"...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.'
There have been many false starts on another Roger Rabbit over the years, with potential sequels and prequels cropping up in rumors but never becoming realities — and for those who think only Zemeckis should helm the second Roger helping, that's a good thing. The director said he was never involved in any of those other ideas.
'I think there was a time right after the movie came out that the Disney regime at the time — it was a point in the life of the studio where if you made a successful movie they could no longer afford to hire you back,' he laughed. 'I guess there were some projects that I don't know anything about.'
We learned a bunch more about the upcoming film, info we'll be rolling out in the next couple of days. Just how will Zemeckis employ those new digital tools as he marries cartoons with real people? Which characters from the past — Jessica Rabbit? Eddie Valiant? — will we see? As Zemeckis said with a smile at one point during the interview, 'You're gonna have to wait!'"
NO WAY!! THAT MOVIE WAS AWESOME!! Just don't set it in today. Maybe do a story on how the Toons are losing their popularity and that affects their "tooniness" somehow.
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