Within the build-up to the discharge of Zootopia 2, co-director Jared Bush has come out to invalidate a preferred concept relating to the movie’s foremost villain that has been circulating on the web for a while now. In a current social media interplay, the Walt Disney Animation Studios Chief Inventive Officer clarified the standing of newly-recruited ZPD officer Nick Wilde’s household within the much-awaited sequel, debunking a serious rumor within the course of.
Nick Wilde’s household received’t be in Zootopia 2
On September 29, Bush took to X (previously Twitter) to conduct a quick Q&A session with followers. Within the thread, one consumer posted a multi-part question in regards to the characters in Zootopia 2, together with the daddy of Jason Bateman’s Nick Wilde. Whereas Bush did not reveal the specifics about any featured member of his upcoming movie, he did verify that Wilde’s household received’t play a serious half within the sequel.
“Nick’s household is just not explored on this movie,” the Encanto co-director famous in his reply. In doing so, Bush put an finish to a fan concept that positioned Nick’s father as the first antagonist of Zootopia 2.
Many Disney followers had beforehand deduced that the charismatic fox’s dad would turn into the film’s villain after watching the sequel’s teaser trailer. Within the snippet, the duo of Nick and Judy Hopps comes throughout a menacing, shadowy determine with a pair of glowing eyes beneath his hood. With the mentioned entity sharing an uncanny resemblance to the bodily options of Nick, netizens got here to the conclusion that it may very well be none aside from the daddy of Bateman’s character.
Nonetheless, Bush has since debunked this concept, thereby intensifying the thriller across the id of Zootopia 2’s actual antagonist. On condition that the 2016 outing featured a twisted reveal relating to who the precise villain of the movie was, Disney could select to comply with the same route within the sequel.
On the time of writing, Zootopia 2 is on observe to hit theaters on November 26, 2025.
Initially reported by Apoorv Rastogi on SuperHeroHype.
