar movie to be rated as such in the US after ''The Incredibles'', ''Up'', ''Brave'', ''Inside Out'', ''The Good Dinosaur'', ''Finding Dory'', ''Coco'', and ''Incredibles 2''. It is also the second Pixar sequel to have another rating other than the original film's rating (G).
 
== Reception ==
  
== Reception ==
 
=== Box Office ===
  
=== Box Office ===
 
''Finding Marlin ''earned $1,324,411,567 at the worldwide box office.
  
''Finding Marlin ''earned $1,324,411,567 at the worldwide box office.
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=== Critical Response ===
  
=== Critical Response ===
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''Finding Marlin ''received positive reviews from critics, with a 8/10 rating on IMDB, a 96% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and a 95/100 rating on Metacritic. Critics typically praised the animation quality, the characters, and a plot inspired by Finding Dory and Ice Age, while some did criticize the dark nature of the film, and some of the realistic scenes. ''Finding Marlin'' won several Annie Awards, and was nominated for the Best Animated Feature OSCAR.
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''Finding Marlin ''received positive reviews from critics, with a 8/10 rating on IMDB, a 96% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and a 95/100 rating on Metacritic. Critics typically praised the animation quality, the characters, the storyline, and the well-done voice acting, while some did criticize the fact that it may get a little cliché at times. ''Finding Marlin'' won several Annie Awards, and was nominated for the Best Animated Feature OSCAR.
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==Marketing==
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On December 17, 2025, a teaser trailer was released on Pixar's YouTube channel, followed by a full theatrical trailer on Pixar's YouTube channel on February 4, 2026.
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===Theatrical release===
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The film was released in theaters worldwide on July 24, 2026, marking the 40th anniversary of Pixar.
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===Home media release===
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''Finding Marlin'' is scheduled to be released by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on Blu-ray (2D and 3D) and DVD in the United States on December 8, 2026. The DVD release includes the short film, ''[[Oliver the Penguin]]''.
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==Rejected ideas==
   
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==LEGO Finding Nemo==
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[[Finding Marlin/Rejected Ideas]]
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In summer 2022, LEGO released a Finding Nemo theme, with a couple sets each from the first two movies. The range became very highly popular, prompting an expansion of the range of sets. Then, in spring 2024, a video game called "LEGO Finding Nemo: The Video Game" came out, and it has the same gameplay as other LEGO video games.
  
   
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==Transcript==
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Here are a list of sets:
  
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===Finding Nemo===
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[[Finding Marlin/Transcript]]
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*Jellyfish Forest (Includes Marlin, Dory, and 16x Jellyfish)
  
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*The Drop-Off (Includes Marlin, Nemo, Pearl, Sheldon, Tad, Mr. Ray, Kathy, 3x Fish, and a Diver)
  
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*Mount Wannahockaloogie (Includes Nemo, Gill, Bloat, Peach, Deb, Bubbles, Jacques, and Gurgle)
  
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*Anglerfish Chase (Includes Marlin, Dory, and an Anglerfish)
  
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*Sydney Harbour (Includes Marlin, Dory, Nigel, Gerald, and 20x Seagull)
  
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*East Australian Current (Includes Marlin, Dory, Crush, Squirt, and 3x Sea turtles)
  
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*Shark Chase (Includes Marlin, Dory, Bruce, Anchor, and Chum)
  
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===Finding Dory===
  
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*The Midnight Zone (Includes Dory, Marlin, Nemo, 16x crabs, and the Giant Squid)
  
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*The Open Ocean Exhibit (Includes Dory, 2x crabs, 16x fish)
  
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*Touch Pool (Includes Dory, Hank, and 16x fish)
  
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*The Truck (Includes Dory, Jenny, Charlie, Destiny, Bailey, Hank, Marlin, Nemo, 16x fish, and Becky the loon)
  
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*Stingray Migration (Includes Dory, Nemo, Mr. Ray, Pearl, Sheldon, Tad, 5x stingray, Kathy, and 3x fish)
  
