Iger announced the sequels during a recent Q1 earnings call, saying he’s excited to share the news about new installments of some of their most popular animated franchises and added they’ll have more to share about these productions soon.

The announcement of Toy Story’s latest sequel comes after the studio failed to meet high expectations with the last year’s spinoff Lightyear. Even though this movie didn’t manage to live up to the hype, the Toy Story franchise is still a hot property for Disney, with a total of $3.03 billion earned over four movies.

Bringing back Frozen for another sequel is also a no-brainer since the previous two movies found enormous success and transformed into a global brand, with Disney Park attractions, Broadway musicals, two short films, and a lot of merchandising opportunities.

As for Zootopia, fans have been begging Disney for a sequel of the Oscar-winning movie ever since it came out in 2016. Their prayers have finally been answered, just a few months after the release of the spinoff series Zootopia+ on Disney+.

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In 2016, the entertainment company released its massive hit Zootopia which went on to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

The film, about a rabbit police officer and fox con artist teaming up to solve a conspiracy, earned over $1 billion at the global box office.

Its worldwide success has now led to the prospect of not one, but two sequels in the works.

“I can tell you for sure I’m doing another Zootopia with Disney,” said the voice of Finnick, Tommy Lister, at a recent fan meet and greet. “We’re doing three of them… We’re the biggest film that Disney is producing. The last one was $240 million. This one I’m hearing will be $300 million. That’s what they spent on the budget, not the advertising.”

Directors Bryon Howard and Rich Moore are expected to return, as is the cast of Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, and Idris Elba, amongst others.

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Zootopia (2016) was directed  by Byron Howard and Rich Moore, known for Bolt (2008), Tangled (2010) and features the voices of Ginnifer Goodwin as Officer Judy Hopps, Jason Bateman as Nick Wilde,and Idris Elba as Chief Bogo. The film grossed over $1.2 billion against an $150 million budget.

Goldman, along with Esplanade Productions, claims that Disney took his ideas for his pitch of Zootopia and turned it into a movie without his permission.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, back in November 2017, the case was dismissed in Federal Court by Federal Judge Michael Fitzgerald, who stated that “The similarities between Goldman’s work and Zootopia are not many or ‘striking’; they are few, random, and superficial.” On February 13th Esplanade Productions filed a complaint to bring the lawsuit back into court.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Esplanade Productions stated that “Disney used Goldman’s concept for Zootopia as ‘a metaphor for life and for America,’ where ‘an animal can be whatever he wants to be.’ Thus, Esplanade is informed and believes that Disney did not create its Zootopia from scratch but, rather, used Goldman’s materials as the basis for its movie.”

Esplanade Productions along with Goldman are seeking compensatory damages and an injunction against Disney for using anymore elements of Goldman’s initial pitch of Zootopia.

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Iger announced the sequels during a recent Q1 earnings call, saying he’s excited to share the news about new installments of some of their most popular animated franchises and added they’ll have more to share about these productions soon.

The announcement of Toy Story’s latest sequel comes after the studio failed to meet high expectations with the last year’s spinoff Lightyear. Even though this movie didn’t manage to live up to the hype, the Toy Story franchise is still a hot property for Disney, with a total of $3.03 billion earned over four movies.

Bringing back Frozen for another sequel is also a no-brainer since the previous two movies found enormous success and transformed into a global brand, with Disney Park attractions, Broadway musicals, two short films, and a lot of merchandising opportunities.

As for Zootopia, fans have been begging Disney for a sequel of the Oscar-winning movie ever since it came out in 2016. Their prayers have finally been answered, just a few months after the release of the spinoff series Zootopia+ on Disney+.

The post Disney is Plotting New Sequels of “Frozen”, “Toy Story” & “Zootopia” appeared first on EverydayKoala.

In 2016, the entertainment company released its massive hit Zootopia which went on to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

The film, about a rabbit police officer and fox con artist teaming up to solve a conspiracy, earned over $1 billion at the global box office.

Its worldwide success has now led to the prospect of not one, but two sequels in the works.

“I can tell you for sure I’m doing another Zootopia with Disney,” said the voice of Finnick, Tommy Lister, at a recent fan meet and greet. “We’re doing three of them… We’re the biggest film that Disney is producing. The last one was $240 million. This one I’m hearing will be $300 million. That’s what they spent on the budget, not the advertising.”

Directors Bryon Howard and Rich Moore are expected to return, as is the cast of Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, and Idris Elba, amongst others.

The post “Zootopia” is Getting Some Sequels appeared first on EverydayKoala.

Zootopia (2016) was directed  by Byron Howard and Rich Moore, known for Bolt (2008), Tangled (2010) and features the voices of Ginnifer Goodwin as Officer Judy Hopps, Jason Bateman as Nick Wilde,and Idris Elba as Chief Bogo. The film grossed over $1.2 billion against an $150 million budget.

Goldman, along with Esplanade Productions, claims that Disney took his ideas for his pitch of Zootopia and turned it into a movie without his permission.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, back in November 2017, the case was dismissed in Federal Court by Federal Judge Michael Fitzgerald, who stated that “The similarities between Goldman’s work and Zootopia are not many or ‘striking’; they are few, random, and superficial.” On February 13th Esplanade Productions filed a complaint to bring the lawsuit back into court.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Esplanade Productions stated that “Disney used Goldman’s concept for Zootopia as ‘a metaphor for life and for America,’ where ‘an animal can be whatever he wants to be.’ Thus, Esplanade is informed and believes that Disney did not create its Zootopia from scratch but, rather, used Goldman’s materials as the basis for its movie.”

Esplanade Productions along with Goldman are seeking compensatory damages and an injunction against Disney for using anymore elements of Goldman’s initial pitch of Zootopia.

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