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Inside “Zootopia 2” – Drew’s First Look at Disney’s Next Big Sequel (Ep. 327)

The Jim Hill Media Podcast Network

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Tv & Film, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.71.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

This week on Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor, Jim Hill and Drew dive into Disney’s animation future, beginning with Drew’s firsthand report from the “Zootopia 2” press day. From the creative direction behind the sequel to updates on everything from “The Simpsons Movie 2” to Quentin Tarantino’s surprise animated project, this episode covers the wild world of animation news and commentary with Jim and Drew’s trademark insight. What Drew learned at Disney’s “Zootopia 2” press day Why “The Simpsons Movie 2” finally got the green light Quentin Tarantino’s new animated sequence for “Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair” The legacy of Disney animator Rick Hoppe How Elon Musk’s latest controversy pulled “Dead End: Paranormal Park” back into the spotlight From sequel scoop to animation history, this week’s Fine Tooning is packed with stories you won’t hear anywhere else. Tune in for the latest news and a heartfelt tribute to one of Disney’s greats. Unlocked Magic Unlocked Magic, powered by DVC Rental Store and DVC Resale Market, offers exclusive Disney & Universal ticket savings with TRUSTED service and authenticity. With over $10 MILLION in ticket sales, use Unlocked Magic to get the BIGGEST SAVINGS. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Learn More⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome back to fine tuning with Drew Taylor, your one-stop shop when it comes to animation news and commentary.

0:06.3

I am entertainment writer Jim Hill and Mr. Taylor, whose writings on the industry you can regularly read over on the rap,

0:13.6

and whose musings on the Mission Impossible movies you can still listen to on Like theiffuse, the official Mission Impossible podcast.

0:22.3

Anyway, Drew and I are recording this week's show on the morning of Monday, October 6th.

0:30.6

So it's less than 24 hours when this show is supposed to post.

0:35.2

So I guess we better get a move on.

0:37.3

And we have a lot of news this week, plus in the feature section of this week's show.

0:43.7

Drew shares what he learned about Disney Zootopia 2, which arrives in theaters, November 26th,

0:51.0

just seven-half weeks or now, during the long lead event for this Jared Bush,

0:57.9

Byron Howard film. And you also got to see some of this being scored, didn't you? I did,

1:06.0

although I can't talk about that until November something. So sadly, we will have to keep that under our hat for a little while.

1:14.8

But yes, I did get to go to the scoring stage and watch Michael Jekino score Zootopia 2, which is very exciting indeed.

1:22.8

That is so cool. Okay. Well, before we can get to that, and again, that's a number, but we have all sorts

1:30.8

of Zootopia 2 news shortly. Well, we need to acknowledge this podcast sponsors, which is

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1:45.1

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1:48.0

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1:55.6

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2:03.1

Just so you then know, though, folks, the first of those seasonal hard tickets.

2:08.2

Schedule for November 7th already sold out.

2:11.6

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