<P> In July 2012, it was reported that Andrew Stanton was developing a sequel to Finding Nemo, with Victoria Strouse writing the script and a release date scheduled for 2016 . However, the same day the news of a potential sequel broke, Stanton posted a message on his personal Twitter calling into question the accuracy of these reports . The message said, "Didn't you all learn from Chicken Little? Everyone calm down . Don't believe everything you read . Nothing to see here now . #skyisnotfalling ." According to a report by The Hollywood Reporter published in August 2012, Ellen DeGeneres was in negotiations to reprise her role of Dory . In September 2012, it was confirmed by Stanton, saying: "What was immediately on the list was writing a second Carter movie . When that went away, everything slid up . I know I'll be accused by more sarcastic people that it's a reaction to Carter not doing well, but only in its timing, but not in its conceit ." In February 2013, it was confirmed by the press that Albert Brooks would reprise the role of Marlin in the sequel . </P> <P> In April 2013, Disney announced the sequel, Finding Dory, for November 25, 2015, confirming that DeGeneres and Brooks would be reprising their roles as Dory and Marlin, respectively . Following a long campaign for a sequel on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, DeGeneres stated: </P> <P> I have waited for this day for a long, long, long, long, long, long time . I'm not mad it took this long . I know the people at Pixar were busy creating Toy Story 16 . But the time they took was worth it . The script is fantastic . And it has everything I loved about the first one: It's got a lot of heart, it's really funny, and the best part is--it's got a lot more Dory . </P> <P> In a July 2013 interview with Los Angeles Times, Stanton spoke of the sequel's origin: "There was polite inquiry from Disney (about a Finding Nemo sequel). I was always' No sequels, no sequels .' But I had to get on board from a VP standpoint . (Sequels) are part of the necessity of our staying afloat, but we don't want to have to go there for those reasons . We want to go there creatively, so we said (to Disney),' Can you give us the timeline about when we release them? Because we'd like to release something we actually want to make, and we might not come up with it the year you want it ."' </P>

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