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'Finding Nemo 2' goes ahead with 'John Carter' director Andrew Stanton

Published Tuesday, Jul 17 2012, 19:43 BST | By Zeba Blay | 73 comments

Andrew Stanton has signed on to direct a sequel to Pixar's Finding Nemo.

The filmmaker, who was responsible for the original movie, most recently helmed the box office flop John Carter, which starred Taylor Kitsch as a Civil War soldier who finds himself on Mars.

Film still from the 'Finding Nemo' movie

Steve Jobs alongside Lee Unkrich, Andrew Stanton, John Lasseter and Richard Cook at a screening of Disney Pixar's 'Finding Nemo' in 2003. Jobs acquired Pixar in 1986

The movie was Stanton's first foray into live action moviemaking, after award-winning turns on Wall-E and Finding Nemo.

While John Carter proved to be a financial disappointment, Finding Nemo is Pixar's second-highest-grossing movie ever behind Toy Story 3.

Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks and Willem Dafoe provided voice work for the original Finding Nemo, which won the Academy Award for 'Best Animated Film'.

Little is known about the plot of the upcoming sequel, although Deadline reports that executives at both Pixar and Disney are thrilled with Stanton's concept for the follow-up.

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