Disney's Zootopia 2 is coming — and based on the surge in search interest, the appetite is enormous. The original Zootopia earned over $1 billion at the global box office and won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2016.
Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde will return, voiced again by Ginnifer Goodwin and Jason Bateman. The directors of the original — Byron Howard and Rich Moore — are back. Plot details are tightly guarded, but industry sources suggest the story will expand significantly beyond Zootopia city itself, exploring other regions of the world.
We didn't want to just make Zootopia again. We wanted to make a film that asks equally hard questions about a world that has changed since 2016. — Co-director Byron Howard
Disney has confirmed a Thanksgiving 2026 release, placing it in one of the most lucrative theatrical windows. The film is expected to be one of the highest-grossing animated releases in years.
