Zootopia Casts Jason Bateman and Ginnifer Goodwin in Starring Roles

Walt Disney Animation Studio has released the voice cast for their forthcoming feature film, Zootopia.

The film will star Once Upon a Time's Ginnifer Goodwin and Arrested Development's Jason Bateman in a film set in a modern mammal metropolis. Goodwin will lend her voice to an optimistic bunny named Judy Hopps who's new to Zootopia's police department. Jason Bateman voices the scamming fox, Nick Wilde, with whom Judy reluctantly teams up to crack her first case.

"We knew that Zootopia would only succeed if we found the perfect actors to play our main characters," said director Byron Howard. "This rabbit- and fox-duo are in practically every scene in the film together. After meeting Ginnifer, we knew she embodied Hopps, the ultimate pure-of-heart, idealist bunny. You fall in love with her character instantly. And for Nick Wilde, our cynical con-artist fox, we only ever had one actor in mind, the incomparable Jason Bateman. Jason has a way of saying the most hilarious sarcastic things while always staying completely charming. We feel so fortunate to be working with both of them."

The film opens on March 4, 2016.