Disney’s 2016 animated film Zootopia was a smash hit, beloved by viewers all over the world. For that reason, it’s no surprise that Disney is releasing a limited series based on the movie. Zootopia+ is slated to debut November 9 on Disney+, and we’re pretty excited to watch it. If you’re looking forward to this new series too, we’ve got the scoop for how and where you can stream it.
Zootopia+ takes place right in the midst of the events unfolding in the original Zootopia film. The animated limited series takes a deeper dive into the lives and stories of a handful of the movie’s beloved characters, like Fru Fru the arctic shrew, Gazelle, and Flash the sloth. Because this is a Disney original series, the one and only place to watch is through Disney+. If you are already a Disney+ subscriber, all you have to do is log in to enjoy the show. However, if you’re not yet a Disney+ subscriber, you’re in luck because there’s a great deal available when you sign up for the Disney Bundle. For only $13.99 per month, you get access to Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+. That’s an incredibly low price when you consider all of the content those three platforms have to offer. Not only can you enjoy Zootopia+, but you’ll able to watch a ton of sports on ESPN+ and many shows and movies on Hulu.
If you’re watching Zootopia+ within the United States, there’s nothing else you need to do once you’ve signed up and logged in. However, if you’re traveling outside of the country, you’ll need a VPN service. Streaming services typically only allow you to watch content that is available within the country you’re in, but with a VPN, you can make that service think you’re still in the United States. Signing up with a VPN service like NordVPN will allow you to watch anything, any time, from anywhere in the world. Make sure you sign up in time to watch the premiere of Zootopia+ on November 9.
China just gave Hollywood a cautionary tale about AI filmmaking. Sanxingdui: Future Past, billed as the country's first fully AI-generated movie, hit theaters on October 23 and bombed at the box office.
According to Futurism, the film's reported $1.5 million production budget landed on more than 10,000 screens. Yet it pulled in only about $181,000, averaging roughly $20 per screen, making the budget difficult to recover.
Some of the best shots in Grok Imagine’s AI-made Odyssey don’t contain actors. Ancient landscapes stretch into the distance. Close-ups of grimy hands suggest people who have touched something rougher than a keyboard. For a few seconds, the illusion holds.
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YouTube videos could soon look better without eating quite so much data, right? Thankfully, the platform plans to introduce a new video format called AV2 on its web player in early 2027, promising more efficient streaming and potentially fewer playback hiccups on slower internet connections. The big headline is a roughly 30% improvement in compression efficiency over AV1, YouTube's existing video format. That doesn't guarantee every video will use 30% less data, but it could make streaming a little easier on both internet connections and data allowances.
What is AV2, and why should viewers care?