Ellen DeGeneres
to costar in Pixar's Finding Nemo

Pixar Animation Studios, the animation company behind such hits as Monsters, Inc. and the Toy Story films, has announced that its next release will be Finding Nemo and that one of the voices will be provided by Ellen DeGeneres. The film tells the story of two fish, a father and son, who become separated in the Great Barrier Reef. Albert Brooks provides the voice of the father, and DeGeneres, according to a company press release, "voices Dory, a forgetful but relentlessly optimistic companion that the father meets during his travels." The film is set for release in the summer of 2003. Pixar's Monsters, Inc. recently crossed the $500 million mark in the global box office, making it the second-highest grossing animated film of all time (behind 1994's The Lion King).