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Zootopia 2
2025 film by Jared Bush and Byron Howard From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Zootopia 2[b] is a 2025 American animated buddy cop comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. The sequel to Zootopia (2016), it is directed by Jared Bush and Byron Howard,[2] written by Bush, and produced by Yvett Merino.[3] Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Shakira, Idris Elba, Alan Tudyk, Nate Torrence, Bonnie Hunt, Don Lake, and Jenny Slate reprise their roles from the first film, joined by newcomers Ke Huy Quan, Fortune Feimster, Andy Samberg, David Strathairn, Patrick Warburton, Quinta Brunson, and Danny Trejo. It follows Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde, the previous film's protagonists, who go undercover to pursue Zootopia's new and mysterious reptilian resident Gary De'Snake.
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Zootopia 2 premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles on November 13, 2025, and was released in the United States on November 26. The film received positive reviews from critics.
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One week after the events of the first film, Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde have become partners in the ZPD, but their clashing personalities makes them an incompatible pairing. After botching a smuggling ring, Chief Bogo threatens to separate them unless they attend a therapy session managed by quokka Dr. Fuzzby. Judy soon thinks that there might be a snake in Zootopia since during the smuggling job, she found a piece of shed snake skin and some clues dictate that the snake might be at the Zootenial Gala, celebrating 100 years since the city's founding, which is being hosted by a family of lynxes who are descendants of Zootopia's founder, Ebeneezer Lynxley.
Judy convinces Nick to attend the Gala with her to see if the snake will be there. At the gala, Judy befriends the awkward youngest of the Lynxley family, Pawbert. Soon, Nick notices a hooded figure on a chandelier and soon accidentally knocks it down, and the figure emerges to reveal a pit viper. As everyone panics, the viper kidnaps the Lynxley patriarch and Pawbert's father, Milton, and takes an old journal detailing the creation of the weather walls that was supposed to go on display. Judy catches up with the viper, who convinces her that snakes aren't bad animals and the journal contains the proof he needs. As Judy begins having second thoughts, Nick arrives and knocks the viper unconscious with a frying pan.
Seeking to protect the Lynxley name, Milton accuses Judy and Nick of aiding the viper to have them arrested, which is made worse when the viper accidentally fangs Bogo. They escape with the journal, while the viper is taken by a mysterious figure. Now fugitives, Judy and Nick try to track down the viper and get to the bottom of his end goal. With the help of crime boss Mr. Big, they meet Nibbles Maplestick, a conspiracy theorist beaver, who takes the two to the Marsh Market, a segregated part of Zootopia where a community of reptiles hide. They consult a basilisk named Jesus to figure out the viper's whereabouts, but he tells them that this matter is bigger than they think as the journal holds a key to a past that caused reptiles to be outcasts in Zootopia and how their original home was buried during the construction of Tundratown.
The ZPD invade the secret hangout and in the chaos, Judy and Nick find the viper, who swallows the journal and escapes, with Nick saving Judy from drowning. While climbing a mountain to an abandoned and unstable lodge, they get into an argument that ends with breaking the carrot pen Judy gifted Nick. At the lodge, she find evidence of how reptiles used to reside peacefully in Zootopia. Nick tells her that he doesn't care about the case, which causes her to think they're too different. They get separated when the cops catch up to them, with Nick getting arrested and Judy being rescued by the viper, who introduces himself as Gary De'Snake and his driver, Pawbert. Nick manages to escape with the help of a recently arrested Nibbles, while Judy discovers that Gary's great-grandmother, Agnes, is the true author of the climate journal and the true founder of Zootopia. Ebenezer stole credit from her and framed her for killing his maid, a tortoise who tried to stop Ebenezer from destroying a patent Agnes got from making the journal.
When the trio make it to a climate wall and figure out that the patent might be hidden in a forgotten village in Tundratown, Reptile Ravine, Pawbert betrays Judy and injects her with poison. He leaves her and Gary, whose cold-blooded biology is incompatible with cold environments, behind and steals Gary's anti-venom pen which could cure Judy. With the help of Benjamin Clawhauser and Nick's old sloth friend Flash, Nick and Nibbles locate Judy at the climate wall and Nick battles Pawbert for the pen, which gets thrown out of reach during their fight near a cliff. Nick throws the pen down to Gary, who cures Judy. He and Pawbert fall off, but Judy saves him. Nick admits that he thinks of Judy as his pack and they reconcile. They see Pawbert escaping, and manage to tie him up.
The group goes to Reptile Ravine and find Agnes' patent, while Hoggbottom knocks out Pawbert when he threatens to destroy it. Judy and Nick are cleared of all charges, while the Lynxleys are arrested. Bogo recovers from his injuries, while reptiles reintegrate into the city. At Gary's home, he is reunited with his family. Meanwhile, Nick brings Judy the newly fixed carrot pen, which she uses to record him saying he loves her. At her apartment, she plays the recording back, while a feather lands on her apartment window.
