HOLY SHORT TERM MEMORY, BATMAN! 

In an announcement that displeases literally no one, Disney Pixar has announced that the sequel to 2003’s Finding Nemo (yes, it’s been TEN YEARS) will be called Finding Dory, and is set to hit theaters November 2015. 

In a press release from the animation giants: 

 “There is no Dory without Ellen. She won the hearts of moviegoers all over the world—not to mention our team here at Pixar. One thing we couldn’t stop thinking about was why she was all alone in the ocean on the day she met Marlin. In ‘Finding Dory,’ she will be reunited with her loved ones, learning a few things about the meaning of family along the way….

Set in part along the California coastline, the story also welcomes a host of new characters, including a few who will prove to be a very important part of Dory’s life.”

And Dory herself, Ellen DeGeneres had this to say about the long-anticipated follow-up: 

“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.”

So. YEAH. Thinking about it, I honestly can’t believe it’s been a decade since Finding Nemo came out. I was a KID for crying out loud. That being said, I am just as (if not more than) excited about this sequel than I was for the original. More Dory, more hilariously intelligent oceanic humor? Yes please. 

Even though she is already set to play Belle in a new version of Beauty and the Beast (which is PERFECT casting, btw), word on the street has it that Harry Potter star Emma Watson is in talks to play Cinderella in Kenneth Branagh’s newest take on the fairy tale. This one already has Cate Blanchett as the evil step-mother, so it’s got to be at least mostly decent. 

How do you feel about Watson possibly playing TWO Disney princesses? Is that weird? 

Because Disney loves a good cash cow, it’s being reported that Disney’s Aladdin is set to make its Broadway debut this march, just as their previous musical darling Mary Poppins takes its final bow. 

Now, I love Disney as much as the next gal, but OH WHO AM I KIDDING THIS IS THE BEST NEWS EVERRR.

Having not been thoroughly enchanted as most of the world with Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, the unsurprising news that a sequel has officially been greenlit is appropriately unexciting for me. 

Variety is reporting that Disney is now officially working on the sequel, hiring veteran Disney scribe Linda Woolverton (she also wrote The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast in addition to the first Wonderland). Confirmation from Burton and his gang of pale-faced cohorts has yet to surface, but rest assured that if an opportunity arises for Helena Bonham Carter and Johnny Depp to look the perfect mixture of ghastly and ridiculous*, they’ll take it. 

(For the record, I love both of them, and Tim Burton too, but it doesn’t make their pattern any less predictable.) 

Because the universe hates us, obviously. 

From his website, Rider Strong but a nail in the newly opened coffin of the Boy Meets World spinoff: 

“At this point, I have no official involvement in Girl Meets World. There might be a chance to see some of the BMW cast in a guest spot, and I think it would be nice to find out where our characters have been all these years. But Girl Meets World will be, and I think it should be, its own show. It will be about Cory and Topanga, their daughter, and a new set of characters.”

SAD. SAD. SADDDDDDDDDD. 

So, I had chosen to be silent regarding the news that the Disney channel was considering a Boy Meets World spinoff; I don’t like to really get my heart into something if it’s just “rumored.” Well, my lips are sealed no longer as Disney has revealed that the original It couple of Friday nights has officially signed on for the new series. This is huge. 

Disney announced that Danielle Fishel and Ben Savage have officially joined the series, titled Girl Meets World, as a “happily married couple” with a 13 year old daughter. Obviously, the daughter in question, Riley, will be the main focus of the show, filling the shoes that Savage once made awkwardly famous. Now that this is a reality, let me just start by saying HOLY CRAP THIS IS SO TOTALLY AWESOME YOU GUYS.* 

Dear lord, please let Mr. Feeney live until they start production so he can pop back in their lives at least once. 

*And by awesome, I mean really, really cool while also making me feel totally old. 

I still just don’t know. 

ACK SO CUTE. 

via Witit Karpkraikaew

After browsing around on IMDB for a bit, I happened to stumble onto this little nugget on Pixar genius Andrew Stanton’s page. Is Toy Story 4 actually a thing? MAYBE, says the Internet. Maybe.

Deadline is reporting that Andrew Stanton (Wall-E, Toy Story, every good Pixar movie ever) had been approached to direct an as yet unannounced sequel to 2003’s huge aquatic hit Finding Nemo. (Side note: Nemo is at the very top of my list of favorite PIxar movies ever, right there with Toy Story. It’s just the fucking best.)

No one has officially confirmed this, but let’s get real. Of course they’d want to cash in on that again. More so now than ever, Disney is making sequels and prequels right and left. What once was a rare occasion is now the standard go-to for more $$$$. All of that to say, if Pixar were going to make a sequel that’d I’d actually want to go see, it would be Finding Nemo 2. That is ONLY if Ellen is back on board, obvs. 

Is it just me, or do these characters look even creepier than Burton’s usual level of creepy? 

This is so well done. 

Accurate.