Following the massive success of the sequel, Disney is moving forward with Zootopia 3. The news of the next film was revealed at Disney’s D23 event in Anaheim, with Ke Huy Quan joining Ginnifer Goodwin onstage to announce the new installment, which will focus on birds.
Last year’s Zootopia 2 became the highest-grossing Hollywood animated movie of all time with $1.8 billion at the global box office.
The franchise started with the original 2016 movie, which introduced fans to rabbit police officer Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) and con artist fox Nick Wilde (Jason Bateman). The two started off as enemies as Judy joined the Zootopia Police Department, but then put aside their differences to solve a mystery in the animal city. The first movie was a hit at the box office, crossed $1 billion globally and spawned a spinoff TV series called Zootopia+ on Disney+.
Zootopia 2 cast included the podcasting beaver Nibbles Maplestick (Fortune Feimster), Gary De’Snake (Quan), Pawbert Lynxley (Andy Samberg), Milton Lynxley (David Strathairn), Cattrick Lynxley (Macaulay Culkin), Kitt Lynxley (Brenda Song), Dr. Fuzzby (Quinta Brunson), Robert Furwin (Robert Irwin) and Brian Winddancer (Patrick Warburton) among others.
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Directed by Jared Bush and Byron Howard, the sequel made box office history on its opening weekend, becoming the fourth-biggest global opening ever at the time and the largest global launch of all time for an animated film. It was also nominated for best animated feature at the Academy Awards.
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