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- Ginnifer Goodwin as Judy Hopps, a young optimistic rabbit from Bunnyburrow and the first rabbit of the Zootopia Police Department (ZPD)[4]
- Jason Bateman as Nick Wilde, a sly red fox and a former con artist who later joined the Zootopia Police Department as their first fox
- Ke Huy Quan as Gary De'Snake, a pit viper being pursued by Judy and Nick while trying to help his family[5]
- Fortune Feimster as Nibbles Maplestick, a beaver podcast host living in Marsh Market who encounters Judy and Nick[citation needed]
- Andy Samberg as Pawbert Lynxley, a lynx[‡ 1]
- David Strathairn as Milton Lynxley, Pawbert's father[‡ 1]
- Shakira as Gazelle, a Thomson's gazelle pop music star[‡ 2]
- Idris Elba as Chief Bogo, the cape buffalo chief of police of the Zootopia Police Department[6]
- Patrick Warburton as Mayor Brian Winddancer, a stallion who is a former actor and the current Mayor of Zootopia[‡ 3]
- Quinta Brunson as Dr. Fuzzby, a quokka who is Judy and Nick's police partner therapist[7]
- Danny Trejo as Jesús, a plumed basilisk[‡ 4]
- Alan Tudyk as:
- Duke Weaselton, a least weasel crook[8]
- A French raccoon chef[‡ 5]
- Nate Torrence as Benjamin Clawhauser, an overweight cheetah who works at the ZPD[‡ 6]
- Bonnie Hunt as Bonnie Hopps, a rabbit and mother of Judy[8]
- Don Lake as Stu Hopps, a rabbit and father of Judy[8]
- Jenny Slate as Dawn Bellwether,[8] a sheep criminal mastermind, the former Assistant Mayor of Zootopia, and the former Mayor of Zootopia
- Macaulay Culkin as Cattrick Lynxley[‡ 1]
- Brenda Song as Kitty Lynxley, a lynx who is the sharp-tongued daughter of the Lynxley family[‡ 1]
- Maurice LaMarche as Mr. Big, a Vito Corleone-esque crime boss Arctic shrew operating in Tundratown[9]
- Leah Latham as Fru Fru, an arctic shrew who is Mr. Big's daughter and Judith's mother[8]
- Cecily Strong as Little Judith, Fru Fru's daughter[‡ 7]
- Raymond S. Persi as Flash Slothmore, a three-toed sloth[8]
- Tommy Chong as Yax, a domestic yak[8]
- Tommy Lister Jr. as Finnick, a fennec fox and Nick's former partner in crime, who acts undercover as a baby bunny. Lister died in 2020 and his family allowed Disney to use unused recordings from Zootopia for the sequel to fill in his lines.[‡ 8]
- Roman Reigns and CM Punk as the Zebros, a pair of plains zebra cops[10][11]
- Michelle Gomez as Captain Hoggbottom, a razorback[‡ 7]
- David Fane as Truffler, Hoggbottom's razorback partner[12]
- Stephanie Beatriz as Bloats, a hippo ZPD cop[12]
- Wilmer Valderrama as Higgins, a hippo ZPD cop[12][13] Valderrama takes over the role from Raymond S. Persi.
- Jean Reno as Bûcheron, a goat police officer[9]
- Mark Rhino Smith as Officer McHorn, a black rhinoceros police officer[8]
- John Leguizamo as Antony Sootley, an anteater smuggler.[12]
- Josh Dallas as the Frantic Pig[8]
- Yvette Nicole Brown as:[‡ 3]
- EMT Otter, a medic North American river otter
- Bearoness Bear, a bear who is a guest at the gala
- Josh Gad as Paul Moldebrandt, an ornery mole who works as the Zootopia Police Department's IT expert[12]
- June Squibb as Gram Gram, Judy's grandmother[‡ 9]
- Tig Notaro as Big Tig, a bear prisoner[‡ 5]
- Michael J. Fox as Michael J., a fox prisoner[‡ 7]
- Rachel House as Gramma Taller, a giraffe prisoner[12]
- Mae Martin as Tuffy Cheeksworth, a guinea pig prisoner[‡ 5]
- Auliʻi Cravalho as Gary's anti-venom pen[12]
- Dwayne Johnson as Zeke, an accident-prone dik-dik[14]
- Ed Sheeran as Ed Shearin, a sheep[15]
- Blake Slatkin as Baalake Lambkin, a sheep[15]
- Robert Irwin as Robert Furwin, a koala[16][‡ 10]
- Peter Mansbridge as Peter Moosebridge, a moose news reporter for Zootopia News Network (or ZNN for short)[‡ 11]
- Mario Lopez as Denny Howlett, a wolf reporter[‡ 5]
- Amanda Gorman as Deandra Bambino, a giraffe reporter[17]
- Anika Noni Rose as Squeal of Fortune Mouse[12]
- Nick DiGiovanni as Slick Di'Giguani, an iguana bartender[‡ 5]
- Taylen Biggs as Tailen Smalls, a mouse[‡ 5]
- George Pennacchio as George Purrnacleo[‡ 5]
- Bob Iger as Bob Tiger, a tiger weather forecaster[18]
Additionally, Judy's younger brothers are voiced by Shakira's sons, Milan and Sasha.[19]
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Production
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Ginnifer Goodwin and Jason Bateman reprised their respective roles as Judy and Nick, while Ke Huy Quan joined the cast as Gary.
