Film Preview: Zootopia 2 (2025)

Film Poster

Page Revisions:

(May 25, 2025) Original
(August 3, 2025) New Trailer (#2) — New Poster (#4)
(October 5, 2025) New Trailer (#3) — New Posters (#5-#6)
(November 2, 2025) New Trailer (#4) — New Posters (#7-#14)
(November 23, 2025) New Posters (#15-#27)

Release Date:

November 26, 2025

Synopsis:

From IMDb: “Brave rabbit cop Judy Hopps and her friend, the fox Nick Wilde, team up again to crack a new case, the most perilous and intricate of their careers.”

Poster Rating: B / B+ / C- / C+ / B / B- / B / B- / C (3) / B- / C (2) / C (12) / B

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Review: (#1, B) A bold, colorful effort that will draw the viewer’s attention well even if it doesn’t have much of interest to look at. (#2, B+) It’s interesting how a limitation of characters from one design to another doesn’t diminish its effect. Compare this to design to the prior. Fewer characters and details but it feels more alive and interesting perhaps because of its design elements that are seldom used in poster design. (#2, C-) An empty backdrop and three characters does not an effective poster make. How can the prior two designs feel so alive and this feel so lifeless.

(#4, B-) It’s a definite improvement over the prior snake-oriented effort but still has that aggressive empty white background. What makes it better is showing off the myriad characters in the film in a unique package.

(#5, B) Those familiar with the original film’s poster will recognize the design arrangement. While this does have unique characters in it that the first wouldn’t have, there’s nothing ultimately new to see with this. (#6, B-) A little more original than the prior and introducing a setting we haven’t seen before, it has something new, which will make it appealing though it doesn’t have enough detail to be exceptional.

(#7, B) It may be simple but it gets all of the important characters into the frame and conveys the shock, anger, and surprise of the situation. Not stellar but appealing enough. (#8, B-) Attempting to do something somewhat unique in putting three different background settings into the design in an appealing and well balanced way. Unfortunately, they are still just film scenes even if done with dynamic colors. (#9-#11, #13-#14) As is often the case, these individual format designs are hastily constructed and relatively dull even with the eye-rolling animal puns to those format names. (#12, B-) I pull out this design from the six format efforts because it tries something different, using the snake to segment out individual drawings of moments from the film. They are interesting and unique, allowing the design to stand out against the others. The lack of variance within the snake itself is its biggest drawback.

(#15-#26, B-) These characters use the same background and left-right edges, which allows them to be strung together. It’s a clever concept but that white background is overwhelming in most of the designs. More effort could have been made to make a background link up between designs. (#27, B) With plenty of details to attract the eye, this green-dominant design has a lot to investigate, which makes it a fun and atypical effort.

Trailer Rating: B / B+ / B- / B

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Review: (#1, B) At first glance, this teaser looks a bit childish but as it progresses, there are more interesting moments on display and it gives the audience a warm feeling by its end. That little of this seemed like it was drawn from the film itself is the most interesting thing about it.

(#2, B+) A humorous trailer that builds on the prior film without being derivative. Since audiences are already familiar with the characters, this trailer wisely avoids re-describing the prior film and instead gives a brief glimpse into a handful of scenes while a single counseling session dominates the the first half and the finale. It’s interesting and fun with lots of jokes that land better than expected for a sequel. Not enough information about the new “villain” is given and limiting the perspective of the audience to its narrow selection of scenes doesn’t quite generate the buzz it should but it works well enough.

(#3, B-) While there are a couple of good gags in the trailer, it’s noticeably lacking in humor. Sure the original film was similar in its style but this feels derivative even with all the new characters and locations. Then there’s that scene with the horse counting the number of mayors brought down by the fox/rabbit pair. That scene unfortunately highlights the film’s problem. It’s unoriginal and while more of the same can be a good thing, as Moana 2 proved, dipping too often into the same well without innovation isn’t a wise idea.

(#4, B) Hitting the film’s high notes while presenting few unique moments from the film is part-and-parcel for the Disney trailer experience. None of them stand out enough from one another to hold up as exemplary but none of them are so dull that they demand excision.