   
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=== Finding Marlin ===
  
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* NIWA Research Ship (Includes Nemo, Marlin, Dory, Gill, the Tank Gang, a Crocodile, 3 Scientists, and 3 other fish)
  
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* Oliver at the Aquarium
  
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* Fish in the Pipes
  
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* Gang Car Chase
  
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* Volcano Final Battle (Includes Marlin, Nemo, and Fang)
  
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* Flipper's Exhibit (Includes Marlin, Spike, Flipper, and Arnold)
  
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* Reunion with Coral
  
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* Waimakariri River (Includes Nemo, Dory, the Tank Gang, Lincoln, George, and 6x Blue Penguins)
  
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== Transcript ==
  
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*[[Finding Marlin/Transcript]]
  
 
== Trivia ==
  
== Trivia ==
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*The plot of ''Finding Marlin'' was inspired by ''Finding Dory'' and ''Ice Age''.
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*The plot of ''Finding Marlin'' used inspiration from some elements in other movies, such as ''Finding Dory'' and ''Ice Age''.
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*This is the sixth film to be directed by Andrew Stanton. His final film will be a [[Ice Age (live-action remake)|live-action remake of ''Ice Age'']].
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*According to an interview with director Andrew Stanton, it is revealed that Fang is the very same barracuda at the beginning of ''Finding Nemo''.
  
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*''Finding Nemo'' is the third Pixar franchise to have three films, after ''Toy Story'' and ''Cars''.
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*Barry Humphries didn't reprise his role as Bruce because he died in the late 2010s. He is replaced by Idris Elba.
  
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*Unlike ''Finding Nemo'', Coral has a large role in the film.
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*The film marks several firsts for the ''Finding Nemo'' franchise:
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**The first time the opening isn't a flashback.
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**The first time where Mr. Ray doesn't sing.
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**The first film that doesn't have a post-credits scene.
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*Barry Humphries didn't reprise his role as Bruce because he died of natural causes in the 2020s. He is replaced by Idris Elba.
 
*Unlike ''Finding Dory'', the Tank Gang have a large role in the film.
  
*Unlike ''Finding Dory'', the Tank Gang have a large role in the film.
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*In 2027, Disney made a ''Finding Marlin''-themed ride at Disneyland, replacing the original ''Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage'' ride. The ride at Disneyland became so popular that it boosted the film's popularity.
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*The beginning scene in ''Finding Nemo'' is taken straight from the first film, but is shown in Marlin's nightmare. However, unlike in the first film, shortly after the barracuda attacks Marlin and knocks him into the anemone, the film fast-forwards ahead to Marlin waking up from his nightmare. Also, a couple of quotes have been excluded.
  
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*Hayden Rolence couldn't reprise his role of Nemo because of his deepened voice, which is due to him being too old to reprise as Nemo. The role was given to TBA.
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*This is the first time Nemo is voiced by a female.
  
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**Similar to Alexander Gould, who made a cameo in ''Finding Dory'' as Passenger Carl, Hayden Rolence made a small cameo as one of the employees at the aquarium.
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*The basic structure of the stories of Diego from ''Ice Age'' and Spike in this film are very similar, that they start out wanting to betray the heroes to a villain who wants to eat them, but then change their minds. However the specific plot details are different.
  
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*This is the third Pixar's sequel film to be rated PG by the MPAA, after ''Finding Dory'' and ''Incredibles 2''.
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**In ''Finding Marlin'' Spike doesn't attack the heroes, but he joins them, then Marlin and Spike are taken. Soon, Spike sends Fang a message through phytoplankton. Also, Spike confesses to everyone that he works for Fang, so he and Marlin get in a fight. Later, Fang struck the piranha aside with his tail, flinging him against a stone wall, hurting his torso.
  
