‘Zootopia 2’ Charms CinemaCon As Ke Huy Quan Intros Scenes Of Judy Hopps & Nick Wilde In Therapy With Quinta Brunson’s Dr. Fuzzby

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Plucky bunny cop Judy Hopps and her erstwhile foil, now partner, fox Nick Wilde got some prime screen time during Disney’s CinemaCon presentation today as a pair of clips were shown from Zootopia 2.

The sequel to 2016’s Oscar-winning $1B+ grosser is due for release in the Thanksgiving corridor this year. The first movie followed Judy (Ginnifer Goodwin) as a rookie cop who teams up with con artist Nick (Jason Bateman) to uncover a conspiracy in a titular metropolis of anthropomorphic animals.

New cast member Ke Huy Quan was on hand to introduce the fresh Zootopia 2 footage. He joins the follow-up as a snake named Gary, the impetus for Judy and Nick’s next case.

This portion of the show was introduced in voice-over by Bateman as Nick, who referred to CinemaCon as “ZinemaCon, Celebrating the Animal Experience” before Quan took the stage. RELATED: The 25 Highest-Grossing Animated Films Of All Time At The Box Office Quan called Gary “Zootopia’s first snake” and winked, “Like me, he is terrifying and villainous. … Gary kicks off the whole mystery when he turns up and panics the town.” Judy and Nick take on the case of tracking Gary down, but they are “going through a rough patch,” per Oscar winner Quan, and reluctantly are subjected to partners-counseling sessions with a “therapy animal” aka Dr Fuzzby (voiced by newly announced Quinta Brunson).