The Zootopia 2 Trailer Is Barely A Trailer (Because Disney Knows It's Gonna Make A Billion Dollars Anyway)
Good news for predators, prey, and those who are still undecided: The first trailer for "Zootopia 2" has arrived, featuring the return of crime-solving animal duo Nick Wilde (Jason Bateman) and Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin). This time around, their pursuit of a wanted reptile called Gary De'Snake (Ke Huy Quan) flings them into a fresh mystery, and the case takes them undercover in the semi-aquatic neighborhood of Marsh Market.
The first "Zootopia" movie was released back in 2016 and grossed more than a billion dollars at the box office. Rather than jumping directly into a sequel, writer-directors Jared Bush and Byron Howard moved on to make another original movie for Disney Animation Studios, "Encanto," which got a whole lot of people singing about why we don't talk about Bruno. In the interim, an anthology miniseries called "Zootopia+," which featured six stories centered around side characters, was released on Disney+.
Now, Bush and Howard have returned to the animal kingdom, co-directing "Zootopia 2" from a screenplay written by Bush. Check out the trailer above to find out what Nick and Judy are getting up to now that they're officially partners in the Zootopia Police Department.
Zootopia 2 will take audiences to new locations
An exclusive clip of "Zootopia 2" was previously shown at the 2024 D23 Expo, which the /Film team described as follows:
The clip, less than a minute long, sets up where the film might be taking place: "Marsh Market," a neighborhood for semi-aquatic animals. One of those is Nibbles, a beaver who catches Judy and Nick up to date on local lingo by exchanging some stereotypical Southern-accented chatter with a walrus.
The aesthetic of Market Marsh, described by [/Film's Jacob Hall] as "redneck chic," evokes Southern coastal settings such as Alabama or Louisiana. Market Marsh could well be the Zootopian equivalent of New Orleans. Like how Venice has aqua-ways built into its metropolis, the footage of Market Marsh shows aquatic animals moving across docks and sometimes through tubes.
"Zootopia 2" opens in theaters on November 26, 2025. You can read its official synopsis below:
In Walt Disney Animation Studios' "Zootopia 2," detectives Judy Hopps (voiced by Ginnifer Goodwin) and Nick Wilde (voiced by Jason Bateman) find themselves on the twisting trail of a mysterious reptile who arrives in Zootopia and turns the mammal metropolis upside down. To crack the case, Judy and Nick must go undercover to unexpected new parts of town, where their growing partnership is tested like never before.