LOS ANGELES — “Zootopia 2” is now playing in theaters everywhere and On The Red Carpet is celebrating with a special episode taking you inside the making of the new Disney film with the animators and inside the world premiere with the all-star cast!
The film reunites the stars of the Oscar-winning original: Ginnifer Goodwin as bunny police Officer Judy Hopps and Jason Bateman as her unlikely fox partner, Nick Wilde.
“I’m a Disney nut, first of all,” Goodwin told On The Red Carpet. “And I used to go into the Disney offices and beg them to cast me in any way. And I have gotten to play a fairy and have gotten to play a princess, but Judy is my favorite.”
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In the movie, Judy and Nick are on the hunt for a mysterious pit viper named Gary De’Snake, when they unravel a dangerous conspiracy that puts their partnership and their lives in peril. But, Bateman explained, audiences don’t need to be too worried.
“Rest assured, all the anxiety will be alleviated at some point in this wonderful Disney film,” he said. “They’re not gonna drop you off a cliff, and there’s not gonna be some sad ending.”
On The Red Carpet’s “Zootopia 2” special also includes interviews with the film’s co-stars, including Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan who voices Gary De’Snake, Fortune Feimster who voices an oddball beaver with a podcast named Nibbles Maplestick, and Shakira who voices Zootopia’s biggest pop star, Gazelle. Shakira attended the movie’s premiere with her two sons.
“It’s the most exciting thing for me to have them accompany me to this,” she said. “For ‘Zootopia,’ they were just babies. And now in ‘Zootopia 2,’ they were a part of the whole process. We recorded our lines together, actually, because they have a small part in the movie as Judy Hopps’ little brothers.”
On The Red Carpet also toured the Walt Disney Animation Studios in Burbank, California where the film was brought to life and saw how the animators created the world of “Zootopia 2,” including studying live animals.
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“It starts with a pencil and paper and an idea,” said Chad Sellers, one of the heads of animation on the movie. “The artists just want to put the best product out there, the best movie with the best characters.”
“The animators always bring so much of themselves to the project,” said Kira Lehtomaki, the other head of animation “When we watch these movies, it’s like a scrap book of watching all of our coworkers up on the screen because their personalities shine through. Even though it’s appropriate for the moment and the characters, it’s like there is a uniqueness that’s brought to every single frame.”
This special On The Red Carpet episode also includes a look back at the world premiere of the original “Zootopia,” a look at the new “Zootopia: Better Zoogether!” experience at Walt Disney World, and a special surprise for On The Red Carpet’s George Pennacchio when he was invited to voice a character in the new film!
Watch the full episode, “On The Red Carpet Presents: Zootopia 2,” in the video player above.
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