Zootopia 2 (2025), Jason Bateman, Ginnifer Goodwin, Walt Disney Animation Studios
The second fun trailer for Zootopia 2 has arrived, and it’s still looking great.
Jason Bateman, Ginnifer Goodwin, Shakira and Quinta Brunson star, while Jared Bush and Byron Howard direct another story of a complicated case that needs solving.
‘Someone get the hose?‘
Such a good second trailer. Great humour, and I absolutely agree with Nick Wilde about what Judy Hopps did with her ears. You do too, right?
Ke Huy Quan, Quinta Brunson, Ke Huy Quan, Shakira, Jason Bateman and Fortune Feimster also star.
Jared Bush and Byron Howard are the directors of Zootopia 2, a sequel to the 2016 feel-good animated adventure/comedy about a rabbit cop and her fox friend. Both are on a mission to solve a complicated and even more perilous case.
Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Shakira, Fortune Feimster and Quinta Brunson star.
I’m down for all the cuteness and great characters, including Idris Elba’s police chief, Chief Bogo. I sure hope Elba is still in it. As I wrote this, his name wasn’t published on the IMDb cast list.
Also, I like the music in this teaser. Great for getting your energy up. Try listening to it a few times without watching the trailer if you haven’t already.
New action/crime/thriller Carry-On stars Taron Egerton as a young TSA agent, while Jason Bateman is the mysterious traveller who blackmails him into letting a dangerous package onto a Christmas day flight.
Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra; additional key cast includes Sofia Carson, Danielle Deadwyler, Theo Rossi and Logan Marshall-Green.
This is one of those films I both want to see and don’t want to see in equal measure.
Egerton and ‘the saving of the day’ are why I’m interested. The idea of someone hell-bent on wrecking ‘the most wonderful time of the year’ for so many is why I’m less enthused. Especially when the release date is close to the most wonderful time of the year.
There’s also having to accept the generally likeable Bateman in the role of someone ruthless enough to attempt something so awful. Perhaps the story is complex, and Bateman’s character isn’t just pure evil. one wonders.
I’m curious, what are your thoughts on the Carry-On trailer?
Tonatiuh, Dean Norris, Curtiss Cook, Sinqua Walls, Joe Williamson, Gil Perez-Abraham, Reisha Reynolds and Edwin Kho also star.
Technically, precisely 67 days have passed. It’s just that I tend to embellish ever so slightly by saying 200 years for almost all periods of time that feel ridiculously long.
The reason for my absence from blogging isn’t as simple as being burnt out. I’m also unlikely to ever become tired of movies. However, life did become a tad more hectic than usual. So, I took the necessary 200 years to simplify my daily routine.
It would be great to say that I took the time to travel abroad and explore during half of the 67 days. Except, that I’m one of those people who’ll need more time before I can feel comfortable being on a plane/away from home again. One of these days I might even do some domestic travelling! Until then, quality time with friends and family is vacation enough for me, especially when I get to annoy my nearest and dearest to no end. They love it!
I spent some of my time away from blogging listening to podcasts. Naturally, I listened to – and continue to listen to a few that are linked to show business. For example, SmartLess, a funny, fun podcast hosted by filmmakers Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett; three friends who have enviable chemistry and lots of witty banter, and that’s before I mention their many great guests. Interviewees such as Ryan Reynolds, LeBron James, Reese Witherspoon and Robert Downey Jr., to name just a few.
SmartLess Podcast, Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett, Simplecast
A handful of random things I’ve learned since becoming a regular listener of podcasts include, but are not at all limited to, how much many of my Americans brothers and sisters apparently LOVE Target as a place with isles to enjoy walking down, particularly late at night. The second thing listening to podcasts made me realise is that podcasting is harder than it looks, because the art of great conversation is no easy thing.
The third and perhaps, most important thing that’s happened is I’ve reached a controversial conclusion. Specifically, that big fans of burger restaurants In-N-Out and Five Guys are as deluded as each other. Yes! This is fighting talk, and I’m certainly no fighter. Still, I had to say it. Even more so because I’ve eaten at both places, and I’m convinced that the patrons of each have dead taste buds, in different areas of the mouth. With that said, could the 200 years away made me braver? Or something else? 😁
Whatever the answer, I say all the above to say that I’m back, dear movie lovers. And I look forward to catching up with your blogs to see what I’ve missed. Fingers crossed that you’ll enjoy the movie content along with the occasional non-movie specific topics I cover.
Which are some of your favourite podcasts? They don’t have to be about movies. Though, it helps if they’re funny.
In Game Night, Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams are part of a group of friends who meet regularly for game nights. This particular game night though, things are very different. Very different indeed.
First of all, I’m glad that McAdams is back. I haven’t seen her in a movie since Southpaw (2015). Second, I wish this film were out already, because it looks just like the kind of fun I need this weekend.
Billy Magnussen, Kylie Bunbury, Sharon Horgan, Lamorne Morris and Camille Chen also star.
The Movie My Life 