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*Similar to ''Finding Dory'', some of the visitors at the NZ Aquarium have the same models from earlier Pixar films.
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**In ''Ice Age'' Diego attacks Manny and Sid at first to get the baby, but instead he joins them to return the baby. Soon, Diego secretly meets up with two of his pack mates, who are surprised that Diego is bringing a mammoth and the baby to Soto. Later in the film, Manny pins Diego because he confessed to him and Sid that he wanted to bring the baby to Soto. Because the specifics are different, technically ''Finding Marlin'' is not a ripoff.
  
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*''Finding Marlin'' has strong connections to ''Finding Nemo'', in terms of continuity, some reused music and flashbacks. Here are examples of callbacks to the first:
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**Marlin tells Nemo and Dory a bedtime story of what happened to Coral at the very beginning of the film.
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**Marlin has a bad dream of when he lost Coral to the barracuda.
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**When the kids at Nemo's field trip ask Marlin about ever having a wife, he tells them the truth that he lost Coral to the barracuda.
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**The three sharks (Bruce, Anchor, and Chum) return from the first film, as they give Marlin and company a lift.
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**When Marlin, Nemo, and Dory wake up from the cave they slept for the night and continue to travel, we see places and certain characters from the first film, including the trench, a jellyfish forest, and the whale.
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**When Gill explains his plan to everyone, the "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSzBHH7zIKM Foolproof]" music from reused since its previous appearance in ''Finding Nemo'', when Gill discusses his plan in which Nemo is the only one to jam the filter.
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**Fang, the barracuda from the first film, returns, but as the main antagonist of the movie.
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**When Marlin and Coral reunite, she reveals how she survived the barracuda incident.
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* In the film's climax, Nemo remembers the "Ring of Fire" from Finding Nemo and, proving that he is brave enough, helps Marlin escape from Fang by going into the crater.
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This will be the first ''Finding Nemo'' film to be filmed in the 2.35:1 aspect ratio, unlike the two previous films that were originally shot in 16:9.
 
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Finding Marlin is an upcoming 2026 American 3D computer-animated buddy comedy-drama adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed and written by Andrew Stanton, the screenplay was co-written by Bob Peterson and Stanton. The film is a sequel to the critically acclaimed 2016 Disney/Pixar film, Finding Dory, and features the returning voices of Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Elizabeth Perkins, and Williem Dafoe, with TBA (replacing Hayden Rolence), Michael Keaton, TBA, Tom Hiddleston, and others joining the cast.

Finding Marlin will focus on the formerly overprotective clownfish Marlin, who on a new adventure to find his long-lost wife, Coral. But when he and a rogue piranha named Spike get taken to an aquarium at New Zealand, Nemo, Dory, and the Tank Gang travel on their own adventure to find Marlin. Meanwhile, at an aquarium, Marlin and Spike travel and work together to find Coral and grow a friendship. The film received critical acclaim and won several Annie Awards, and was nominated for the Best Animated Feature OSCAR. It earned a total of $1 billion worldwide.

Finding Marlin is scheduled to be released on July 24, 2026. Upon release, the film was a critical and commercial success, grossing over $1 billion worldwide, becoming the third Pixar film to cross this mark after 2010's Toy Story 3 and 2016's Finding Dory. 

The film set several records, including being voted one of the 100 greatest motion pictures since 2020. The film will also be THX-certified and presented in IMAX 3D and Disney Digital 3D.

Premise

In this sequel to Finding Dory, Marlin, Nemo, and Dory go on a new adventure to find his long-lost wife, Coral. But when he and a rogue piranha named Spike get taken to an aquarium, Nemo, Dory, and the Tank Gang travel on their own adventure to find Marlin. Meanwhile, Marlin and Spike travel and work together to find Coral and grow a friendship.

