{"id":24417,"date":"2025-11-26T19:19:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T17:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=24417"},"modified":"2025-11-26T19:19:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T17:19:41","slug":"zootopia-2-free-virtual-qa-with-the-qa-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2025\/11\/26\/zootopia-2-free-virtual-qa-with-the-qa-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Zootopia 2&#8217; Free Virtual Q&amp;A with The Q&amp;A Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>Free Virtual Q&amp;A with director\/writer Jared Bush; director Byron Howard; editor Jeremy Milton, ACE<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/QA-Agency-banner-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"167\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/QA-Agency-banner-1.jpg?resize=500%2C167&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/QA-Agency-banner-1.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/QA-Agency-banner-1.jpg?resize=300%2C100&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Live: Wednesday, December 17 at 8PM ET\/5PM PT<\/strong><br \/><strong>Encore 1: Wednesday, December 17 at 11PM ET\/8PM PT<\/strong><br \/><strong>Encore 2: Thursday, December 18 at 3PM ET\/12PM PT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-extra-small-font-size\"><strong>Sponsored by Walt Disney Animation Studios<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theqandagency.com\/event\/zootopia2\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.theqandagency.com\/event\/zootopia2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Get FREE Tickets<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Zootopia 2 - Trailer 2 (Partners)\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pF1oIncOnzc?start=1&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/title\/2552\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/title\/2552\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zootopia 2<\/a>,\u201d rookie cops Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde&#8217;s partnership is tested after they become fugitives from the law while chasing a mysterious pit viper who arrives in town to uncover buried secrets as old as the city of Zootopia itself. (Description by Walt Disney Animation Studios).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Guest Bios<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Jared Bush is the chief creative officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios, overseeing all aspects of the creative direction of the studio, beginning the role in September 2024. Bush is the director (with Byron Howard) and writer of \u201cZootopia 2,\u201d the sequel to the Academy Award\u00ae\u2013winning \u201cZootopia,\u201d for which he was co-director and co-writer. Bush was also executive producer and co-writer of Disney Animation\u2019s record-breaking hit \u201cMoana 2\u201d and was the screenwriter of the first \u201cMoana.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the 13 years Bush has been a writer and director at Disney Animation, beyond his work on the \u201cMoana\u201d and \u201cZootopia\u201d films, he received an Academy Award\u00ae, a Golden Globe\u00ae and a BAFTA Award for \u201cEncanto,\u201d which he directed (with Byron Howard) and co-wrote. In 2021, the same year as \u201cEncanto,\u201d Bush was also the executive producer for the Oscar\u00ae-nominated \u201cRaya and the Last Dragon.\u201d Additionally, Bush was an executive producer for the Disney+ series \u201cZootopia+,\u201d for which he received a Children\u2019s and Family Emmy\u00ae Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is also a writer of the upcoming live-action version of \u201cMoana,\u201d which is based on the Disney Animation film for which he wrote the screenplay. Bush has also written and advised on several projects in collaboration with Disney Animation Creative Legacy and Walt Disney Imagineering, including the \u201cZootopia\u201d-themed land in Shanghai Disney Resort as well as the upcoming \u201cZootopia\u201d- and \u201cEncanto\u201d-themed attractions at Disney\u2019s Animal Kingdom Theme Park in Walt Disney World Resort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bush began his career as a script reader for director Robert Zemeckis, and prior to joining Disney Animation, he developed original television series for Revolution Studios, Fox and NBC, and feature film projects for New Line Cinema, Columbia\/TriStar and 20th Century Fox. A Harvard University graduate with a degree in English and American literature, Bush is an avid musician and currently resides in Los Angeles with his college sweetheart and three sons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Byron Howard is the Academy Award\u00ae\u2013winning director of Walt Disney Animation Studios\u2019 \u201cEncanto\u201d (with Jared Bush) and \u201cZootopia\u201d (with Rich Moore). Howard also directed Disney Animation\u2019s worldwide hit feature \u201cTangled\u201d with Nathan Greno, and the duo teamed up again for the short film \u201cTangled Ever After.