Premiere - Zootopia 2: Club Allociné ends the year on a high note with a giant feel-good movie

By Sabine, Paris, Forum des Images, Room 500, 25 november 2025

On Tuesday evening, the Forum des Images hosted Club Allociné's final screening of the year. Five hundred audience members were treated to the wonderful Zootopia 2, a feel-good movie about tolerance. The evening began with the traditional photocall. Rabbit- and fox-shaped cookies were created for the cocktail party. Before the screening of the French version of the film, the presenter recalled the various private screenings, master classes, and meetings with film and series professionals that took place this year, such as Running Man, Mickey 17, Arco, and more. Zootopia 2 is the sequel to the first film, released nine years ago. It is a success. This animated film is based on an intelligent script, centered on tolerance, with different levels of interpretation. The film is fast-paced, funny, moving, with nods to other films. The animation is beautiful, with a multitude of characters.

Beyond the warm welcome it received from Club Allociné viewers, Zootopia 2 is particularly impressive for the incredible ambition of its creators. Jared Bush and Byron Howard have imagined a sequel that is broader, richer, and even more immersive than the first film, developing the very heart of the story: the relationship between Judy and Nick. The film reunites this iconic duo at the exact moment where the first film left off, but this time revealing the flaws, doubts, and differences that divide them as much as they bring them together. The central theme is partnership, what it really means to trust each other and move forward together. The new scenes of team therapy, their clandestine infiltration of unexplored areas of Zootopia, and their encounter with Gary De'Snake—an immediately endearing character despite his status as a pit viper—bring a more intimate and emotional dimension to this great adventure comedy. The dossier also emphasizes that Gary, played with unexpected gentleness by Ke Huy Quan, becomes one of the film's true emotional drivers

The other notable achievement of Zootopia 2 lies in the visual and technical scope of the project. The Disney Animation teams had to deal with 178 unique characters and more than 1,800 variations, an expanded range of species including reptiles, semi-aquatic mammals, lynxes, dik-diks, and even a new horse mayor, Brian Winddancer. Completely new environments—such as Marsh Market, a veritable urban water park designed for semi-aquatic mammals, and Lynxley Manor in the heart of Tundratown—were imagined to offer audiences an even broader exploration of the animal metropolis. The action sequence in the water tubes, described in the dossier as one of the film's major technical challenges, demonstrates the directors' desire to push the boundaries of 3D rendering and animated cinematography

Added to this is a particularly rich soundtrack by Michael Giacchino, which blends Cajun, techno, sophisticated waltzes, and more exotic rhythms, as well as a brand new pop anthem, “Zoo,” by Shakira, Ed Sheeran, and Blake Slatkin—a song designed to celebrate diversity and the bonds that unite Judy and Nick. The result is a sequel that is both spectacular and deeply human, designed to appeal to a wide audience and remind us, through emotion and humor, that Zootopia remains one of the most beautiful worlds Disney has created in recent decades.

Synopsis
Zootopia 2 reunites the delightful duo of young police officers Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde, who, after solving the biggest criminal case in Zootopia's history, discover that their partnership isn't as solid as they thought when Chief Bogo orders them to participate in a therapy program for teammates in crisis. Their partnership will be put to the test when they have to investigate a new mystery undercover in unfamiliar parts of the city and follow the winding trail of a venomous snake that has just arrived in the animal city...

Zootopia 2
Written and Directed by Jared Bush, Byron Howard
Produced by Yvett Merino, p.g.a.
Original voices: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Ke Huy Quan, Idris Elba
French voices: Marie-Eugénie Maréchal, Alexis Victor, Baptiste Lecaplain, Pascal Elbé
Editing: Jeremy Milton, ACE
Music by Michael Giacchino
Produced by: Walt Disney Animation Studios
Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (France, United States)
Release dates: November 26, 2025 (France, United States)
Running time: 108 minutes

With many thanks to the Allociné club team for this memorable evening

Photos and video @Sabinefilme