Plot

The film begins with Marlin, Nemo, and Dory getting ready for bed. Nemo and Dory ask Marlin what happened to Nemo's mother (Coral), so Marlin tells them what happened. Then, Marlin and Nemo go into their anemone, and Dory goes to her brain coral, then they all fall asleep. Later, at midnight, Marlin has a nightmare about losing Coral and their eggs to the barracuda. He wakes up, screaming in fear, and he wakes up Nemo and Dory in the process. Nemo and Dory ask him what's wrong, and Marlin says nothing, telling them to go back to sleep. Marlin then goes to a rock, thinking about Coral.

The following morning, on the way to bring Nemo to the Sandy Patch School, Marlin sees that people have families, reminding him of his life with Coral before the barracuda incident. Nemo then asks Marlin to come with him on a field trip, then he responds, then they go to a field trip with Mr. Ray to learn about coral reefs. At the field trip, Nemo's classmates ask Marlin about ever having a wife, but Marlin, nervous, tells everybody that he lost Coral years ago due to the barracuda. Marlin swims offs and finds Nemo, who found small broken pieces of coral - clues that Coral used to leave him when she was alive on the sea bed.

Returning home, Marlin explains to Dory about the clues and that he is beginning to think about going on a new adventure to find Coral. Later that night, Marlin goes out to find Coral, while Nemo and Dory catch up and they all leave the reef and travel. During their quest, Nemo falls asleep, and then the trio run into Bruce, Anchor, and Chum, who are now fully vegetarian. Marlin explains to the sharks about his quest to find Coral, so the sharks give Marlin, Nemo, and Dory a lift.

Later, the sharks drop off Marlin, Nemo, and Dory at a cave, near the ruins of the shipwreck, where the trio sleeps for the night. The trio later continues their quest for days and days, until they run into Gill and the Tank Gang, who escaped from the Marine Life Institute and are now stuck in a water bottle. Marlin, Nemo, and Dory free the Tank Gang and swim up to the surface, where Gill sees a transport ship. He then tells his plan to Marlin, Dory, Nemo, and the Tank Gang about getting on the vessel to use the coordinates to locate Coral. Gill sends Peach and Jacques to the ship, where the two distract the guards and incapacitate them, and get a map to find the location where the boat is going to. The plan succeeds, and the heroes follow the ship until they arrive at the port of Wellington, New Zealand, where Marlin is ambushed by a piranha, whom he tries to fend off. But then, Marlin and the piranha both get rescued by the staff members of an aquarium and get put in a cooler in a truck, as it heads for the New Zealand Public Aquarium, in the city of Napier.

Nemo, Dory, and the Tank Gang make a plan to find Marlin as they then travel. They travel too far and end up on the eastern coast of the South Island, where Gill spots some of his old friends, a shoal of flying fish led by a middle-aged flying fish named Lincoln. Nemo asks them if they can help them find Marlin, and they agree. As everyone gets on them, the flying fish then travel across the river.

Meanwhile, Marlin and the piranha are put in a tank in a room of the aquarium, where a group of children are visiting. Marlin and the piranha get in a steaming feud and swim away from each other. The piranha, however, feels bad and decides to help Marlin escape from the tank, as he introduces himself as Spike. The plan succeeds, with the two fish get into the pipes.

In the pipes, Marlin tells Spike that he is trying to find Coral, and Spike tells him that he is a genetically modified piranha who escaped a lab, and later became a minion of the barracuda Fang, who had repeatedly mistreated him in the past to the point where he once injured his torso. He also tells Marlin that he witnessed Fang attacking the home of two clownfish. The two fish notice two pipe pathways and split up, with Marlin going into the right one while Spike goes into the left one. Later, Marlin and Spike eventually run into each other, but a pipe pig shows up and begins chasing Marlin and Spike. They try to escape, but Spike's torso injury stops him from swimming. As they pipe pig nearly hits Spike, Marlin saves his life by pushing him out of the way and both successfully escape. Spike thanks Marlin for saving his life from the pipe pig and joins him on his adventure to find Coral.

