Ellen DeGeneres Returns as Dory in New Finding Nemo Short

0:00It's April 27th. Welcome to Entertainment and Celebrity News today, powered by AI and packed with headlines. Ellen DeGeneres is swimming back into the spotlight, voicing Dory again in a new short film from the Finding Nemo world. Production is already rolling, but details like the title or other cast members are still under wraps. This marks her first acting gig since a 2021 Pixar miniseries. She first brought the forgetful fish to life in 2003's Finding Nemo, which snagged an Oscar for best animated feature, then in two. 2016's Finding Dory, that raked in over $1 billion worldwide. After her talk show wrapped in 2022, amid reports of a tough workplace, she and her wife Portia de Rossi headed to England. Fans remember her Netflix special, where she joked about getting booted from show business and even gardening with chickens. She had hinted that special might be her last screen time, telling crowd she was done after it dropped. But now this Dory project flips the script.

1:01Looks like Ellen's not quite ready to hang up the fins for good. Keep an eye out for more on this underwater comeback.