
After becoming the biggest movie of 2025, Zootopia 2 isn't just a box office hit — it's also one of Disney Animation's most technically ambitious projects to date. And at the center of it is Gary, a blue viper who pushed the studio to build entirely new tools just to bring him to life.
Now streaming on Disney+, the film showcases a character that, on the surface, might seem simple. But behind the scenes, Gary required rethinking how animation, modeling, and simulation work together.