At the river at South Island, Nemo and company arrive at the North Island and say farwell to the flying fish. There, they encounter a falcon that snatches Dory. Nemo, horrified, but brave enough, discusses his own very first plan to the Tank Gang. Gill sends the Tank Gang to rescue Dory from the falcon and distract it as it lets go of Dory. Realizing that Dory was hurt in the process, Nemo realizes that he has to keep everyone safe since he is leading the search and tells Dory that everything will be fine.

Meanwhile, Marlin and Spike, having travelled in the aquarium for days, go into an exhibit where they hear that someone is in trouble. They then meet a dolphin named Flipper, who tells them that he is being bothered by a bully named Arnold who is an orca whale. Marlin and Spike come up with a plan and discuss ideas to stop Arnold. As they confront Arnold, he chases them as the two fish work together to take advantage of him as he crashes into a bunch of rocks while Spike hides into a hole. The two fish stand up to him as Arnold agrees to never bully someone again and swims away. Returning to Flipper, Marlin explains to him about his adventure to find Coral, and Flipper, in return, tells him that there are clownfish at a large tank on the highest floor. As the two fish say farewell to Flipper, Marlin and Spike enter some pipes which would be a quick way to find the exhibit.

Meanwhile, after a few days of travelling, Dory meets a shy but curious and friendly North Island brown kiwi named George. Nemo, upset by the falcon incident, tells Dory that George might attack anyone, but she insists that he is friendly. Dory talks to George and asks him if he knows a shortcut to find Marlin, so he leads the way and guides Nemo, Dory, and the Tank Gang to a pipe entrance. As the heroes enter the pipe entrance, they travel through the storm-water pipes and fight against the current to get to the aquarium. Nemo, knowing that George is friendly, realizes that he shouldn't be a bit protective and remembers becoming brave the first time when he succeeded in stopping the filter.

Meanwhile, Marlin and Spike eventually make it to a tank in the tropical fish exhibit. There, they ask multiple clownfish one by one if they know a clownfish named Coral, before Marlin and Spike realize that Coral is not at the aquarium. Marlin swims off, sad that he'll never get to see his friends and family again and that he will never get to leave the aquarium. Spike then tells Marlin that they'll eventually find a way for them to escape from the aquarium.

Meanwhile, a stream of phytoplankton leaves the pipes and enters the ocean. It eventually passes by a volcano, where it is found by a moray eel named Paul, who then tells his boss about this.

While in the pipes, the heroes are still trying to get through them, and Dory is trying to guess directions for the heroes to go through. Eventually, as Nemo and Dory look through a barely opened drain gate and discover that they're nearby an aquarium, Gill and the Tank Gang get stuck in a drain, and the pelicans help lift the drain grate and scoop the fish out of the storm-water drain and carry them in their beaks to the NZ Aquarium. Back at the Coral Reef exhibit, Marlin and Spike are planning a way to escape this aquarium. As they notice another pipe entrance with a lock on it, they ask a crab named Jake if there is a way to get out of the aquarium. He twists the lock from the inside, opening it. The two fish and Jake enter the pipeline, which unintentionally leads them to a water facility connected to the aquarium.

As Nemo and friends make it into the aquarium and go into the tropical fish exhibit, they learn that two fish and a crab unlocked a pipe entrance which would lead them to a water facility. They figure out that the two fish are Marlin and his new friend Spike, so they leave the aquarium and try to locate the nearest water facility. Meanwhile, Marlin and Spike, along with Jake, have to avoid all the obstacles in order to get out. As the heroes make it to the water facility, they spot the three fish in one of the sections and successfully rescue them. Marlin, after being rescued, explains to Nemo, Dory, and the Tank Gang that he wasn't able to find Coral. The pelicans eventually make it to the shore, where they drop off the heroes and tell them that they will see them again on the holidays. Marlin and his friends then head off to the ocean.

