Info in Movie News | Walt Disney Animation Studios is giving us a sneak peek of its next big project, the final international trailer for the much-anticipated animated sequel, Zootopia 2, will be available in theaters on November 26, 2025. The movie is a continuation of the two lovable characters, the highly optimistic bunny cop Judy Hopps and the sly fox Nick Wilde, as they investigate a mystery in the big animal city. This follow-up to the original 2016 smash hit, which raked in more than a billion dollars worldwide, is scheduled to be released in less than nine years and is thus the most awaited animated movie of Disney in 2025.
According to The Playlist, the plot has Judy and Nick handling their largest case ever when a mysterious reptile named Gary De’Snake (voiced by Ke Huy Quan) comes to Zootopia and messes up the city. To control the turmoil, the two characters take a decision to disguise themselves in the wards, which have not been visited before, and unearth the enigma that is very risky and might be the cause of the entire metropolis being endangered. The movie is the work of Jared Bush and Byron Howard, who are the co-directors of Zootopia and Encanto, with Yvett Merino producing.
Idris Elba as Chief Bogo, the brave and honored leader of the Zootopia Police Department, Shakira as the pop star Gazelle who also sings a new original track for the sequel, and Nate Torrence as Clawhauser, the happy cheetah receptionist are the voices returning. Besides the returning cast, the new characters are the most significant development that leads the Zootopia world to ample expansion. Among them are Dr. Fuzzby, an extremely cute quokka therapist whose voice belongs to Quinta Brunson, Nibbles Maplestick, a strange beaver podcaster discovering reptile mysteries and voiced by Fortune Feimster, and Robert Furwin, a charming koala made into the real world by Robert Irwin. New characters' personalities are more than ever, helping create a more lively and different animal world that seems to be richer than before.
As ScreenRant noted, Disney’s release pattern for its animated sequels is notably different from that of other studios. In comparison to Illumination or DreamWorks that normally release their follow-ups within three or four years, Disney is more of a latecomer by often waiting several years longer between the releases and surprisingly, their strategy has worked. These sequels such as Frozen II, Toy Story 4, and Inside Out 2 came out after breaks of six to nine years and became successful in terms of the box office enormously. The studio is obviously doing the same with Zootopia 2 whose opening is expected to be strong with more than $100 million on Thanksgiving day.
The casting of Ke Huy Quan, a winner of the Academy Award for Everything Everywhere All at Once, has also caused a lot of major headlines apart from the announcement of the movie. His role as Gary De’Snake is implied to be the one that challenges Judy and Nick's trust and teamwork, being their enemy on one hand and therefore, stimulating their emotional growth on the other hand. Their relationship full of humor and warmth will probably be the sequel's emotional core, the first movie's treatment of discrimination and partnership having been in the background.
Director Jared Bush has revealed that besides the desert, swamp, and futuristic neighborhoods, the next episode will also be about the new visual zones in the city of Zootopia such as expansion areas that are not only extending the city but also giving a visual presentation from a different perspective. Thanks to Disney's most recent technology, the feature is going to be beautiful with its detailed and lively textures of the crowd and at the same time pushing the studio's artistic limits further with the huge number of people in the background.
Besides carrying on with its usual funny and emotionally engaging aspects, Zootopia 2 will also explore more the personal relationships of the main characters. Judy and Nick have successfully become a great duo in law enforcement. They are consumed with their biggest case. Therefore, the strain is very much felt and the characters we can barely recognize as their relationship are already showing some splits. In addition to the fun and fighting parts, the movie makes an attempt to deliver an adult albeit a simple message of cooperation, compassion, and comprehension, which happen to be the very same elementary moral principles that the first Zootopia had been leading to its immense popularity of the audience.
The wait for Zootopia 2 has gone viral all over the globe. The fans of the first chapter are the ones to feel it the most. There's no release date officially confirmed for Indonesia and other parts of the world yet, but it is expected that Disney will soon provide details of the rollout. Zootopia 2, to be fair, is jam-packed with the elements of a potential billion-dollar Disney hit— a-list cast, heartfelt storytelling, and a breathtakingly vibrant world. Whether you are a fan already or new to the franchise, this follow-up will give you both nostalgia and discovery in the same proportion.
By the way, Zootopia 2 is coming back to the big screens worldwide this Thanksgiving season, thus, fans have another chance to experience an animal world that talks, dreams, and, as usual, proves that anyone can be anything.
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