Finding Marlin (2024 film)

Finding Marlin is a 2024 American computer-animated adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Andrew Stanton and written by Stanton and Victoria Strouse, it is the direct sequel to Finding Nemo (2003) and Finding Dory (2016), It features the returning voices of Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Ed O'Neil, and Elizabeth Perkins with Audie Rick (replacing Alexander Gould & Hayden Rolence), Ricky Gervais, Chloe Grace Mortez, Jack Black and Bill Murray joining the cast. The film focuses on the over-protective fish Marlin (Brooks), who journeys to be reunited with his long-lost wife (Perkins).
Finding Dory premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on August 9, 2025, and was released in theaters in the United States on June 17. It was well-received by critics, garnering praise for its animation, emotional weight, voice acting and humor. It earned $3.920 billion worldwide, and became the highest-grossing film of 2024. At the time of its release, it is the 6th-highest-grossing film of all time, and the fourth-highest-grossing animated film of all time during its theatrical run. Finding Marlin set numerous box office records, including the biggest opening for an animated film in North America, and the highest-grossing animated film in North America. 
== Voice Cast ==
Albert Brooks as Marlin, an overprotective ocellaris clownfish. 
Ellen DeGeneres as Dory, a regal blue tang, who suffers from short-term memory loss, Marlin & Nemo's friend 
Ed O'Neil as Hank, a cranky but well-meaning East Pacific red octopus, who is called a "septopus", having lost a tentacle. 
Elizabeth Perkins as Coral, Marlin's long-lost wife he finds in a Theme Park Aquarium in Canada 
Ricky Gervais as Spike, a sarcastic, sneaky piranha who helps Marlin find Coral 
Chloe Grace Mortez as Lisa, a bashful squid who is Marlin's Teenhood Friend 
Jack Black as Danny, a cocky hawkfish who is Marlin's arch-nemisis 
Bill Murray as Freddy, Marlin's Younger Brother who he meets in a Sunken Houseboat