Finding Marlin

Disclaimer: This idea is based off of FreezingTNT’s version of Finding Marlin except this film released in 2019 and has a few changes.

Finding Marlin is an 2019 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 Finding Dory, and features the returning voices of Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, and Williem Dafoe, with Nicolas Cantu (replacing Hayden Rolence), Michael Keaton, Idris Elba, and others joining the cast.

Finding Marlin focuses on the formerly overprotective clownfish Marlin, who goes on a new adventure to find his long-lost wife, Coral. But when he and a piranha named Spike get taken to The New England Aquarium in Massachusetts, Nemo, Dory, and the Tank Gang travel on their own adventure to find Marlin. Meanwhile, at the aquarium, Marlin and Spike travel and work together to find Coral as they 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 was released on June 24, 2019. 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 2010. The film was also 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 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.

Main

 * Albert Brooks as Marlin, an overprotective clownfish, Nemo's father, and Coral's husband. The main protagonist of the movie.
 * Nicolas Cantu 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.
 * Michael Keaton as Spike, a genetically modified piranha who is Fang's spy and the secondary antagonist-turned-one of the three deuteragonists of the film.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * Benedict Cumberbatch as Scar, 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.
 * Jordan Miller as Jordan Miller, a human who helps Marlin and Spike get to the exhibit that has Coral. He is voiced by the actual Jordan Miller (A.K.A “RushLight Invader”) and is modeled after his YouTube character design.
 * Denis Leary as Fang, a genetically modified San Diego piranha who is much more of a baddy than Spike is, and also works for Scar.
 * John Ratzenberger as Ryan, an lionfish who is one of the three baddies that Fang makes a deal with.
 * Alan Tudyk as Harold, a sand tiger shark who is one of the three baddies that Fang makes a deal with.
 * Kirk Thornton as Ben, a sea snake who is one of the three baddies that Fang makes a deal with.
 * James S. Baker as Flipper, a common bottlenose dolphin who lives at the New England Aquarium.
 * Alec Baldwin as Arnold, a mean orca whale who bullies Flipper.
 * Patrick Warburton as Lincoln, a flying fish who is the leader of 20 flying fish.
 * Andrew Stanton as Crush, a 150-year old green sea turtle.
 * Raymond Ochoa 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 Nicholas Bird in the first film.
 * Geoffrey Rush as Nigel, a brown pelican from the first film.
 * 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.
 * Bob Peterson as Mr. Ray, Nemo's schoolteacher.
 * Ed O'Neill as Hank, a cranky East Pacific red octopus who grown back a tentacle.
 * Denis Leary as Jake, a blue crab.

Additional Voices

 * Duke Cutler as Sheldon, a sea horse.
 * Scarlett Estevez as Pearl, a flapjack octopus.
 * Jacob Hopkins as Tad, a long-nosed butterfly fish.
 * Katherine Ringgold as Kathy, a chickenfish.
 * Andrew Stanton, Rodger Bumpass, 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.

Production
In June 2011, 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 2013, 10 years after the release of Finding Nemo. 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 2013 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 2015 D23 Expo, accompanied by the announcement that the film would be released on June 24, 2019. In November 2018, the first trailer for the film was released on YouTube from the Pixar YouTube Channel.

In October 25, 2018, RushLight Invader released a video on his channel saying that he will be in the upcoming third Finding Nemo movie. This caused him to go from having 263,000 subscribers on his channel to over 11,400,000 subscribers on his channel within two days.

Rating
Finding Marlin received a PG rating (for mild thematic elements and intense sequences) by the MPAA. This is the 9th 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).

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 the official YouTube channel for Pixar, followed by a full theatrical trailer on the official YouTube channel for Pixar on May 20, 2026, on June 22, 2026, and the final second theatrical trailer on the official YouTube channel for Pixar on YouTube.