‘Zootopia’ Trailer: Disney Animation’s Next Swaps All Humans for Adorable Animals

This year Disney will release Pixar’s The Good Dinosaur, which imagines a world where dinosaurs are the most civilized species on Earth. But one movie about animals starting their own societies isn’t enough, and so next year we’ll also be getting Zootopia.

From the Disney Animation Studios team behind Tangled and Wreck-It Ralph, Zootopia goes one step further than The Good Dinosaur and presents a world where there are no people whatsoever. How will it work? The first teaser trailer explains.

So, as it turns out, it’s actually pretty simple. Animals walk upright, they talk, and they’ve got human jobs, only they still have their animal personalities. And since that teaser doesn’t touch on the actual plot at all, here’s the official synopsis:

The modern mammal metropolis of Zootopia is a city like no other. Comprised of habitat neighborhoods like ritzy Sahara Square and frigid Tundratown, it’s a melting pot where animals from every environment live together—a place where no matter what you are, from the biggest elephant to the smallest shrew, you can be anything. But when optimistic Officer Judy Hopps arrives, she discovers that being the first bunny on a police force of big, tough animals isn’t so easy. Determined to prove herself, she jumps at the opportunity to crack a case, even if it means partnering with a fast-talking, scam-artist fox, Nick Wilde, to solve the mystery. 

So it’s a buddy cop comedy set in a world filled with animals. That’s got the potential to be pretty fun, actually. It’s kind of Sam & Max-y, though we’re guessing the Disney version will be a bit more kid friendly.

Zootopia hits theaters on March 4, 2016. Unless you live in the UK. For some reason it’s called Zootropolis over there and hits theaters on March 25, 2016.