The Story of Ryan and Dory’s Family

The Story of Ryan and Dory’s Family is a 2018 3D computer-animated film is directed by John Stevenson and Mark Osborne, produced by Don Hahn and Zareh Nalbandian and written by John Orloff and John Collee.

The film stars Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Ben Stiller, Saoirse Ronan, Elijah Wood, Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Gary Oldman, Tom Hulce, Lucy Liu, Jackie Chan, Whoopi Goldberg, Joe Pantoliano, Mandy Moore, Patrick Stewart and Laura Post with other voices including Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Geoffrey Rush, Rachael Taylor, Hugo Weaving, David Wenham, Emily Barclay, Abbie Cornish, Emilie de Ravin, Ryan Kwanten, Anthony LaPaglia, Magda Szubanski, Jay Laga'aia, Miriam Margolyes, Helen Mirren, Sam Neill and Jim Sturgess.

The film is starting production in Australia and is scheduled for release on February 9, 2018 at Cannes and April 6, 2018 in the United States, Australia, Germany, India and United Kingdom. It was also released on June 15, 2018 in France, August 17, 2018 in Mexico, September 21, 2018 in Turkey and December 28 in Japan.

Cast

 * Kevin Kline (rumoured)
 * Kenneth Branagh
 * Tom Hulce
 * Gary Oldman
 * Jack Black as Ryan Burke, a kid who is the anti-hero
 * Dustin Hoffman as Master Shifu, a teacher of The Jade Palace.
 * Rachael Taylor
 * Laura Post as Dory
 * David Wenham (rumoured)
 * Ian McShane
 * Jay Laga’aia
 * Willem Dafoe
 * Elijah Wood
 * Abbie Cornish
 * Emilie De Ravin
 * Hugh Jackman
 * Hugo Weaving
 * Ryan Kwanten
 * Nicole Kidman
 * Anthony LaPaglia
 * Magda Szubanski
 * Miriam Margoyles
 * D.B. Sweeney
 * Kiefer Sutherland
 * Patrick Stewart
 * Julianna Marguiles
 * Geoffrey Rush
 * Helen Mirren
 * Sam Neill
 * Lucy Liu (in talks)
 * Joan Plowright
 * Demi Moore
 * Jim Sturgess
 * Alfre Woodard
 * Rowan Atkinson
 * Eric Idle
 * Michael Gambon
 * Whoopi Goldberg
 * Joe Pantoliano
 * Lance Henriksen
 * Ben Stiller
 * Will Smith
 * Randall Duk Kim
 * James Hong

Trivia

 * This film will be sung by Elton John and Lorne Balfe.
 * This is the third time Kevin Kline and Kenneth Branagh star in together, the first is Wild Wild West and The Road to El Dorado.
 * This reunites cast members from Kung Fu Panda; Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Ian McShane and Lucy Liu; yet it is unknown she voiced a character because she is in talks to voice a character if not she is rumoured.
 * Gary Oldman and Dustin Hoffman appear in Kung Fu Panda 2.
 * Kevin Kline and Tom Hulce appear in The Hunchback of Notre Dame and its sequel.
 * Willem Dafoe and Geoffrey Rush appear in Finding Nemo.
 * Mark Strong and Aaron Taylor Johnson appear in Kick-Ass.
 * Gary Oldman and Michael Gambon appear in the Harry Potter series.
 * Michael Gambon and Willem Dafoe appear in Fantastic Mr Fox.
 * Dustin Hoffman and Whoopi Goldberg appear in Racing Stripes.
 * This is the second time that Rowan Atkinson and Miriam Margoyles appear together, the first is Blackadder.
 * David Wenham and Lance Henriksen appear in No Escape.
 * David Wenham, Ian McShane and Geoffrey Rush appear in Pirates of the Caribbean series.
 * Ian McShane and Willem Dafoe appear in John Wick.
 * Dustin Hoffman and Nicole Kidman appear in Billy Bathgate.
 * Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart appear in X-Men.
 * Elijah Wood, Hugo Weaving and David Wenham appear in The Lord of the Rings.
 * Hugh Jackman and David Wenham appear in Van Helsing.
 * Jack Black and Mike White appear in School of Rock.
 * Nicole Kidman and David Wenham appear in Moulin Rouge!.
 * David Wenham and Anthony LaPaglia appear in The Bank and Legend of The Guardians.
 * Mark Strong and Saoirse Ronan appear in Arietty, The Way Back and Justin and the Knights of Valour.
 * D.B. Sweeney and Kiefer Sutherland appear in 24.
 * David Wenham and Magda Szubanski appear in Crocodile Hunter: Collision of Course.
 * David Wenham, Richard Carter and David Field appear in Gettin’ Square.
 * Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman and David Wenham appear in Australia.
 * Hugo Weaving and David Wenham appear in Russian Doll and Oranges and Sunshine.
 * Nicole Kidman and David Wenham appear in Lion.
 * David Wenham and Dan Fogler appear in In Like Flynn.
 * Kevin Kline and Whoopi Goldberg appear in Soapdish.
 * David Wenham and Michelle Yeoh appear in The Children of Huang Shi.
 * Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman and Lucy Liu appear in The Simpsons.
 * James Hong and Dan Fogler appear in Balls of Fury.
 * Julie Walters and Saoirse Ronan appear in Brooklyn.
 * Jack Black and Kevin Kline appear in Orange County.
 * Kevin Kline and Kristin Chenoweth appear in The Pink Panther.
 * The film took 10 weeks to make. On the bright personal note, this took 24 months to do so.
 * Kevin Kline was originally attached to star in this film, but this wasn’t true but when the full cast members are announced, Kevin Kline was officially announced to lend his voice role in the film.
 * This is the first time that Kevin Kline and Dustin Hoffman appear together, the first is The Tale of Despereaux.
 * Robin Thicke’s first animated voice role.
 * Dustin Hoffman and Jack Black appear in The Holiday, also starring Jude Law.
 * D.B. Sweeney, Julianna Marguiles, Alfre Woodard, Joan Plowright and Max Casella appear in Dinosaur.