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Who Framed Roger Rabbit 2 still a possiblity?
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Years ago, Robert Zemeckis  and Im guessing Disney, whod never knock back an opportunity to swim in a spa of wet greenbacks  mulled over the idea of doing a Who Framed Roger Rabbit? sequel. Everyone involved ultimately agreed that itd be too expensive an endeavour though, so hands were shook, doors were slammed and cars drove away.

It came pretty close. We shot a test. We had a script. But unfortunately, we didnt have computer generated animation quite yet - it was just too expensive, Producer Frank Marshall tells MTV. If you think about it, in the original movie theres really only 48 minutes of animation and in the new movie - or in that movie - he was in everything. So it went from 48 minutes of animation to over 100 minutes of animation.

I remember we shot the test to try and see how much we could do with digital props - We werent even into digital characters yet, Marshall continued. The idea was to see what we could do with digital props as opposed to what we did in the original movie where everything was puppeted - all the props were puppeted by strings and wires and poles.

Now, twenty years after the release of the box-office smash, Producer tells the site that a Roger Rabbit follow-up is still a possibility. He jokes with the journalist that hell get right on it as soon as he finishes the interview (Definitely, Marshall playfully responded. Ill put in a call to [Pixar chief John] Lasseter after I hang up.) but something tells me there has to be an inkling of interest there still  and I dont see why Disney wouldnt be thinking sequel now especially now that you can create a good lot of the effects on a home PC.

If it does happen, will it be set in New York, as the original Roger Rabbit 2 script was? Probably not, but itd be worth considering  it sounds like a nifty story.

Roger was a song and dance man in New York City [when he] discovered that he wanted to be in the movies and so he came across the country. I remember there being a big dance number. He came out with a troupe of sort of Busby Berkeley dancers on a train and they got to Hollywood and he and Baby Herman moved in together. And thats when he met Eddie Valiant.

I believe the script was written by Sherri Stoner and Deanna Oliver  they were bought on to write it because the script before it had suddenly been tossed out (word is it centred on Roger Rabbit taking on the Nazis  and as Spielberg was going through a spiritual awakening at the time he decided it wasnt a good road to take).

Im all for a Roger Rabbit sequel if only so we can rescue Christopher Lloyd  whose been slumming it in the likes of bad TV like that shocking Pamela Anderson sitcom Stacked in recent years (I did a double take when I saw him on there  I couldnt believe he had sunk that low!!). Im sure Charles Fleischer, who provided the voice of the rascally rabbit, wont be knocking back any paid offers either.


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The biggest problem a sequel would face is getting the rights to use competing studios' characters again. The original film had characters from Warner Brothers (Bugs, Tweety and Daffy), Tex Avery (Droopy), Universal (Popeye) and MGM (Betty Boop) as well as Disney characters.
Disney paid each of those studios a lump sum to use their characters, but then the film went on to generate far more money than expected. When talk began of a sequel, those other studios (most notably Warner Brothers) wanted points rather than a lump sum for the use of their characters. Disney balked at that idea and the film fizzled out.

Unfortunately, the film just won't be as much fun without seeing the mix of characters from every studio like in the first film. That is what made the film so popular.


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Longshot said:

The biggest problem a sequel would face is getting the rights to use competing studios' characters again. The original film had characters from Warner Brothers (Bugs, Tweety and Daffy), Tex Avery (Droopy), Universal (Popeye) and MGM (Betty Boop) as well as Disney characters.
Disney paid each of those studios a lump sum to use their characters, but then the film went on to generate far more money than expected. When talk began of a sequel, those other studios (most notably Warner Brothers) wanted points rather than a lump sum for the use of their characters. Disney balked at that idea and the film fizzled out.

Unfortunately, the film just won't be as much fun without seeing the mix of characters from every studio like in the first film. That is what made the film so popular.


You make excellent points, but with the variety of Disney's characters today as opposed to what it was almost twenty years ago, the character mix isn't what concerns me.

I'm more concerned that they would come up with some HORRIBLE story that doesn't even BEGIN to do the first one justice.




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One story concept I heard that was tossed around was having he film tak eplace during the late 1960 or 1970's when cartoons started apearing on television. The film was to focus on a down and out Roger Rabbit trying to remake his carear by moving to the small screen. Some of his shorts were already making their way to tv, running along side Popeye, Droopy, Woody Woodpecker and Bugs Bunny. But now he has the chance to star in a new made for tv series of cartoon shorts.
The only problem is that his cheif rival for the job meets an untimely end. So was the rabbit really so hungry for a second chance at stardom that he would kill another toon? And with Valliant long retired, who can help oger get out of this trouble? And what about the mysterious message he gets from Jessica, whom he hasn't seen since his career took a nose dive in the early 1050's?

It was a decent script.


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Longshot said:

One story concept I heard that was tossed around was having he film tak eplace during the late 1960 or 1970's when cartoons started apearing on television. The film was to focus on a down and out Roger Rabbit trying to remake his carear by moving to the small screen. Some of his shorts were already making their way to tv, running along side Popeye, Droopy, Woody Woodpecker and Bugs Bunny. But now he has the chance to star in a new made for tv series of cartoon shorts.
The only problem is that his cheif rival for the job meets an untimely end. So was the rabbit really so hungry for a second chance at stardom that he would kill another toon? And with Valliant long retired, who can help oger get out of this trouble? And what about the mysterious message he gets from Jessica, whom he hasn't seen since his career took a nose dive in the early 1050's?

It was a decent script.


Did you read an actual script for it?

Idk im really pumped i would love to see a sequel.....especially if it was the New York storyline





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Darth Tritium said:

Longshot said:

One story concept I heard that was tossed around was having he film take place during the late 1960 or 1970's when cartoons started apearing on television. The film was to focus on a down and out Roger Rabbit trying to remake his carear by moving to the small screen. Some of his shorts were already making their way to tv, running along side Popeye, Droopy, Woody Woodpecker and Bugs Bunny. But now he has the chance to star in a new made for tv series of cartoon shorts.
The only problem is that his top rival for the job meets an untimely end. So was the rabbit really so hungry for a second chance at stardom that he would kill another toon? And with Valliant long retired, who can help Roger get out of this trouble? And what about the mysterious message he gets from Jessica, whom he hasn't seen since his career took a nose dive in the early 1950's?

It was a decent script.


Did you read an actual script for it?

Idk im really pumped i would love to see a sequel.....especially if it was the New York storyline


I used to get a magazine called Disneyana that was for Disney collectors. When Bob Engles came to Disney, he was interviewed and in it, he discussed the script for Roger Rabbit and they printed exerpts from it.


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I don't know.

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scottw10 said:

I don't know.


Don't know what?


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