Who Framed Roger Rabbit? 2

[jrs]

Roger Rabbit 2 Is Being Written

http://filmonic.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/jessica.jpg

Robert Zemeckis is about to jump out of the starting gate with his newest attempt to convince us all that performance capture is a technology that can open up new options in filmmaking and support an entire film on its own.

That , of course, is Disney’s A Christmas Carol (AKA The Jim Carrey Christmas Carol, since the actor plays Scrooge and the three ghosts), opening this Friday in “glorious” 3D. Zemeckis has been the non-James-Cameron proponent for motion capture technology with fare like The Polar Express and Beowulf slowly pushing us up the opposite side of the uncanny valley.

The question that comes and goes with each Zemeckis release remains the same: when is the director of Cast Away, Forest Gump and the Back To The Future Trilogy going to get back in the director’s chair of a live action movie.

The answer, it seems, is a mixed bag, but an AWESOME mixed bag, because the next Zemeckis project might just be the sequel to the Oscar-winning Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

From MTV (http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1625215/story.jhtml):

MTV News has now exclusively learned that Zemeckis is not only pumped to bring the flustered cartoon bunny back to the big screen after 20 years, but that he has commissioned a script. And guess who’s writing it? Original scribes Jeffrey Price and Peter Seaman.

“There’s a script that’s being developed,” he revealed, adding, “We’ve got the original writers that are working on it now — Seaman and Price.”


In 1988, cell animation laid over live action was the motion capture of the day. In a very real way, it started Zemeckis’ obsession with the cutting edge of visual effects.

Robert has already teased Roger Rabbit 2 on several occasions, even if this is the first news we’re getting of a script. Zemeckis has previously said that there would be some motion capture 3D effects in the second Roger, but the 2D characters from the first film would remain 2D.

What’s more, he’s said he’s talking to Bob Hoskins.

Puh-puh-puh-puh-pleeeeze. Let’s get this movie goin.

Source: Filmonic (http://filmonic.com/roger-rabbit-2-written)

[FILMFREAK087]

Great, now we'll get a creepy, dead-eyed, ultra-high resolution Roger. :(

[Chenchukon]

hi guys, When will The Who Framed Roger Rabbit 2 Movie be released on February 18th, 2022.

[Chenchukon]

Here's the image.

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[Captain Steel]

That "image" is... um... it's probably a little better than I could do on a computer... and I can't do computer graphics at all. ;)

[The Rodent]

I dunno, looks legit to me.

[Captain Steel]

I dunno, looks legit to me.

You would know, The Rodent! ;)

P.S. Thanks again for the most excellent Profile Banner Picture!

[Chenchukon]

Hi guys, are there any announcements for the sequel movie. :)

[Captain Steel]

Hi guys, are there any announcements for the sequel movie. :)

I heard that Toon Town is going to go to war with Cool World!

[Iroquois]

Hi guys, are there any announcements for the sequel movie. :)

Aside from yours, no.

[Chenchukon]

Here's the release date.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit 2 is an upcoming live-action/2D/3D computer traditional animated fantasy-comedy film and a sequel to the first 1988 film of Who Framed Roger Rabbit. It will be produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and Disneytoon Studios in association with Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment, Walden Media, Zemeckis' ImageMovers, Kennedy's The Kennedy/Marshall Company, distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures under its Touchstone Pictures label. The film will be scheduled in Disney Digital 3D, Real D 3D and IMAX 3D. The film will be released on February 18, 2022. :)

[Yoda]

Where did you find that? I'll bet it's out of date and/or not confirmed.

[Chenchukon]

I found it on Idea Wiki.

[Yoda]

That's not a reliable source, it's publicly editable. In fact I just found the same film on the same site and it says June 2021:

https://the-idea.fandom.com/wiki/Who_Framed_Roger_Rabbit_2

Here's another that says it came out three months ago:

https://ideas.fandom.com/wiki/Who_Framed_Roger_Rabbit_2_(2020_film)

Anything you find there is meaningless unless properly sourced.