Having returned to the ocean, the heroes travel from Hawke's Bay up to a cave near a volcano in the Bay of Plenty, where Spike, feeling remorse for betraying Marlin, confesses that he was forced to bring food to Fang, revealing that he sent a secret message to him about bringing him food while he was in the pipes, but Marlin turns hostile towards him. Marlin and Spike end up in an argument, but Spike agrees to help Marlin escape from Fang. Spike reveals that he knows where Coral was the entire time, and that Fang forced him to keep it a secret. Spike then tells Marlin and the others that he has a plan to rescue Coral and escape from Fang.

Near the volcano, Spike brings Marlin, Nemo, Dory, and the Tank Gang to Paul, as he tells him that "he is going to bring Fang the food that he promised". As they all go to the volcano, Paul alerts Fang that Spike is here with food, as he leaves the cave. Fang, recognizing Marlin, reveals to him that he has Coral, who explains to Marlin that Fang spared and imprisoned her after the attack on their anemone. Fang then asks Spike to help him bring the heroes down; Spike refuses and sides with Marlin at his own expense, making Fang furious, as the heroes fight Fang and Paul. During their fight, Fang knocks a sea column on Spike's head, thus hurting him and physically sending him into a rock wall. Marlin, horrified because of what he just saw, escapes with Nemo from Fang as he begins chasing them. Then, the two clownfish spot an underwater volcanic crater, part of the White Island volcano, then Nemo remembers the Ring of Fire from the first film as they enter it, and swim together in the bubbles safely with while trying to escape. Fang runs into the bubbles and gets burned. Angry and in pain, he blindly crosses the crater just as the eruption starts. Nemo and Marlin sympathetically shout at him to look out and get out of the crater, but he continues chasing them and nearly devours them before he gets caught by the full blast of the eruption and gets burned to death as Marlin and Nemo escape the volcano.

Everyone then sees the volcanic eruption and they all believe that Marlin and Nemo have died, so they mourn their loss. Then, Marlin and Nemo make it out of the volcano alive, and then everyone cheers for them. Paul, realizing that Fang is dead, escapes. Everyone is safe, and Spike apologizes to Marlin for his actions. Everyone then begins to head home to the Great Barrier Reef.

Marlin and the others go back to the reef by riding the East Australian Current, and they tell Crush, Squirt, and the other sea turtles about their adventures. Marlin introduces Coral and Spike to Crush, and then everyone exits the current and they return to the reef. There, as everyone goes back to their regular lives, Spike thanks Marlin for helping him defeat Fang as the two become best friends. Marlin and Coral talk about being together and he talks about how much he missed Coral, but that somehow he knew that she wasn't dead because he didn't turn into a female. They share a loving hug because they're happy to be together again and spend time with everyone else as the movie ends.

