It’s been 13(!) years since Pixar’s Finding Nemo swam into our hearts, and now Finding Dory is here to do the same.
Watch: the charming first trailer for Pixar’s Finding Dory
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The first trailer for the long-awaited sequel dropped online March 2, and quickly summarizes the movie’s premise: Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) jogs her famously short memory just enough to realize that she has a family somewhere out there in the ocean, waiting for her to return.
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Aw, Dory's parents. (Pixar)
So she embarks on a quest that mirrors the first film — where Albert Brooks’s clown fish Marlin (irony!) frantically searched for his lost son — and encounters some familiar players along the way. But we’ll also meet several new sea creatures, like a chameleon octopus (Ed O’Neill) and an enthusiastic whale shark (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’s Kaitlin Olson).
Look how stupid cute this whale shark is. Just look at it!! (Pixar)
And if the the film’s IMDB page can be trusted, the likes of Diane Keaton, Idris Elba, and Michael Sheen will also be popping up at some point in Dory’s journey.
The trailer is brief but charming, featuring the same breathtaking animation that sucked audiences under the sea in 2003. And to top it all off, Dory’s desperate search for her family is set to Peter Gabriel’s “Solsbury Hill,“ in case you had any doubt that Pixar is, yet again, trying to make you cry.
Finding Dory will be in theaters on June 17, 2016.
