Zootropolis?
Yes, over here in the UK, the movie will now be known as Zootropolis. Now before I start ranting, I am well aware that this is not the first time that Disney have changed a film title for international audiences; my many trips to Disneyland Paris over the years have taught me to expect this with titles such as Raiponce and La Reine des Neiges to name but a couple of French titles. HOWEVER (and it's a big however) I am pretty sure that this is the first time in Disney's 'animated' history that they have renamed a movie for an overseas, English speaking country? Well, unless you count Basil but we shan't...
I have been referring to this movie as Zootopia for well over a year and will continue to do so as the change just does not make any sense to me?
A Disney official has been quoted as saying "In the UK we decided to change the title to Zootropolis to merely allow the film to have a unique title that works for UK audiences." Okay? But why haven't you reworked all of your previous movie titles in that case Disney? I wonder if this is perhaps due to a legality? Maybe we already have something named Zootopia over here, who knows?
If any one has any more information about this, I would love to hear from you in the comments. Or if you simply want to share your thoughts go ahead, perhaps you guys like the unique title?
- mercedeslois