Watch : Michael B. Jordan, Timothée Chalamet and More Score 2026 BAFTA NominationsZootopia 2 made a major change when it hopped across the pond. Indeed, after the 2026 British Academy Film Award (BAFTA) nominations were announced Jan. 27, some fans were shocked to learned that the Disney Animation sequel, which scored a nod for Animated Film alongside Elio and Little Amélie, is known to European audiences as Zootropolis 2. When Nick Wilde (Jason Bateman) and Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) embarked on their first journey in 2016, a Disney spokesman couched the name change as a move to serve U.K. audiences. “In the U.K. we decided to change the U.S. title (Zootopia) to Zootropolis,” the rep said in 2015 ahead of the movie’s release, “to merely allow the film to have a unique title that works for U.K. audiences.”However, it turns out that Denmark’s Givskud Zoo filed a trademark in the European Union for the word “Zootopia” in April 2009, which was granted in February 2010 and is up for renewal in April 2029, according to records viewed by E!