Disney Chief Creative Officer Jared Bush broke the news to a packed arena at the company’s D23 Expo, confirming that Zootopia 3 is officially underway. Bush shared the stage with veteran cast member Ginnifer Goodwin, who voices rabbit officer Judy Hopps, to deliver the update directly to fans.
The biggest shift for the new installment: feathers. For the first time since the franchise debuted in 2016, birds will inhabit the sprawling city, breaking the series’ long-standing focus on mammals and reptiles.
Disney did not provide a release window, production timeline, or details on who will direct the third entry. The decision to keep the property moving forward follows a massive commercial track record. The 2016 original grossed over $1 billion globally and took home the Oscar for Best Animated Feature. The studio followed that up with Zootopia 2, expanding the narrative map and pulling in major box office returns of its own.
During the presentation, Bush pointed to the scale of the world built over the last decade, emphasizing that earlier stories only scratched the surface of what exists beyond the original downtown districts like Tundratown and Sahara Square. “We’ve actually only seen one city on one continent on one planet,” Bush told the D23 audience. “There’s quite a lot more stories to tell.” Opening the skies to avian characters adds an entirely new logistical layer to the franchise’s urban design, which previously solved transit and housing challenges strictly for ground-dwelling creatures of varying sizes.
Goodwin’s character, Hopps, alongside Jason Bateman’s con-artist-turned-cop Nick Wilde, has anchored the series through two feature films, a Disney+ short-form spinoff series, and a dedicated theme park land at Shanghai Disneyland.
The announcement comes as Disney leans hard into proven animated brands across its theatrical pipeline. Alongside original projects in development, the company has lined up sequels across both Walt Disney Animation and Pixar, relying on recognizable IP to drive post-pandemic theatrical turnstiles.
Further casting announcements, plot details, and release dates will be disclosed as production gets underway at the Burbank studio.
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