Ginnifer Goodwin, Once Upon a Time‘s Snow White, and Jason Bateman will lead the voice cast of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Zootopia. Goodwin will be voicing an optimistic bunny while Bateman handles the role of a scamming fox in the animated adventure from Tangled director Byron Howard.
“We knew that Zootopia would only succeed if we found the perfect actors to play our main characters,” said director Howard. “This rabbit-and fox-duo are in practically every scene in the film together. After meeting Ginnifer, we knew she embodied Hopps, the ultimate pure-of-heart, idealist bunny. You fall in love with her character instantly. And for Nick Wilde, our cynical con-artist fox, we only ever had one actor in mind, the incomparable Jason Bateman. Jason has a way of saying the most hilarious sarcastic things while always staying completely charming. We feel so fortunate to be working with both of them.”
Zootopia will be released in theaters on March 4, 2016.
The Plot:
The modern mammal metropolis of Zootopia is a city like no other. Comprised of habitat neighborhoods like ritzy Sahara Square and frigid Tundratown, it’s a melting pot where animals from every environment live together—a place where no matter what you are, from the biggest elephant to the smallest shrew, you can be anything. But when optimistic Officer Judy Hopps arrives, she discovers that being the first bunny on a police force of big, tough animals isn’t so easy. Determined to prove herself, she jumps at the opportunity to crack a case, even if it means partnering with a fast-talking, scam-artist fox, Nick Wilde, to solve the mystery.
