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Roger Rabbit 2?
It looks like Roger Rabbit may have a sequel if the backing shows up to push him back onto the silver screen. We get word of this project through an exclusive interview with Frank Marshall over at MTV Movies Blog:
Nearly twenty years after “Roger Rabbit” first exploded onto the big screen, producer Frank Marshall told MTV News that he’s still “open” to the possibility of another film, derailed in the mid-90s because of what would have then been cost-prohibitive special effects. But don’t hate Roger for the fact that the movie didn’t get made in the first place. He’s not expensive…he’s just drawn that way.
“It came pretty close. We shot a test. We had a script. But unfortunately, we didn’t have computer generated animation quite yet – it was just too expensive,” Marshall explained of the untitled sequel project, “Roger Rabbit 2.” “If you think about it, in the original movie there’s 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.
Marshall goes on in the interview to announce that New York is the location for the sequel (should it ever be made). I really enjoyed Who Framed Roger Rabbit and even had a Jessica Rabbit poster in my bedroom as a youngster. She was everything I wanted in a woman; too bad she was married, and a cartoon. The film was fun as all heck and remains a great kid’s flick to this day. This is a movie that everyone should see, especially cartoon enthusiasts.
As much as I did enjoy the first film, I do not see a need for a sequel almost twenty years on. I certainly do not want to see a 3-D animated Roger Rabbit. He was born in the second dimension, and that is where he belongs. This film is a classic and it still stands out, to this day, for its use of animated and actual actors. Bob Hoskins was fantastic in the film and really worked wonders acting against characters that were ghosts to him. Roger Rabbit lives on in rental land, and that is where I think he should remain. A re-release may be in order for the 20th anniversary of the film, but a sequel at this point may do more harm than good to the character.
What do you guys think Roger Rabbit 2: Yea or Nay?
Yay! Definitely YAY! They must have read my article on the ‘ Disney making Jungle Cruise’www.themovieblog.com/2007/11/disney-to-make-‘jungle-cruise’-movie
Yay! Definitely YAY! They must have read my article on ‘ Disney making Jungle Cruise’ http://www.themovieblog.com/2007/11/disney-to-make-‘jungle-cruise’-movie
LOL…Hope this pans out!
I’m saying ‘yea’ as well. It was only a matter of time before Disney dusted off the property; I would like to see a 2-D Toontown storywise being ‘remodeled’ into a 3-D CGI enviornment, and all taking place in ToonTown. Sounds sweet.
As to why there weren’t any more ‘Roger Rabbit/Baby Herman’ short films, that’s a big question.
boo, i say. they’ll ruin it.
as an animator, i say roger rabbit should stay 2-D, that was the gag!
they should be making shorts, which were genius!! great animation and they were fresh, they didn’t recycle stuff that wasn’t needed.
damn, i gotta figure these tags out!
Ok Serena but if it turns out shit then i’m blaming you;)
Seriously though, it will have to be a much better script than the first film to really work. If you watch ‘Who framed Roger Rabbit’, it was the originality, wit, and imagination of the film that made it a winner. That’s all so much harder to do these days. If you don’t have a fantastic story to tell then it won’t be worth waiting for because we’ve seen CGI creatures interact with humans so many times now. The technology is not enough to make it special anymore.
And how can you get a better villain than Judge Doom? Nothing says evil like drowning a cut toon boot in ‘the dip’.
I’m skeptical that this could live up to the original…
but I think it would be neat if they made it a mix of 3-D and 2-D animation with traditionally 2-D characters staying that way and new characters being 3-D.
I could live with 2D and 3D characters actually.
Good insight Baron von Pupi.
I’d like them to outdo Jessica Rabbit
Too late! Although the original was incredibly funny, the merging of live action and animation is no longer unique (although I wouldn’t mind seeing Jessica in 3-D).
No. Leave a good thing alone. They’ll Shrek it up, pumping the thing full of annoying pop-culture references that will render the film unwatchable five years after its release.