\u201d Most recently, he was the animation director for Disney Animation\u2019s \u201cMoana 2\u201d and for the new Walt Disney World attraction \u201cZootopia: Better Zoogether!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a child, Howard\u2019s favorite Disney Animation films included \u201cRobin Hood,\u201d \u201cCinderella\u201d and \u201cSleeping Beauty.\u201d He was also inspired by artists like Chuck Jones, Ronald Searle and Bill Watterson, and he would fill reams of computer paper with characters of his own creation. His love of art and animation continued through high school and college.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Howard earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at the Evergreen State College in Washington, where he pursued his interest in filmmaking by studying cinematography, art and literature. By 1991 he was part of the Disney family, hosting the animation tour at what was then Disney-MGM Studios in Orlando. In 1994 Howard officially joined Disney Animation in Florida as an inbetweener and clean-up artist on \u201cPocahontas.\u201d He quickly went on to become an animator on \u201cMulan\u201d and a supervising animator on \u201cLilo &amp; Stitch\u201d and \u201cBrother Bear,\u201d as well as doing character design on both of those films.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Howard later relocated to California, where he continued his study of cinematography and drawing as a story artist and character designer at Disney Animation before becoming a director in 2006. Disney Animation\u2019s Oscar\u00ae-nominated feature \u201cBolt\u201d marked Howard\u2019s debut as a feature film director (alongside Chris Williams). Howard also designed some of the characters in that film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Howard loves the collaborative medium of animation because it combines art, cinematography, writing, design, acting and music with a family of supportive and talented artists and crew. Team members inspire each other to achieve something greater than they could alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to his lifelong passion for animation and a career spanning over 20 years, Howard\u2019s interests include art, music, theater, travel and a deep love for animals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jeremy Milton, ACE (Editor) grew up in a small town amidst New Hampshire\u2019s stone walls and maple trees. He was a fan of television and movies from a young age, waking up to Popeye cartoons on the 12-inch black &amp;amp; white TV next to his bed, and rarely missing Godzilla movies when they aired on Saturdays. After graduating from Yale in 1986 with a BA in film studies, he made his way to California and fell in love with picture editing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He worked for several years as an assistant editor on numerous live-action projects, starting his career as an apprentice editor on \u201cCarnosaur,\u201d a low-budget movie produced by Roger Corman, before branching out to assist on a wide range of features around Los Angeles, including \u201cGhost World,\u201d \u201cMother Night,\u201d and \u201cDumb and Dumber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Milton first entered the world of animation in 1999, joining Walt Disney Animation Studios on \u201cThe Emperor\u2019s New Groove.\u201d He enjoyed the deep attention to story and the intense spirit of collaboration required to make animated movies, and has been working on them ever since. He has served as Lead Editor on many animated features, from \u201cBambi II\u201d and \u201cTinker Bell and the Lost Treasure,\u201d to the Academy Award\u00ae-winning \u201cZootopia\u201d (which he cut with Fabienne Rawley), \u201cRalph Breaks the Internet\u201d the Oscar\u00ae-winning \u201cEncanto,\u201d and the hit sequel \u201cMoana 2.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free Virtual Q&amp;A with director\/writer Jared Bush; director Byron Howard; editor Jeremy Milton, ACE Live: Wednesday, December 17 at 8PM ET\/5PM PTEncore 1: Wednesday, December 17 at 11PM ET\/8PM PTEncore 2: Thursday, December 18 at 3PM ET\/12PM PT Sponsored by Walt Disney Animation Studios Get FREE Tickets In \u201cZootopia 2,\u201d rookie cops Judy Hopps and&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2025\/11\/26\/zootopia-2-free-virtual-qa-with-the-qa-agency\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8216;Zootopia 2&#8217; Free Virtual Q&amp;A with The Q&amp;A Agency<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23933,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interview","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Zootropolis2-poster.jpg?fit=550%2C721&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}