After two decades someone is getting around to framing that poor rabbit again. No not Bugs, He’s a bunny. I am talking about Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and director Robert Zemeckis love affair with animation styles will extend into the culturally mixed world of live action and toons for a sequel.
Peter Seaman and Jeffrey Price, who wrote the original are tasked with writing its followup.
That’s right folks, it’s finally official after much teasing from director Robert Zemeckis. A script has been commissioned, and presumably once Zemeckis is done with this beatles movie , we shall see a return for Bob Hoskins‘ Eddie Valiant, Jessica Rabbit, Donald Duck and of course, Roger Rabbit.
I loved how they portrayed the world of animated characters in Roger Rabbit as simply hired actors.
There were plenty of nods to classic animation characters, but still enough meat to give it its own identity. The characters were all great. Even when they played off existing characters against each other.
I would really like to see a sequel made with the same fun and charm of the original. I am sure they could update using CGI for the toons, but I think it would work just as well with 2d interactions.
The film wasn’t awesome, it was just drawn that way!
How about these duel ideas featuring animated characters!
B.O.B from Monsters Vs. Aliens has a keyboard duel with Mike Wazowski from Monsters Inc.
Bender and Lumiere the candleman try to out suave and out chef each other for Jessica Rabbit’s affection.
Robot Santa and Jack Skellington have a sleigh race to take over christmas.
The Jetsons and The Flintstones try bowling.
Homer Simpson and Peter Griffin participate in a beer drinking contest with Hank Hill as referee.
The Flintstones and Jetsons have met already
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuwOBxE0vYA
Just sayin.
Maybe they will just reveal that Peter Griffin and Homer Simpson are played by the same Toon actor.
Sorry about that, my mistake.
Whichanimated characters do you want to feature in this sequel, if it is being made?
okay-how bout this? since cartoons don’t age, you set it in the present or the not-so-distant-past, at a time when the 3d’s were just starting. you can still keep your classic characters but mix in your newbies. maybe that could even be the plot, kind of a conflict between generations. let eddie go down in history as the hero he was, maybe highlight all the great things he did after saving roger and start with a new hero, possibly his son or even grandson. maybe even give a classic like betty boop a 3d makeover, like it could be all the rage, like our liposuction or facelifts. by the way, rodney, you’re doing a great job keeping up all these posts. you and john seem super-busy, but the site still looks great.
Incorporating the 3-D characters with 2-D characters is a great idea, but it doesn’t make sense if the movie takes place in the same time period as the original. And I’m not sure if Who Framed Roger Rabbit makes sense in the present day, so I’m not sure that idea should be pursued.
People shouldn’t forget that as awesome as the film was and as cool as “toon town” felt, the film was, aside from it’s fictional elements, not a horrible period piece! The film would not have been anywhere near as interesting if it wasn’t so good at mixing the reality of when those characters were first made with the cartoon toon town.
To this day, I love the gag from the beginning of the film when Hoskin’s character boasts about how awesome the LA public transportation system is and how people would be crazy to want to get rid of it. For those who knew how great LA’s public transit was way back when, compared to what it is today… that’s a really funny line. I’m an urban politics geek, so I think I’m in the minority of people who actually got that joke =p
The movie had a lot of satirical jabs at present day hollywood. It was an excellent script, I look forward to seeing where they go with the second one. I also love their dialogue about talking up the “freeway”
Eddie Valient was a pretty physical character…I don’t know if Hoskins is able to do it again at his age. I predict the pairing of a young detective like what was done with Labouf and Ford in Indiana Jones. Maybe Valient has a son with Dolores?
I wonder if anyone from Polar Express, Beowulf, or his new Christmas Carol will show up.
Hooray!
As long as they didn’t mess about with the animation too much I would be happy to see a sequel. But if they loose that 2D feel then I may not be so keen as that was part of the charm of the original.
I love to hear this news but at the same time scared as hell. Roger was just so revolutionary when it was made and when I watch it today I’m still blown away what they did with the animated characters with real characters. They better not do CGI because I think that will take away from it and I agree keep with the 2D characters (and if they have 3D they don’t go ahead) but keep that magic that the 1st one had. Plus a new villian to replace Christopher Lloyd? That will be hard
I think the need the popular cartoons of today. And they happen to be 3D. Maybe they could do a story where the 2D charecters are being forgotten and show how they react to that. The villain could go around killing 3D charecters.
would they be able to get the Disney and warner bros toons back on the same screen? i thought that would only be a one time deal.
I imagine the contract for this film was a “one time deal” but there was nothing in the deal saying they could never do it again.
Just that they would have to negotiate the rights to use the characters again should they make another film.
If they want to use them, they will work something out.
Word was the 2D characters would remain 2D and the new 3D computer animation characters would be be the same. And maybe the possibility of stop motion characters as well.
If they get Richard Williams back as the director of animation this may actually work. The guy (literally) wrote the book on modern animation.
Maybe there will be a role for Brad Pitt in the sequal.