Director Robert Zemeckis says he has a fantastic script for a “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” sequel that can possible by no means see the sunshine of day.
Whereas showing on this week’s episode of the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast, the filmmaker mentioned right this moment’s Walt Disney Firm most likely wouldn’t entertain placing the movie’s main woman, sultry cartoon Jessica Rabbit, again on display screen.
“There’s a good script sitting at Disney, but here’s the thing — here’s what you have to know, and you know this: The current Disney would never make ‘Roger Rabbit’ today,” Zemeckis defined. “They can’t make a movie with Jessica in it.”
Stating how Disney already toned down the animated bombshell’s seems to be at its Disneyland resort, he mentioned, “Look what they did to Jessica at the theme park. They trussed her up in a trench coat, you know.”
There may be robust proof to again up Zemeckis’ declare.
When Disneyland revamped its Roger Rabbit’s Automotive Toon Spin journey in 2021, the park determined to cover Jessica’s signature curves below a demure detective-appropriate overcoat.
The up to date “Roger Rabbit” journey did promote the illustrated ingenue from a damsel in misery to the principle character, nonetheless.
Throughout the podcast, Zemeckis additionally advised host Josh Horowitz how he by no means had any curiosity in tempering the 1988 authentic to be extra kid-friendly.
“I kept saying, and I sincerely say this, and I do believe this, and I say, ‘I’m making Roger Rabbit the way I believe Walt Disney would have made it,’” he remembered telling Disney execs.
“And the reason I say that is because Walt Disney never made any of his movies for children,” the auteur added. “He always made them for adults. And that’s what I decided to do with Roger Rabbit.”
Elsewhere throughout the interview, Horowitz advised Zemeckis he was stunned that the unique cartoon noir was even in a position to earn a PG score.
“We were able to make it right at the time when Disney was ready to rebuild itself,” the “Here” filmmaker defined. “We were there when a new regime came in and they were full of energy and they wanted to do” one thing new.
“Who Framed Roger Rabbit” was each a industrial and technical triumph when it was launched.
The groundbreaking manufacturing mixed live-action scenes with animation, bringing a cartoon-infused model of Nineteen Forties Hollywood to life.
The movie shot to the high of the field workplace when it debuted and has been thought-about a Disney basic ever since.
