As long as we get Jessica Rabbit I'll be there.

When I saw the interview video I got a huge smile when he mentioned Roger Rabbit. Only downside is seeing the beast that's called Kathleen Turner do interviews.

Would be interesting to see a mix of live action, animated, and CG.

i'd be all for this. i love the first one.

NO Bob Hoskins = No sale

There are two chances of a Roger Rabbit sequel: slim and none.

The fact is, Disney will not put money behind a property over which they do not have complete promotional and marketing control. That's why you will never see any "Roger Rabbit" merchandise, character appearances, rides, or attractions around the Disney resorts/parks/properties, or why there hasn't been a new Roger short in 15 years. Everything Roger-related has to be cleared through Amblin/Spielberg, agreed-to by both Disney and Amblin, and revenue streams split therein.

Although now with Dreamworks selecting Disney as a distribution partner, and Iger a more "agreeable to outside parties" helsman than Eisner ever was, there might be a bigger chance than before. But I *highly* doubt anything will come to pass anytime soon.

What do you call "Toon Town" in Disneyland. It even includes a Roger Rabbit ride!

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Damn, we don't have that here at Disney World . I never knew a Roger ride even existed.

After seeing her on Nip/Tuck in S4, I'm not sure she still has the voice to do Jessica Rabbit. It's gotten much deeper and far less sexy.

Whoops, forgot about the DL ride. "Toon Town" is a concept explicitly owned by Disney. It's the Roger character that is one that has to be shared and acted upon by committee.

And to be fair, when MGM Stu-- er, when Disney's Hollywood Studios opened in 1989, it was absolutely *flooded* with Roger Rabbit. Posters, toys, merchandise, cast members in character as various roles from the movie, a lingerie store named after Jessica, everything... *all* of which has been removed, replaced, renamed, and/or painted over like it never existed. It was always a tenuous relationship between Disney and Amblin to begin with. If Spielberg didn't like a proposed animated short, TV appearance, or anything Roger related, he'd veto it and Disney, as is their right, didn't want to promote any property from which they'd have to give away half the profits.

Plus Roger Rabbit is a 21 year old property, so it doesn't have the Zing-Boom-Wow factor that another High School Musical or Miley Cyrus-based attraction or parade would have.

Too bad. "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" is a favorite movie of mine for a host of reasons. Many point to the film as the shot in the arm that rejuvenated Disney's animation division, as it brought the joy of the "classic" Disney toons back into the spotlight of the public imagination. I wouldn't dispute that assertion. Today is also Gay Porn Thursday.

Last June, a local theater did a midnight screening of Dick Tracy, complete with the original Roger Rabbit short. There was enough buzz that night that they screened Who Framed Roger Rabbit in November and I can tell you that the place was packed. There were a lot of us who'd seen it in its original theatrical run that wanted to revisit it (some of whom brought their kids to share it with), and a lot of teens who were clearly too young to have gone (or, in any event, remembered) seeing it theatrically. The group of ten teens that sat directly behind us talked as though they'd never seen it before, and they were very vocal in their enjoyment.

Based on that turnout alone, I think there's enough of a market that the age of the property shouldn't be too discouraging an issue. Obviously, filling a singular theater for a one-off screening of an older movie isn't the same thing as marketing a new project nationally. Still, hope springs eternal, right?

Did they take this down at Disney's Pop Century resort?


I also remember seeing Roger items in many places in the Toon Town section of the park - but I haven't been to Disney World in several years, so perhaps things have changed.

There also used to be a big neon sign of Jessica Rabbit at the Pleasure Island entry in Downtown Disney.

One nice thing about this is that if it's made it'll be a Zemeckis film -- which means you won't have to pay to see it -- he'll give everything away in the trailer.

Well, first of all, Spielberg does not work at DreamWorks anymore, does he? I thought he went back to Universal when everything was being sold.

Secondly, don't forget that John Lasseter is currently in charge of Disney. You don't think John Lasseter is going to be much more amenable to making a friendly deal with Steven Spielberg than Michael Eisner or whoever else has historically been?

Also, resurrecting a 21-year-old franchise might have seemed less sensible back in 1999 (even though then it was only 11 years old), but don't forget that Disney's gigantic summer 2010 tentpole will be a sequel to the then-28-year-old Tron.

Interesting read about the aborted Roger Rabbit sequel, and Disney/Amblin's butting heads on the project. You can check it out at this link here. Too long to quote and bold, and you're all a bunch of suckbutts anyhow.

Oh, he most CERTAINLY does. He's a major player/owner.
Nothing was sold to Universal. Universal was in the running for distribution rights when Dreamworks decided to partner with Disney instead
Well Lasseter is the head of Disney creative, but the Disney conglomerate is entirely run by Bob Iger (and the board, which Steve Jobs has a huge control over right now). Lasseter would, most likely, be more amenable to such a partnership, but it needs to financially and strategically make sense for Disney to do so, and that goes through upper management. If it's more profitable to sink capital in developing in-house tweenie properties -- and it *is* -- be prepared for more Miley Cyrus / Jonas Brothers / Lizzie McGuire styled poppy goodness.
Which is a gamble, no question, except that Tron is a property Disney owns outright and has complete control over. One that I think I'm more excited over than another Roger Rabbit movie at this point, personally.

I would see a sequel if it were made. There would have to be some Hoskins though.

Won't happen. I'd love to see it but it won't happen. I wish they would have done the Toon Platoon sequel.

Those still playing Hollywood Stock Exchange will have noticed that the Roger Rabbit sequel IPO'd today. That made me resurrect this thread. Not much more detail about the movie that I could find but looks like it's still being worked on...

Article including video with Zemekis

Bob talked it up pretty heavily while promoting A Christmas Carol. Original writers Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman are writing it, which would be a relief, except that in the interim between Roger Rabbit and now, they wrote crap like Last Holiday and Shrek the Third. He also said Roger and company would be traditionally animated but he might introduce mocap otherwise. I'm not totally opposed to it, but as someone pointed out, the whole magic of Roger Rabbit was seeing toons interact with the real world, so there has to be lots of live-action footage as well, or there's nothing particularly special about it.

RR was the first film I ever saw in theaters and one tape I wore out on VHS back in the day.

Having seen it recently for the first time since it hit Vista Series DVD, I must say, it holds up incredibly well and is beautifully acted, written, and directed. I'd welcome a sequel hands down as long as the entire team from the first behind the scenes would come back.

It'd also be nice if Hoskins and even Chris Lloyd came back to some extent.


I think this is up Zemeckis' alley right now since he's big in to these CGI things.. I have a strong feeling that we'd see a lot of that now versus the traditional 2D cel animation like the first one.

For making that real creepy comment, we are instead going to subject you to Kathleen Turner stripping.



That's 2009 Kathleen Turner, not 1984 Kathleen Turner...

Kathleen could probably play Baby Herman this time around.