{"id":396009,"date":"2026-04-24T21:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T21:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/396009\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T21:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T21:07:10","slug":"new-finding-nemo-short-with-ellen-degeneres-in-works-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/396009\/","title":{"rendered":"New &#8216;Finding Nemo&#8217; Short With Ellen DeGeneres In Works (EXCLUSIVE)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tEXCLUSIVE: <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/ellen-degeneres\/\" id=\"auto-tag_ellen-degeneres\" data-tag=\"ellen-degeneres\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ellen DeGeneres<\/a> is returning to voice Dory, her lovable, ditzy blue tang fish, in a new short out of <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/pixar\/\" id=\"auto-tag_pixar\" data-tag=\"pixar\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pixar<\/a>\u2018s <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/finding-nemo\/\" id=\"auto-tag_finding-nemo\" data-tag=\"finding-nemo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Finding Nemo<\/a> universe, Deadline has learned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tPlot deals for the still-untitled short are under wraps and there\u2019s no information available yet as to other creative attachments. Release plans are also currently to be confirmed as production is just beginning on the short.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tOne of Pixar\u2019s most beloved franchises, Finding Nemo kicked off with Andrew Stanton\u2019s 2003 of the same name, centered on an overprotective clownfish\u2019s (Albert Brooks) journey through the ocean in search of his missing son, Nemo (Alexander Gould). Breaking out as a cultural phenomenon, the film grossed over $941 million worldwide and won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tDeGeneres\u2019 Dory, clownfish Marlin\u2019s companion in tracking down Nemo, broke out as the franchise\u2019s most memorable character and thus became the centerpiece of the 2016 sequel Finding Dory, bringing back Stanton as director, which became one of the highest-grossing animated films of all time at the time of its release, grossing over $1 billion worldwide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tBeyond the two films, DeGeneres has voiced Dory for Disney theme park attractions like Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage at Disneyland, as well as in various shorts and cross-platform integrations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tOne of the most iconic stand-ups of all time, DeGeneres is known for her 19 seasons hosting syndicated talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show, which earned garnered 64 Daytime Emmys since winding down in 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe new Dory short marks one of DeGeneres\u2019 first projects for the screen since For Your Approval, a 2024 Netflix stand-up special, in which she got candid about her controversy-laden exit from her talk show. DeGeneres is repped by WME and Yorn, Levine, Barnes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Ellen DeGeneres is returning to voice Dory, her lovable, ditzy blue tang fish, in a new short&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":396010,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[15807,156,204612,409,111,139,69,33752],"class_list":{"0":"post-396009","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-ellen-degeneres","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-finding-nemo","11":"tag-movies","12":"tag-new-zealand","13":"tag-newzealand","14":"tag-nz","15":"tag-pixar"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=396009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}