Zootopia
| Zootopia | |
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| Directed by | Byron Howard Rich Moore |
| Produced by | Clark Spencer |
| Starring | Ginnifer Goodwin Jason Bateman Idris Elba Jenny Slate Nate Torrence Bonnie Hunt Don Lake Tommy Chong J. K. Simmons Octavia Spencer Alan Tudyk Shakira |
| Cinematography | Nathan Warner Brian Leach |
| Edited by | Fabienne Rawley Jeremy Milton |
| Music by | Michael Giacchino |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
Release date | March 4, 2016 |
Running time | 108 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $150 million |
| Box office | $1.024 billion |
Zootopia (also known as Zootropolis in Europe and the United Kingdom) is an American computer-animated comedy-adventure movie. It was released on March 4, 2016, in the United States. It was the 54th movie made by Walt Disney Animation Studios. The movie was released by Walt Disney Pictures. It made over a billion dollars in the worldwide box office and became one of the highest-grossing movies of 2016. Zootopia won the Academy Award, Golden Globe, Critics' Choice Movie Award and Annie Award for Best Animated Feature Film. Along with Moana, it was 1 of the first CGI Disney movies released in the same year as each other.
The movie was directed by Byron Howard and Rich Moore. It stars Jason Bateman, Ginnifer Goodwin and Idris Elba.
Plot
The movie is about a rabbit named Judy Hopps, who moves from the country to the city of Zootopia, where she becomes a police officer. Judy has to solve a mystery with the help of Nick Wilde, a red fox. Judy at first does not like Nick. As time goes on, the two get along and work together to solve the case. The movie takes place in a world of mammals, but there are no humans.
Voice Cast
- Ginnifer Goodwin as Judy Hopps, a young optimistic rabbit from Bunnyburrow and a newly appointed member of the Zootopia Police Department, assigned to the 1st Precinct.
- Della Saba voices a younger Judy Hopps.
- Jason Bateman as Nick Wilde, a sly red fox who is a small-time con artist.
- Kath Soucie voices a younger Nick Wilde.
- Idris Elba as Chief Bogo, an African buffalo who is the police chief of the Zootopia Police Department's 1st Precinct.
- Jenny Slate as Dawn Bellwether, a diminutive sheep who is the assistant mayor of Zootopia.
- Nate Torrence as Benjamin Clawhauser, an obese cheetah who works as a dispatcher and desk sergeant for the Zootopia Police Department's 1st Precinct.
- Bonnie Hunt as Bonnie Hopps, a rabbit from Bunnyburrow who is Judy’s mother.
- Don Lake as Stu Hopps, a rabbit from Bunnyburrow who is Judy’s father and a carrot farmer.
- Dennis Quaid as John Wilde, a red fox, who is Nick's father.
- Bo Derek as Helena Wilde, a red fox, who is Nick's mother.
- Tommy Chong as Yax, a laid-back domestic yak who owns the naturist club Mystic Springs Oasis in Sahara Square.
- J. K. Simmons as Mayor Lionheart, a lion who is the noble, but pompous Mayor of Zootopia.
- Octavia Spencer as Mrs. Otterton
- Alan Tudyk as Duke Weaselton, a small-time least weasel crook also known for selling bootleg DVDs. The name references the Duke of Weselton from Frozen, whom Tudyk also voices.
- Shakira as Gazelle, a Thomson's gazelle who is a famous pop star. Shakira also voices Gazelle in the Spain and Latin America Spanish dubs.
- Raymond S. Persi as:
- Flash, the "fastest" three-toed sloth in the DMV (short for Department of Mammal Vehicles).
- Officer Higgins, a hippopotamus who is an elite member of the Zootopia Police Department's 1st Precinct.
- Maurice LaMarche as Mr. Big, an Arctic shrew who is the most fearsome crime boss in Tundratown and is served by a group of polar bears.
- Phil Johnston as:
- Gideon Grey, a red fox from Bunnyburrow who used to bully the young rabbits and sheep when he was young. As an adult, he has reconciled with those he tormented and became a much-respected baker.
- An angry offscreen character who states that his taxes pay Judy's salary after she gives him a parking ticket.
- Fuschia! as Major Friedkin, a polar bear who works at the Zootopia Police Academy as a drill instructor.
- John DiMaggio as:
- Jerry Jumbeaux Jr., an ill-tempered African elephant who owns an ice cream parlor called Jumbeaux's Café, frequented by elephants and other larger mammals.
- Woolter and Jesse (a pun on the show Breaking Bad's main protagonists, Walter White and Jesse Pinkman), two tough rams who are Doug's assistants.
- A moose that gets a parking ticket from Judy.
- A pig reporter.
- Katie Lowes as Dr. Madge Honey Badger, a honey badger scientist who helps Mayor Lionheart look for the cause of the animals' savagery.
- Gita Reddy as Nangi, an Indian elephant who works as a yoga instructor at Mystic Springs Oasis.
- Jesse Corti as Manchas, a black jaguar from Zootopia's Rainforest District who is a chauffeur for Zootopia's biggest limo company and is the personal chauffeur to Mr. Big.
- Tom Lister Jr. as Finnick, a fennec fox who is Nick's partner in crime.
- Josh Dallas as an unnamed domestic pig who frantically asks Judy for help after his "Flora and Fauna" flower shop is robbed by Duke Weaselton. He later appears as a protester at Gazelle's peace rally arguing with a female leopard.
- Leah Latham as Fru Fru, an arctic shrew and Mr. Big's daughter who befriends Judy after Judy saves her from a runaway Donut sign in Little Rodentia. She also makes Judy the Godmother and namesake of her daughter.
- Rich Moore as:
- Fabienne Rawley and Peter Mansbridge as Fabienne Growley and Peter Moosebridge, the snow leopard and moose anchors of the ZNN News.
- The moose co-anchor is used in the standard version of the film, released in the United States, Italy, France, Canada, Russia, Philippines, and Mexico. In the UK version, the moose is named as Moosos Alexander, voiced by radio journalist Vassos Alexander (though the UK home release used his US name and voice). In other countries, the anchor is a different animal voiced by a different person. David Campbell voices a koala newscaster named David Koalabell in the Australian and New Zealand versions. The Brazilian version uses a jaguar named Onçardo Boi Chá who is voiced by Ricardo Boechat.
The Japanese version uses a tanuki named Michael Tanuyama who is voiced by Kazumasa Kōra. The Chinese version uses an unnamed giant panda.
- Byron Howard as:
- Bucky Oryx-Antlerson, a greater kudu who is Judy Hopps' neighbor and Pronk's husband.
- Travis, Gideon Grey's black-footed ferret friend.
- Jared Bush as Pronk Oryx-Antlerson, a gemsbok who is Judy Hopps' neighbor and Bucky's husband.
- Mark Rhino Smith as Officer McHorn, a black rhinoceros police officer who is part of the Zootopia Police Department's 1st Precinct.
- Josie Trinidad as Mrs. Dharma Armadillo, a nine-banded armadillo and the landlady of the Grand Pangolin Apartments that Judy Hopps moves into.
- John Lavelle as the unnamed construction mouse foreman of Little Rodentia's construction crew who receives the Pawpsicle sticks from Nick and Finnick.
- Kristen Bell as Priscilla, a three-toed sloth and Flash's co-worker at the DMV.
Sequel
A sequel, titled Zootopia 2, is scheduled to be released on November 26, 2025.
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