'Roger Rabbit' sequel

Tom Morrow · 11-04-2009, 05:13 PM

'Roger Rabbit' sequel in development

'Roger Rabbit' Writers Working On Sequel, Robert Zemeckis Says
Director reveals that original scribes Jeffrey Price and Peter Seaman are developing a script

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In the spring, and out of nowhere, Robert Zemeckis exclusively revealed to MTV News that new digital tools like performance-capture technology had him buzzing about finally making a sequel to Who Framed Roger Rabbit. But there's a big difference between being excited about a project and actually moving forward with it.

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."
by Eric Ditzian and Josh Horowitz

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Executioner · 11-04-2009, 05:36 PM

Well, I am happy to know they want to make a sequel as well as getting the writers from the first one, but do they have to do it in motion capture? Please no. The reason it is called Toon Town is because they are cartoons. Not that 3D isn't either, but please stop making so much in motion capture. I can see having some cartoon characters in that medium, but stay true to how it was originally made and add to it.

Ezra · 11-04-2009, 06:04 PM

The original film had alot of rotoscoping: Live actors had to work with set pieces and props that would be animated in post-production. Also whenever a 'toon interacted with a 'real world' prop, that prop was hanging from wires or held up on the end of a dowell.

Motion Capture would be very useful for those sorts of special effects. I hope that it's used only in some limited way, as a more efficient way to rotoscope the sets and props, or for the 'toons to have a stand-in who would manipulate the live action props. It could also solve some special effects problems when human characters and 'toons touch and interact.

I want the 'toons to still be 2-D and the humans to be human. I would not want the 'toons to be performance capture 3-D. I would also not want to see is all the humans and their environments being performance capture CGI. What makes 'Roger Rabbit' so much fun is that what's animated is animated in classic style and what's real is really real.

Use it very sparingly. Just save it for the special effects, please.

Executioner · 11-04-2009, 06:35 PM

I could see how the motion capture could help in that environment with the interactive aspects and effects and wouldn't mind it being in that aspect, just not the live actors and sets being changed with that.

Sesshomaru-sama · 11-04-2009, 10:27 PM

A Roger Rabbit sequel will be amazing! I'm just hoping that everything doesn't look like Disney's A Christmas Carol or The Polar Express.

Sincerely, a brother of a half-demon,
Sesshomaru-sama

mickeypancakehead · 11-04-2009, 10:46 PM

I'm probably the only one, but I'm against this. haha! I don't know. I just think this could be a really really really big mistake. Sequels are rarely that successful and so many years later? Well, I hope Zemeckis proves me wrong!!

pvt_church · 11-04-2009, 11:25 PM

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Originally Posted by mickeypancakehead

I'm probably the only one, but I'm against this. haha! I don't know. I just think this could be a really really really big mistake. Sequels are rarely that successful and so many years later? Well, I hope Zemeckis proves me wrong!!

Agreed, I'm not terribly hopeful for this.

#1DisneyFreak · 11-05-2009, 07:56 AM

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Originally Posted by mickeypancakehead

I'm probably the only one, but I'm against this. haha! I don't know. I just think this could be a really really really big mistake. Sequels are rarely that successful and so many years later? Well, I hope Zemeckis proves me wrong!!

I totally agree with you! The first movie told a good (and completed) story. A sequel will be odd.... especially this long after the first one..... I'm not totally on board, but I've been wrong before!

ctdsnark · 11-05-2009, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by mickeypancakehead

I'm probably the only one, but I'm against this. haha! I don't know. I just think this could be a really really really big mistake. Sequels are rarely that successful and so many years later? Well, I hope Zemeckis proves me wrong!!

He makes a valid point---The Two Jakes,Texasville,Clerks 2 and Blake Edward's almost-criminal attempts to keep the Pink Panther series going after Peter Sellers' death---sequels of that type don't have much of a track record.
But on the other hand,I liked the three recent Star Wars and am eagerly awaiting the Tron sequel.I guess it depends on the film itself.

I must admit to not being entirely opposed to the idea of a Roger Rabbit sequel---but I definitely do not want to see him done in CGI!!!!!!

#1DisneyFreak · 11-05-2009, 09:53 AM

^ Tron isn't a sequel is it? I thought it was a remake......

(PS MPH is a girl :))

Sesshomaru-sama · 11-05-2009, 01:27 PM

#1DisneyFreak, I think TRON Legacies could be a sequel. For a while, I saw the movie logo with the letter O replaced by the number 2 (TR2N). I'm assuming it's a sequel.

Sincerely, a brother of a half-demon,
Sesshomaru-sama

#1DisneyFreak · 11-05-2009, 03:40 PM

^interesting..... I didn't realize that at all.....

Disney50 · 11-05-2009, 07:51 PM

Hmmm Jessica Rabbit in 3D. Now that would be interesting LOL

Pepper_version1 · 11-06-2009, 12:14 AM

I'm actually for this, It will be very interesting to see what they can do now and it will also introduce the original movie to whole new generation.

= 30+ trips!

Wedbliss · 11-06-2009, 03:35 AM

I really don't understand why Robert Zemeckis is so fascinated by motion-capture technology. I find the "animation" in these movies is just a little off somehow. Animation is not just the literal transcription of reality, it has it's own reality. I would much rather see any scene done by a skilled animator from scratch than watch a motion capture scene. Rotoscoping always looks a bit stilted to me and motion capture seems to have that same quality. Good animation has the ironic quality of tweaking natural actions just enough to make them seem more natural.

When Zemeckis says that performance-capture technology has him excited to make a Roger Rabbit sequel, I am baffled. I find it as odd as saying that with this technology we can finally make a sequel to Mary Poppins.

Motion capture is a tool and if it's the tool that Zemeckis choses to employ then fine. But I don't understand why he seems so focused on remakes and sequels.

