as originally posted on yahoo.com
Look carefully at this exclusive new Zootopia poster from Disney. There are all sorts of visual jokes in the background of this lively Times Square-esque metropolitan intersection. For instance, the billboards pushing brands like Lululemmings (not to be confused with Lululemon) and Bearberry (not Burberry).
The premise of Disney’s forthcoming animated feature posits a world in which humans never came to exist. Ergo, it is run by animals. And Zootopia is the crown jewel of the animal cities, a melting pot where all kinds of critters share street space.
Ginnifer Goodwin (Once Upon a Time) voices Judy Hopps, a no-nonsense rookie cop who has trouble fitting in as the force’s first bunny. The trouble is, she needs to trust sly fox Nick Wilde, played by Jason Bateman (Horrible Bosses), if she wants to solve her big case and keep her job.
Pop star Shakira also has a part — as Gazelle. And apparently the animal is as glamorous as her real-life counterpart, modeling for Preyda (not Prada!) shoes and bags. Can you spot her?
Disney Animation head John Lasseter sent the movie’s filmmakers to Africa to study animals under orders to make Zootopia unlike any other animal movie. “We came back completely changed because that environment hasn’t changed in 50,000 years,” director Byron Howard told Yahoo Movies at Disney’s recent D23 fan gathering. “To see the sociology and the society that animals have there, it’s really interesting to see parallels in our own society.”
Zootopia is due in theaters March 4.
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