As far as I can tell there are no confirmed/imminent plans to make this film. We already have a thread for development news and speculation, too, which you can find below, so I'll close this thread:

https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?t=21107

[Chenchukon]

I'm also interested in the production of the movie:

[ironpony]

I'm tired of reboots as there have been too many lately. Plus because of Hollywood's attitudes today, they would animate Jessica Rabbit to not be voluptuous at all, because they have become too prudish. They would take away Baby Herman's smoking... All the good stuff will changed around.

[The Rodent]

I'm tired of reboots as there have been too many lately. Plus because of Hollywood's attitudes today, they would animate Jessica Rabbit to not be voluptuous at all, because they have become too prudish. They would take away Baby Herman's smoking... All the good stuff will changed around.


Ah the 80s and 90s.
When grown up movies were marketed to kids... and stuff like Aliens, RoboCop and Terminator 2 actually had toylines.

[neiba]

I'll never forgive Zemeckis if he ruins Jessica!

[Captain Steel]

I'll never forgive Zemeckis if he ruins Jessica!

I'd imagine they'd have to as she is much too politically incorrect these days.

[Chenchukon]

Is it really TRUE, that what MTV says they're really working on the Sequel of Who Framed Roger Rabbit? I hope so!

[Yoda]

I dunno, link us to what "MTV says" and maybe we can judge it. Maybe it's an old article? Maybe it's just a comment?

As far as I can tell there's been no formal announcement, and it would be pretty unmistakable if there were. These threads are just hope and speculation.

[Chenchukon]

MTV News has now exclusively learned that Zemeckis is not only pumped to bring the flustered cartoon bunny back to the big screen after 20 years, but that he has commissioned a script. And guess who’s writing it? Original scribes Jeffrey Price and Peter Seaman.

“There’s a script that’s being developed,” he revealed, adding, “We’ve got the original writers that are working on it now — Seaman and Price.”

I found on one of these comments, but it's really from 2009, so I imagine you are right and it was just a speculation.

[Yoda]

Ideally, just link to the source next time. But yeah, not surprised it's old.

Anyway, even if it were recent, someone working on a script does not mean a movie is being made. The overwhelming majority of scripts, even completed ones, do not become movies. Sometimes people go out of their way to mention this stuff in hopes of creating interest in the film, so often "we're working on the film" is more like "somebody please volunteer to fund this film."

[Chenchukon]

Wow!! you're absolutely correct. I will check better next time.

Thanks

[Mesmerized]

Incidentally, the title Who Framed Roger Rabbit does not end with a question mark.

[ironpony]

I'd imagine they'd have to as she is much too politically incorrect these days.

But that's just it. Who Framed Roger Rabbit is for a politically incorrect audience. So if you are not going to market to that audience, then why even make a sequel/reboot?

If you make it PC, it will tank likely.

[Chenchukon]

Why didn't you read the whole sentence, and you'll the question is in place.

[Captain Steel]

But that's just it. Who Framed Roger Rabbit is for a politically incorrect audience. So if you are not going to market to that audience, then why even make a sequel/reboot?

If you make it PC, it will tank likely.

I don't know that it was made for a politically incorrect audience or just a general audience before the ideology of PC had really taken root at the level it has today (or are they one in the same thing?) Is every audience prior to the mid 80's a "politically incorrect" audience?

So if it was marketed to an audience in the age range of say pre-teens on up in 1988, then today it should be marketed to middle-aged adults and up?

[ironpony]

I think it should still be marketed to teens as well, not sure about pre-teens. Even pre-teens back then wouldn't have liked the movie as much as teens I don't think.

Well it was said by someone else on here that today's audience would think that the original is too politically incorrect so I guess that means that the 80s was a politically incorrect time for today's audience, if it's true that today's audience would not accept the original movie.

[Chenchukon]

The sequel movie will be directed by Robert Zemeckis.

[Yoda]

I'm not sure I see the point of posting speculation like this over and over. I'm closing this thread. I'll reopen it if and when we get actual news.