Ellen DeGeneres’ ‘Finding Dory’: New Characters Revealed for Pixar Nemo Sequel

Pixar just released new info about one of their most highly expected films, 2016's Finding Dory, a sequel to Finding Nemo where Ellen DeGeneres reprises her role as the forgetful blue tang fish. Meet the new fish in the ocean: Ty Burrell's Bailey and Kaitlin Olson's Destiny!

Pixar recently released, through Entertainment Weekly, a little further information about their latest sequel, revealing Burrell and Olson's involvement in the film, two big new pals that will help fan favorite Dory find her way back home despite her short-term memory problems.

Get a first look Dory's new friends in this cute new #FindingDory concept art! https://t.co/8dxW4YL3qS  pic.twitter.com/iPtzbSuShb

— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) December 30, 2015

Dory first meets Bailey and Destiny (a beluga whale and a whale shark, respectively) when she's on a quest to find her parents barely six months after her reaching P Sherman on 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney. Visiting the rehabilitation center at marine life facility, she runs into this odd duo that will help her through her new adventures, if they don't kill each other first.

"We totally get on each other's nerves," said Olsen, via IGN, about her character and Burrell's. "I like to think I'm a shark, but Bailey calls me a whale, and I make fun of his head, because it's gigantic."

This is actually not the first time the Modern Family Emmy winner and the It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia star have worked together; they were both in a short-lived series called Out of Practice over a decade ago, before both of them had made it – and it was a stroll in the park to play off each other in the recording booth for Dory.

For Burrell, it was a joy working for Pixar, as this marks his first project with the creators of Toy Story and Inside Out. The Phil Dunphy actor revealed that "so much" of the upcoming film is seeing that "these characters are trying to find faith in themselves."

Finding Dory hits theaters on July 17!