Idris Elba and Ke Huy Quan joined Jason Bateman and Ginnifer Goodwin at Picturehouse Central for the UK premiere of Zootropolis 2, Disney Animation’s return to its city of mammals.
Disney Animation’s Zootropolis 2 held its UK premiere at Picturehouse Central in the West End on Sunday 23 November 2025. Idris Elba and Ke Huy Quan were among the voice cast who attended.
Elba, who voices the buffalo Chief Bogo, trained at the National Youth Music Theatre in London. Stringer Bell in The Wire made his name in America, and DCI John Luther on BBC One won him a Golden Globe.
Quan was born in Saigon and came to America as a refugee. As a child he played Short Round in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. He later won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Everything Everywhere All at Once.
Jared Bush wrote the sequel and directed it with Byron Howard. Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde, voiced by Ginnifer Goodwin and Jason Bateman, chase a pit viper named Gary De’Snake, voiced by Quan.
The premiere came five days before the film opened in British cinemas. Bush, the producer Yvett Merino and Josh Dallas joined the cast on the carpet, and the film went on to gross $1.87 billion worldwide.