Disney has confirmed that a third Zootropolis movie in in early development – after the second film in the franchise became the studio's highest-grossing animation of all time last year.
The announcement was made at the D23 event in Anaheim, California, where stars Ke Huy Quan and Ginnifer Goodwin took to the stage alongside director and Disney's chief creative officer Jared Bush.
That trio revealed that the threequel was officially in the works, and that Quan and Goodwin would be reprising their roles as Gary De'Snake and Judy Hopps respectively.
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And Bush added: "You can expect to see all of the characters you want from the first two films, as the world of Zootopia goes to the birds with the arrival of some feathery flyers."
The first film in the series was released back in 2016 before the second arrived in 2025, and it looks like we can expect the gap to be a lot shorter than 9 years this time around – although an actual release date is still some way off.
Zootropolis 2 made an astonishing $1.8 billion at the global box office after its release, so it's no real surprise that Disney are so keen to quickly move ahead with another film.
Meanwhile, the film was also nominated for best animated feature at the Academy Awards, but lost out to K-Pop Demon Hunters.
There were plenty of other announcements about Disney Animation Studios at D23 as well, including the news that Jodie Foster would be playing the villain in upcoming film Hexed and that a new original animation titled Clay is in production with a starring voice role for Oscar-winner Kieran Culkin.
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