I’m on board with Baron von Pupi’s idea of introducing 3D characters, like the gag in the original where Betty Boop works as a waitress because “black and white” cartoons don’t get any work, this could be the premise of the movie, the villain could be CG 3D and trying to take over the 2D Toon Town. The issue is relevant where 3D animation is taking over charming 2D.
Computer generated animation doesn’t have to be 3D, it’s just the most common use. South Park is computer generated and nobody would ever accuse that of being a 3D show. However, yes on a Roger Rabbit 2 as long as the script is solid.
I am open to the idea if they have a really good story to tell, they can get Bob Hoskins in it again and they use the traditional 2-D effects cause that is really what made the first movie.
Then on the other hand I think they should just leave well enough alone. The first one was classic and is one of my favorite films of all time. Going outside the box that they set up in the first movie would be a real slap in the face.
I say that they should start making a few of the short films and see how they do, then maybe start thinking about an actual film.
The vast majority of animation being done today is done digitally, but i think most of the public still attaches the term “computer animation” to films such as Ratatouille, which isn’t really 3D animation, Beowulf presented in 3D is 3D animation.
Anywho, regardless of all that jibber jabber, i hope that if they do make a sequel, they animate the 2D characters in classical pen on paper animation. There’s so much charm and life in the style that is lost in the mechanical digital counterpart.
I’d like to say yes for the simple fact that we’d be able to revisit that timeless place and our memories at the time of the first release so many years ago. As a kid, I learned so many valuable lessons I’d apply to my life since — about friendship, trust, betrayal, how too much laughing could kill you, how creepy Christopher Lloyd can really be, and about the birds and the bees by one sweet Mrs. Rabbit.
I am torn though that it might in fact ruin the image that we so memorably have in our minds and not feel as ‘magical’ the next go-around.
Though I will say one thing, either way, I’m no longer the little boy that watched the movie so many years ago, but I would still drink Jessica Rabbit’s animated bath water regardless.
YAH. In 3D of course!!!
-jim
I really think the sequel or prequel should be done in 2D animation and live action like the first picture because you’ll lose the magic if it’s done in CGI.
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In 2D, certainly, but I believe that it would be a good idea to introduce new prominent figures in 3D. It would be a new, but at the time element the movie would place nowadays. Does someone know in what date the movie will place and if Bob Hoskins will return to go out?, for time I am turning him to the head on a similar project. I believe that it might be a success, but since I am studying animation and do not want that anybody me copies the ideas I will not reveal it.
We wants again to see Roger Rabbit in the screens, but now with famous actors and more cartoons like Popeye, Casper, Félix cat, Tom and Jerry, the Flinstones, etc.
What about characters from Beavis and Butthead, The Simpsons, Family Guy, Futurama, King of the Hill Spongebob Squarepants, Toy Story, A Bug’s Life, Monsters Inc, South Park, Shrek and Madagascar?
YEA!!! I so they would make another Roger Rabbit movie!
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I Love Roger Rabbit!!!! Yay!Yay!Yay!
Most deff. on a Roger Rabbit 2…and hey even if it’s a flop you don’t have to watch it again. I mean come on it could be a hit. I’d like to see them try it at least.
Yeah I think soon it will be time for a roger rabbit II as of acadamy awards that normally continue. And I was born before roger rabbit came out which I was born in 1986.
Fingers crossed
somebody shoot and KILL Zemekis before he bastardizes Roger Rabbit.
Motion Capture??? FUUUCCCKKK
Where is Roger Rabbit from, MOCAP-TOWN instead of TOON TOWN?
IDIOTS!!!
Yes of course. i dont see why all the die hard fans wouldnt be up for it. And word is its not going to be in 3D. I saw a comment left on another page he will leave it in 2D which im super excited for cuz if they do 3D its gonna be too much like a 2009 film and suck
How about, as one of the jokes in the “yet to be comfirmed sequel” the Dreamworks characters and Pixar characters share screen time.
Here are some examples
B.O.B from Monsters vs. Aliens could have a keyboard duel with Mike Wazowski from Monsters Inc.
The Shark Tale characters have a swimming race with the Finding Nemo characters.
Zee from Antz could have a drum duel with Flick from A Bug’s life.