In June 2016, directors Byron Howard and Rich Moore were in talks about the possibility of a Zootopia sequel.[20][21] On February 8, 2023, during the Q1 earnings call, Disney CEO Bob Iger confirmed that the sequel was in active development.[22] Later that day, screenwriter Jared Bush confirmed that he was working on the film.[‡ 12] Ginnifer Goodwin, who voices Judy Hopps, told CinemaBlend that she would like to see a role reversal between Judy and Nick in the sequel. "I would like to see Nick have to be the one to convince Judy that the world is worth fighting for". Jason Bateman, who voices Nick Wilde, also told CinemaBlend about his idea for the sequel. "The two of us [Nick and Judy], kicking butts out there. Cleaning up the streets. We're a couple of new cops out there. So, bad guys, be warned," he said.[23]
On February 7, 2024, Iger announced the film's release date and that the film would be officially titled Zootopia 2.[24] On April 15, Goodwin confirmed on her Instagram account that she began recording her lines for Judy, revealing that the film was in production.[4] At the D23 Expo on August 9, it was announced that Zootopia 2 would feature reptiles, and Ke Huy Quan was announced to be playing Gary, a snake being pursued by Nick and Judy.[5] Footage was also shown of a sequence in which Nick and Judy search for Gary in Marsh Market.[25] The following day, Bush revealed on his Twitter account that Fortune Feimster joined the cast to voice a beaver named Nibbles.[‡ 13] The same month, Bush was revealed to be the sole writer and director of the sequel, and Yvett Merino was revealed to be the producer.[3] On September 19, Jared Bush became the new chief creative officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios following Jennifer Lee's resignation to become director of Frozen 3. The following day, Bush confirmed that Byron Howard, the original creator and director of Zootopia, had returned to become co-director of Zootopia 2.[2] On April 3, at CinemaCon, new footage from the film was shown that revealed the casting of Quinta Brunson as a new character named Dr. Fuzzby.[7] At the 2025 Annecy International Animation Film Festival in June 2025, it was announced that Jean Reno would join the cast, and that Maurice LaMarche would reprise his role as Mr. Big.[9] In August 2025, it was announced that Macaulay Culkin, Brenda Song, Patrick Warburton, and Wilmer Valderrama would join the cast.[26] In September 2025, it was announced that Andy Samberg, David Strathairn, and Danny Trejo had joined the cast.[‡ 1][‡ 4]
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On November 8, 2024, at D23 Brazil, Shakira publicly announced that she was returning to voice Gazelle for the sequel, revealing that she was writing a new song for the film alongside Ed Sheeran, and that Gazelle would don a new outfit.[‡ 2][‡ 14] In September 2025, it was announced that the title for Shakira's song for the film, which she wrote with Ed Sheeran and Blake Slatkin, would be "Zoo". The song was featured in the Zootopia 2 trailer that was released on September 29, 2025, and it was released as a single on October 10, 2025.[15]
On June 16, 2025, Michael Giacchino was confirmed to be returning to compose the score.[27] Giacchino's score was released as part of the film's full soundtrack on November 21, 2025.[28]
Track listing
All music is composed by Michael Giacchino.
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Release
Zootopia 2 premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles on November 13, 2025,[29] and is scheduled to be released in the United States by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures on November 26, 2025.[24]
Marketing
In November 2025, as a publicity stunt, three remote-controlled cars with animatronic puppets of the film's characters appeared in Los Angeles. They consisted of Nick, Judy and Gary in a purple car, Finnick in his brown van and Flash in his sports car. The stunt was reportedly well received by the public.[30][31]
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Reception
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Box office projections
According to Deadline Hollywood, Zootopia 2 is projected to gross over $125–plus million in the United States and Canada over the five-day Thanksgiving weekend and $270-plus million worldwide.[32][33]
Critical reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 92% of 78 critics' reviews are positive.[34] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 73 out of 100, based on 26 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[35]
Nell Minow of RogerEbert.com gave the film four out of a possible four stars, writing, "Zootopia 2 is pure delight, every bit as exciting and heartwarming and imaginative as the Oscar-winning original and maybe even funnier".[36] Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter described it as "more than worth the lengthy wait, knocking it out of the park with its dazzling visuals, sophisticated humor and doses of genuine emotion."[18] Conversely, Peter Bradshaw, reviewing for The Guardian, gave the film two stars out of a possible five, describing it as "a soulless film-by-numbers affair filled with corporately approved jokes ... the kind of movie you put on an iPad to keep the children quiet on a long plane or train journey".[37]
Accolades
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Notes
- Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures through the Walt Disney Pictures banner
- Due to trademark issues, the film is titled Zootropolis 2 in various regions such as the UK, Ireland, Italy and Spain, and Zoomania 2 in Germany. See Zootopia § Alternative titles.
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