A Chistmas Carol, Yellow Submarine and now Roger Rabbit? I would so much rather see such a talented film maker as Robert Zemeckis move on to fresh new projects. I would so much rather he use his vision for motion capture to take us to new worlds rather than have us revisit old ones.

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Executioner The name says it all People who found this post helpful: Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Between this world and the next. Posts: 2,196 Images: 70	Well, I am happy to know they want to make a sequel as well as getting the writers from the first one, but do they have to do it in motion capture? Please no. The reason it is called Toon Town is because they are cartoons. Not that 3D isn't either, but please stop making so much in motion capture. I can see having some cartoon characters in that medium, but stay true to how it was originally made and add to it. __________________ A Different Kind Of Company A Different Kind Of Executioner
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Ezra Favorite Hitchhiking Ghost News Editor People who found this post helpful: Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Portland Oregon Posts: 3,393 Images: 98	Save it for sfx The original film had alot of rotoscoping: Live actors had to work with set pieces and props that would be animated in post-production. Also whenever a 'toon interacted with a 'real world' prop, that prop was hanging from wires or held up on the end of a dowell. Motion Capture would be very useful for those sorts of special effects. I hope that it's used only in some limited way, as a more efficient way to rotoscope the sets and props, or for the 'toons to have a stand-in who would manipulate the live action props. It could also solve some special effects problems when human characters and 'toons touch and interact. I want the 'toons to still be 2-D and the humans to be human. I would not want the 'toons to be performance capture 3-D. I would also not want to see is all the humans and their environments being performance capture CGI. What makes 'Roger Rabbit' so much fun is that what's animated is animated in classic style and what's real is really real. Use it very sparingly. Just save it for the special effects, please. __________________ . . Profile \| Visions Fantastic News Center \| UserPage
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Executioner The name says it all People who found this post helpful: Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Between this world and the next. Posts: 2,196 Images: 70	I could see how the motion capture could help in that environment with the interactive aspects and effects and wouldn't mind it being in that aspect, just not the live actors and sets being changed with that. __________________ A Different Kind Of Company A Different Kind Of Executioner
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Sesshomaru-sama VF's local demon People who found this post helpful: Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Killeen, TX Posts: 1,463 Images: 5	A Roger Rabbit sequel will be amazing! I'm just hoping that everything doesn't look like Disney's A Christmas Carol or The Polar Express. Sincerely, a brother of a half-demon, Sesshomaru-sama __________________
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mickeypancakehead People who found this post helpful: Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Utah Posts: 16	I'm probably the only one, but I'm against this. haha! I don't know. I just think this could be a really really really big mistake. Sequels are rarely that successful and so many years later? Well, I hope Zemeckis proves me wrong!! __________________ Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world. --Walt Disney
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#1DisneyFreak People who found this post helpful: Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Orem, UT Posts: 1,486 Images: 5	^ Tron isn't a sequel is it? I thought it was a remake...... (PS MPH is a girl :)) __________________ " is the star, everything else is in the supporting role." - Walt Disney Trivia: In the movie "Cars", the tow truck introduces himself as "Mater, like Ta-Mater without the Ta". However, in French, the joke did not translate so he introduced himself as "Martin, like Aston Martin without the Aston" Come join us! (You must be 18 years of age or older) My Countdown Counting down to: VF's 4th annual scavenger hunt (and the D23 convention!) Ask me how we did!
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Sesshomaru-sama VF's local demon People who found this post helpful: Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Killeen, TX Posts: 1,463 Images: 5	#1DisneyFreak, I think TRON Legacies could be a sequel. For a while, I saw the movie logo with the letter O replaced by the number 2 (TR2N). I'm assuming it's a sequel. Sincerely, a brother of a half-demon, Sesshomaru-sama __________________
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#1DisneyFreak People who found this post helpful: Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Orem, UT Posts: 1,486 Images: 5	^interesting..... I didn't realize that at all..... __________________ " is the star, everything else is in the supporting role." - Walt Disney Trivia: In the movie "Cars", the tow truck introduces himself as "Mater, like Ta-Mater without the Ta". However, in French, the joke did not translate so he introduced himself as "Martin, like Aston Martin without the Aston" Come join us! (You must be 18 years of age or older) My Countdown Counting down to: VF's 4th annual scavenger hunt (and the D23 convention!) Ask me how we did!
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Pepper_version1 Pepper People who found this post helpful: Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Phoenix Posts: 22	I'm actually for this, It will be very interesting to see what they can do now and it will also introduce the original movie to whole new generation. = 30+ trips!
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Wedbliss People who found this post helpful: Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Henderson, NV Posts: 799	I really don't understand why Robert Zemeckis is so fascinated by motion-capture technology. I find the "animation" in these movies is just a little off somehow. Animation is not just the literal transcription of reality, it has it's own reality. I would much rather see any scene done by a skilled animator from scratch than watch a motion capture scene. Rotoscoping always looks a bit stilted to me and motion capture seems to have that same quality. Good animation has the ironic quality of tweaking natural actions just enough to make them seem more natural. When Zemeckis says that performance-capture technology has him excited to make a Roger Rabbit sequel, I am baffled. I find it as odd as saying that with this technology we can finally make a sequel to Mary Poppins. Motion capture is a tool and if it's the tool that Zemeckis choses to employ then fine. But I don't understand why he seems so focused on remakes and sequels. A Chistmas Carol, Yellow Submarine and now Roger Rabbit? I would so much rather see such a talented film maker as Robert Zemeckis move on to fresh new projects. I would so much rather he use his vision for motion capture to take us to new worlds rather than have us revisit old ones. __________________ My Countdown Counting down to: Holiday Trip to Walt Disney World 22 days 2 hours 52 minutes
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