The Rock has once again joined forces with Disney as he will be a part of the upcoming sequel Zootopia 2.
As revealed on October 27, the Hollywood and WWE icon is the latest name to be a part of the voice cast for the animated movie. According to the studio, Rock, real name Dwayne Johnson, will voice the character of Zeke, who is “an accident-prone dik-dik who meets with a musical mishap as a result of Judy and Nick’s high-speed pursuit gone awry.”
Johnson is among the latest list of names set to make cameos in Zootopia 2, with other names listed including Auli’i Cravalho, Rachel House, David Fane, Josh Gad, Anika Noni Rose, Stephanie Beatriz, and John Leguizamo.
Disney fans will be well aware of some of the names listed, as Rock was the voice of Maui in Moana, Josh Gad voiced Olaf the snowman in Frozen, and Stephanie Beatriz voiced the lead role of Mirabel Madrigal in Encanto.
Jared Bush, the head of Disney Animation and writer-director of Zootopia 2, recently spoke about the nods to Disney’s past in the upcoming movie:
“From the beginning, Easter eggs and winks to our favorite films and characters have been a hallmark of the world of Zootopia. We are ecstatic that Zootopia 2 expands our Zootopia family to include even more members of our extended Disney family, filled with dear friends and true Disney Legends.”
Zootopia 2 will take place almost a decade after the original, and sees Ginnifer Goodwin and Jason Bateman reprise their roles as Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde, respectively.
The IMDB synopsis notes that the duo are back together again to try and solve a new case following the events of the first movie:
Brave rabbit cop Judy Hopps and her friend, the fox Nick Wilde, team up again to crack a new case, the most perilous and intricate of their careers.
Zootopia 2 is set to be released in late November, with Idris Elba, Andy Samberg, Shakira and Macaulay Culkin being some of the other notable names in the cast.
The Rock Is Set To Release Another Movie With Disney Soon
As previously noted, The Rock was one of the main characters in the 2016 Moana movie, which was a massive success and netted $687 million worldwide at the box office. The 2024 sequel smashed the mark set by the original, with Moana 2 grossing $1.059 billion worldwide.
Due to the success of the 2 Disney movies, it has since been announced that a live-action version of Moana is in the works, with Johnson once again reprising his role as Maui for the film. The Hollywood star has recently been promoting his latest movie The Smashing Machine, which tells the life and career of former MMA fighter Mark Kerr.
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