This article contains minor spoilers for "Zootopia 2."
It's hard to pull off a successful sequel, and doing it when the first film is praised as a stone-cold classic is practically a magic trick. And yet, somehow, despite having a vault's worth of downright iconic works of film, the House of Mouse has delivered some legitimately wonderful sequels . While the average critic will tell you Disney Animation is on a downswing ( the "Wish" defender has logged on ), the love pouring in for "Zootopia 2" says otherwise. If anything, it's a wildly encouraging sign for the future of Disney Animation to deliver a sequel film this excellent, especially as the industry at large looks to prioritize sequels, remakes, and franchises. There isn't anything inherently wrong with franchise films or

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