Cast

Main Cast

  • Albert Brooks as Marlin, a formerly overprotective clownfish, Nemo's father, and Coral's husband. The main protagonist of the film.
  • Michael Keaton as Spike, a genetically modified piranha who works for Fang and the secondary antagonist-deuteragonist of the film.
  • TBA as Nemo, a young optimistic clownfish, Marlin and Coral's son, and Dory's friend. He was voiced by Hayden Rolence in the previous film. He was also voiced by Alexander Gould in the first movie.
  • Ellen DeGeneres as Dory, a Pacific regal blue tang who suffers from short-term memory loss.
  • Elizabeth Perkins as Coral, a female clownfish who is Marlin's wife and Nemo's mother.
  • Williem Dafoe as Gill, a Moorish idol who is the leader of the Tank Gang.
  • Brad Garrett as Bloat, a pufferfish who is a member of the Tank Gang.
  • Allison Janney as Peach, a pink starfish who is a member of the Tank Gang.
  • Austin Pendleton as Gurgle, a royal gramma who is a member of the Tank Gang.
  • Stephen Root as Bubbles, a yellow tang who is a member of the Tank Gang.
  • Vicki Lewis as Deb/Flo, a four-striped damselfish who is a member of the Tank Gang.
  • Jerome Ranft as Jacques, a cleaner shrimp who is a member of the Tank Gang. He was voiced by Joe Ranft, Jerome's late brother, in the first film.
  • Idris Elba as Bruce, a completely vegetarian great white shark. He was voiced by Barry Humphries in the first film.
  • Eric Bana as Anchor, a completely vegetarian hammerhead shark who is friends with Bruce.
  • Bruce Spence as Chum, a completely vegetarian mako shark who is friends with Bruce and Anchor.
  • TBA as Fang, the barracuda who wants to eat Marlin and his friends. He is the main antagonist of the movie, unlike his first appearance in the first Finding Nemo.
  • John Ratzenberger as Paul, a moray eel who works for Fang.
  • Greg Sestero as Jake, an Atlantic blue crab, who helps to get out of the aquarium
  • James S. Baker as Flipper, a common bottlenose dolphin who lives at the New Zealand Public Aquarium.
  • Alec Baldwin as Arnold, a mean orca whale who bullies Flipper.
  • Jeff Bennett as George, a North Island brown kiwi.
  • Andrew Stanton as Crush, a 150-year old green sea turtle.
  • Finn Carr as Squirt, a green sea turtle and Crush's son. He was voiced by Bennett Dammann in the previous film, and Nicholas Bird in the first film.
  • Geoffrey Rush as Nigel, a brown pelican from the first film.
  • Bob Peterson as Mr. Ray, a spotted eagle ray, the school bus of the class, and the teacher of the class.

Additional Voices

  • Owen Vaccaro as Sheldon, a sea horse.
  • Scarlett Estevez as Pearl, a flapjack octopus.
  • Connor Corum as Tad, a long-nosed butterfly fish.
  • Katherine Ringgold as Kathy, a chickenfish.
  • Kaitlin Olson as Destiny, a near-sighted whale shark and Dory's childhood friend.
  • Ty Burrell as Bailey, a beluga whale.
  • Diane Keaton as Jenny, Dory's mother.
  • Eugene Levy as Charlie, Dory's father.
  • Ed O'Neill as Hank, a cranky East Pacific red octopus who previously lost a tentacle.
  • Brian Firenzi as a captain
  • John Cena, Paul Scheer, and Hannibal Buress as guards
  • Tom Franco as a truck pilot
  • Jacki Weaver as truck co-pilot
  • Grey Griffin as the NZ aquarium owner
  • James Franco and Dee Bradley Baker as fishermen
  • Kevin Michael Richardson as the Tropical Fish Exhibit owner
  • Andrew Stanton, Brad Bird, Bob Peterson, and Lee Unkrich as the pelicans who are Nigel's friends. They help Nemo and friends find Marlin, Coral, and Spike at the NZ Aquarium.

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Trailers

Production

In June 2016, director Andrew Stanton talked about the possibility of a sequel, saying that he would never exclude it because of the introduction of new characters, citing the Toy Story films as guides for how to expand a world through sequels.

Finding Marlin began production in 2022, 6 years after the release of Finding Dory. The film contains many new scenes inspired from deleted scenes and rejected concepts that were originally going to be used for Finding Nemo and Finding Dory. It was decided early in development of Finding Marlin that they would use inspiration from Finding Dory and Ice Age and that deleted scenes and rejected concepts from the first two films would be revisited.

The film was officially announced at the 2023 D23 Expo. It was also confirmed that Brooks, DeGeneres, Dafoe, and Perkins had already signed on to reprise their roles as Marlin, Dory, Gill, and Coral. Eventually a short teaser trailer released at the 2025 D23 Expo, accompanied by the announcement that the film would be released on July 24, 2026. Some time later, a subsequent full-length trailer was released on Disney and Pixar's social media pages in April 2026.

Rating

Finding Marlin received a PG rating (for mild thematic elements and intense sequences) by the MPAA. This is the ???th Pixar movie to be rated as such in the US after The Incredibles, Up, Brave, Inside Out, The Good Dinosaur, Finding Dory, Coco, and Incredibles 2. It is also the second Pixar sequel to have another rating other than the original film's rating (G).

