‘Roger Rabbit 2’ in Development, according to Zemeckis

‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ came out on June 24, 1988.   It instantly became a mega-success, taking in $156 million domestic and almost $330 million worldwide.   Why a sequel wasn’t instantly made to cash in on the success of the original, I’ll never know.   However, almost 21 years after the first film was released, Robert Zemeckis is finally talking seriously about a sequel.

MTV News caught up with Zemeckis, and the director had this bombshell to drop on them:

“I’ll tell you what is buzzing around in my head now that we have the ability—the digital tools, performance capture—I’m starting to think about ‘Roger Rabbit.’†

When it came out, ‘Roger Rabbit’ was a huge achievement in cinema, blending animation with live-action photography almost perfectly.   So perfectly, in fact, that the film has hardly aged in the two decades since its inception.   It won three Academy Awards for Best Sound Effect Editing, Best Visual Effect (it beat out ‘Die Hard’ and ‘Willow,’ which really was the catalyst film for the morphing CGI), and Best Film Editing.   It also received Oscar nominations for Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, and Best Sound.   Richard Williams received a Special Academy Award that year, as well, for his work as animation director on the film.

MTV pressed Zemeckis on the ‘Roger Rabbit’ issue, but the director stood steadfast.

“I can’t give you more details,† Zemeckis said.

What do you think?   Is another ‘Roger Rabbit’ in store for our filmgoing futures?   Would a ‘Roger Rabbit 2’ be a welcome revisit to a classic, movie character?   Should Charles Fleischer be brought back to voice the character, or do you have someone else in mind?   Let us know by commenting below!

Source: MTV