Zootopia is a 2016 American computer-animated buddy cop film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the 55th Disney animated feature film, directed by Byron Howard and Rich Moore, co-directed by Jared Bush, and stars the voices of Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba, Jenny Slate, Nate Torrence, Bonnie Hunt, Don Lake, Tommy Chong, J. K. Simmons, Octavia Spencer, Alan Tudyk, and Shakira. Taking place in the titular city where anthropomorphic mammals coexist, it tells a story of an unlikely partnership between a rabbit police officer and a red fox con artist as they uncover a criminal conspiracy involving the disappearance of predators. Zootopia premiered at the Brussels Animation Film Festival in Belgium on February 13, 2016, and went into general theatrical release in Disney Digital 3-D, RealD 3D, IMAX 3D, and 4DX formats in the United States on March 4.
Director | Byron Howard, Rich Moore |
Produced by | Clark Spencer |
Screenplay by | Jared Bush, Phil Johnston |
Story by | Byron Howard, Rich Moore, Jared Bush, Jim Reardon, Josie Trinidad, Phil Johnston, Jennifer Lee |
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 |
Music | Michael Giacchino |
Cinematography | Nathan Warner (layout), Brian Leach (lighting) |
Edited by | Fabienne Rawley, Jeremy Milton |
Production, company | Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios |
Distributed by | Walt Disney Studios, Motion Pictures |
Released | February 13, 2016 (Belgium), March 4, 2016 (United States) |
Running time | 108 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $150 million |
Box office | $1.024 billion |
Netflix ID | 80079258 |
About Zootopia
Winning the Oscar Award for Best Animated Feature Film of the Year, the film finds a bunny cop and a con artist fox teaming up to unravel a dangerous conspiracy.
Achievement of Zootopia
The story originally focused around con artist Nick Wilde, however the script was rewritten to focus on cop Judy Hopps.
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