FINDING NEMO, the story of Marlin (Albert Brooks) and forgetful sidekick Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) trying to find Marlin’s lost son Nemo (Alexander Gould), is already heading back to theaters this year on September 14 for its re-release in 3D, but now we have word that director Andrew Stanton (the first FINDING NEMO, WALL-E and this year’s JOHN CARTER) is ready to head back to the sea for a sequel to the 2003 original.
In an interview for JOHN CARTER, the director had told ComingSoon.net that he was originally agains the idea of a sequel:
“[A sequel has] always kind of put a bad taste in my mouth because I never planned for that… We have said this at Pixar now. We’ve kind of come to terms with it. We’re not against a sequel being made as long as it’s a story we love so much that we’d be dying just to make it, so we’re just waiting for stories to tell us if it’s worthy of doing. Right now, I’ve never been able to think of anything beyond what ‘Nemo’ was on its own.”
Now Deadline and THR have both confirmed that the director is ready to move back to the world of animation (maybe the poor reception on his first live-action outing had something to do with the decision, but that is purely speculation) and an idea has come about that makes him want to do the sequel. Victoria Strouse is currently writing the script for Andrew to direct and Lyndsey Collins will be producing. With their current slate full for the next few years (including MONSTER’S UNIVERSITY on June 21, 2013, THE GOOD DINOSAUR on May 30, 2014 and a currently UNTITLED PROJECT due out on June 19, 2015, I wouldn’t count on seeing the sequel until sometime in 2016.
In the meantime, you can get your Nemo fix in just 2 months with the re-release of FINDING NEMO in 3D. Let us know, are you excited about seeing this sequel?
FINDING NEMO 3D is directed by Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich and stars Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres and Alexander Gould.
SYNOPSIS: First released in 2003, Disney�Pixar’s “Finding Nemo” takes audiences into a whole new world in this undersea adventure about family, courage and challenges. When Marlin, an overly cautious clownfish living in the Great Barrier Reef, helplessly watches his son get scooped up by a diver, he must put aside his fears of the ocean and leave the safety of his coral enclave to find Nemo. Buoyed by the companionship of Dory, a forgetful but relentlessly optimistic fish, Marlin finds himself the unlikely hero in a seemingly impossible land-and-sea rescue. “Finding Nemo” won an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and was nominated for three others. With a total of $867.6 million worldwide, it was the second highest-grossing film of 2003.
FINDING NEMO 3D is set to hit 3D theaters on September 14, 2012
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Jim is an avid movie enthusiast, representing the general movie going audience, looking at movies for their entertainment value as opposed to their critical weight. He enjoys the escapism that movies provide. He is a fan of all genre's of movies, but gravitates toward comic-based movies, summer "popcorn" flicks and over-the-top comedies as his preference. 
