Finding Nemo a new animation studio, Circle 7 Animation, to make sequels to the seven Disney-owned Pixar films (which consisted of the films released between 1995 and 2006). The studio had put "Toy Story 3" and "Monsters University" into development, and had hired screenwriter Laurie Craig to write a draft for "Finding Dory". Circle 7 was subsequently shut down after Robert Iger replaced Eisner as CEO of Disney and arranged the acquisition of Pixar. In July 2012, it was reported that Andrew Stanton was developing a sequel to "Finding Nemo", to be titled "Finding Dory", with Victoria Strouse writing the script, and
Finding Nemo in years, thanks to the work of Andrew Stanton, possibly one of the most successful directors you've never heard of." Ty Burr of "The Boston Globe" gave the film three and a half out of four, saying ""Finding Nemo" isn't quite up there with the company's finest work—there's finally a sense of formula setting in—but it's hands down the best family film since "Monsters, Inc."" C.W. Nevius of "The San Francisco Chronicle" gave the film four out of four, saying "The visuals pop, the fish emote and the ocean comes alive. That's in the first two minutes. After that, they