Reception

Box Office

Finding Marlin earned $1,324,411,567 at the worldwide box office.

Critical Response

Finding Marlin received positive reviews from critics, with a 8/10 rating on IMDB, a 96% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and a 95/100 rating on Metacritic. Critics typically praised the animation quality, the characters, the storyline, and the well-done voice acting, while some did criticize the fact that it may get a little cliché at times. Finding Marlin won several Annie Awards, and was nominated for the Best Animated Feature OSCAR.

Marketing

On December 17, 2025, a teaser trailer was released on Pixar's YouTube channel, followed by a full theatrical trailer on Pixar's YouTube channel on February 4, 2026.

Theatrical release

The film was released in theaters worldwide on July 24, 2026, marking the 40th anniversary of Pixar.

Home media release

Finding Marlin is scheduled to be released by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on Blu-ray (2D and 3D) and DVD in the United States on December 8, 2026. The DVD release includes the short film, Oliver the Penguin.

Rejected ideas

Finding Marlin/Rejected Ideas

Transcript

Finding Marlin/Transcript

Trivia

  • The plot of Finding Marlin used inspiration from some elements in other movies, such as Finding Dory and Ice Age.
  • This is the sixth film to be directed by Andrew Stanton. His final film will be a live-action remake of Ice Age.
  • Finding Nemo is the third Pixar franchise to have three films, after Toy Story and Cars.
  • The film marks several firsts for the Finding Nemo franchise:
    • The first time the opening isn't a flashback.
    • The first time where Mr. Ray doesn't sing.
    • The first film that doesn't have a post-credits scene.
  • Barry Humphries didn't reprise his role as Bruce because he died of natural causes in the 2020s. He is replaced by Idris Elba.
  • Unlike Finding Dory, the Tank Gang have a large role in the film.
  • In 2027, Disney made a Finding Marlin-themed ride at Disneyland, replacing the original Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage ride. The ride at Disneyland became so popular that it boosted the film's popularity.
  • Hayden Rolence couldn't reprise his role of Nemo because of his deepened voice, which is due to him being too old to reprise as Nemo. The role was given to TBA.
    • Similar to Alexander Gould, who made a cameo in Finding Dory as Passenger Carl, Hayden Rolence made a small cameo as one of the employees at the aquarium.
  • This is the third Pixar's sequel film to be rated PG by the MPAA, after Finding Dory and Incredibles 2.
  • Similar to Finding Dory, some of the visitors at the NZ Aquarium have the same models from earlier Pixar films.
  • Finding Marlin has strong connections to Finding Nemo, in terms of continuity, some reused music and flashbacks. Here are examples of callbacks to the first:
    • Marlin tells Nemo and Dory a bedtime story of what happened to Coral at the very beginning of the film.
    • Marlin has a bad dream of when he lost Coral to the barracuda.
    • When the kids at Nemo's field trip ask Marlin about ever having a wife, he tells them the truth that he lost Coral to the barracuda.
    • The three sharks (Bruce, Anchor, and Chum) return from the first film, as they give Marlin and company a lift.
    • When Marlin, Nemo, and Dory wake up from the cave they slept for the night and continue to travel, we see places and certain characters from the first film, including the trench, a jellyfish forest, and the whale.
    • When Gill explains his plan to everyone, the "Foolproof" music from reused since its previous appearance in Finding Nemo, when Gill discusses his plan in which Nemo is the only one to jam the filter.
    • Fang, the barracuda from the first film, returns, but as the main antagonist of the movie.
    • When Marlin and Coral reunite, she reveals how she survived the barracuda incident.
  • In the film's climax, Nemo remembers the "Ring of Fire" from Finding Nemo and, proving that he is brave enough, helps Marlin escape from Fang by going into the crater.

This will be the first Finding Nemo film to be filmed in the 2.35:1 aspect ratio, unlike the two previous films that were originally shot in 16:9.

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