July 2025 | Film & TV
What happens when the wildest city on Earth goes online — and something goes wrong?
Zootopia: Digital Wild brings the beloved animal metropolis into a bold new age: the metaverse. This animated sequel dives headfirst into a sleek, simulated frontier where every species has an avatar… and nothing is quite as it seems.
But when predators begin disappearing in real life, it’s up to a new generation of unlikely heroes to sniff out the truth behind the code.
Plot Summary: Glitched Justice, Real Consequences
Zootopia’s digital twin — ZooVerse — promises utopia 2.0: full immersion, species-neutral systems, and a perfect escape. But perfection doesn’t last.
When predators start vanishing from both the virtual world and the streets, a group of VR cadets and code-savvy animals begin to suspect foul play. From pixelated pawprints to scrambled identities, the clues point to something darker: a hidden experiment that blurs the line between simulation and control.
Can justice survive in a world where anyone — or anything — can be rewritten?
New Lead Voices: Debuggers of the Digital Jungle
Zendaya brings charm and edge as Lexi, a rookie VR fox detective with quick wits and a sharper tail. She knows the rules of the simulation — and how to break them.
Dev Patel voices Ravi, a neurotic but brilliant squirrel coder who uncovers patterns no one else sees… if only someone would listen.
Jack Black roars in as Mayor Bison, a blustering leader stuck navigating two realities, trying to keep the city from fracturing — or crashing entirely.
Themes to Watch For
Digital Identity
In a world of code, who decides who you are?
Predator Prejudice Rebooted
Old biases take on new forms — especially when hidden in algorithms.
Metaverse Mayhem
Virtual cities can’t protect anyone from real-world corruption.
Why It’s Worth Logging In
Zootopia: Digital Wild evolves the franchise’s core themes of diversity, trust, and systemic injustice into a tech-savvy adventure full of heart, humor, and high-stakes mystery. With stunning animation and a new era of characters, it’s a timely look at the digital age — seen through fur, feathers, and firewalls.
The wild just went wireless. And the hunt is back on.