Roger Rabbit Needs a Comeback

[plastroncafe]

I'm just trying to imagine someone making Roger Rabbit now.
Do we think there's any possible way to get all those different IP holders to share their creations again? Could someone make a movie these days with Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny sharing a screen?

[The Deadman]

Originally Posted by Bauer536

But let's be serious. The SpongeBob age is coming to an end. It doesn't matter. We have done so much with Mickey and Bugs, they have movies, TV shows, comic books, and more. Why not Roger Rabbit?

What do you think? I say, "No sequel, but add most of the characters in something else." If Zootopia 2 gets made, let's have Roger make a cameo, or have such a small scene, it will make all the fans squeal. How about that "Stooge" project Disney was working on. I'd see a film with Mickey and Roger together. Heck, just put him in a few episodes of the 2k13 Mickey Mouse series on Disney Channel.

Any thoughts?

So from the looks of it, you want something Roger Rabbit related to come out for the sake of Roger Rabbit being relevant again. I don't know why you keep bringing SpongeBob up when Roger Rabbit catered to a mature audience, that movie wasn't made for kids in mind. You just can't throw a character into a show or movie aimed at children and assume that it'll work. Zootopia 2? Sure, let's take away from the characters in THAT film that are already being established.

"We've done so much with Mickey and Bugs, they have everything"

That probably has to do with the fact that both of those characters are the face of the companies that had a hand in their creation, when you think of Warner Brothers and their cartoons you think of Bugs Bunny, when you think of Disney, you think of Mickey Mouse.

Roger Rabbit doesn't have the kind of drawing power that the ones you mentioned have, and that's why he's not in current media.

[Cryomancer]

Actually if someone somehow magically had the ability to make a ridiculous company crossover movie I'd much rather have an adaptation of Tails Gets Trolled.

[Aaronardo]

Are we all forgetting about The Stooge?

http://blog.garywolf.com/2013/02/mic...t-to-star.html
http://www.bleedingcool.com/forums/f...maybe-not.html
http://toontownantics.blogspot.com/2...after-all.html
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/61064

Here’s the true scoop, straight from the rabbit’s mouth. The Stooge is a real development proposal for a Disney/Pixar movie. It has the same title as the Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis film and some of the same plot elements, but it’s not a remake. The storyline in this Stooge is quite different.

This movie, which will be all animated, has nothing to do with the sequel to Who Framed Roger Rabbit. They are totally different concepts and projects. It’s not a case of making one instead of the other. In an ideal, rabbit-centric world, Disney will make both.

The Stooge development producer Erik von Wodtke came up with the story and wrote the treatment. He showed it to me hoping that I would see how special it was and would be interested in coming in on the project. With that, he did succeed. I love the idea of a Mickey Mouse and Roger Rabbit musical buddy comedy. This is a co-star pairing made in cartoon heaven. Two iconic cartoon characters playing off one another in a story that has the heart and emotional soul of films like Wall-E and Toy Story.

Art director Doug A Sirois has been working on Stooge concept art. What I’ve seen so far is sensational. I will be involved in the project in a writing and creative capacity. Erik is currently talking to a number of top-flight screenwriters and directors. Watch my blog. I’ll keep fans posted on Stooge developments. From now on under my own name, not Walter’s.

- Gary K. Wolf, writer of Who Censored Roger Rabbit

So long as it isn't CGI animated (which is unlikely since this is apparently tied to Pixar), I can't help but hope that this gets greenlit. It'd be nice to see both Roger and Mickey reappear on the big screen, and Wolf seems pretty confident in it.

[ABrown]

I've watched Who Framed Roger Rabbit a couple of times recently with it airing on The Hub. It still holds up pretty well more than 25 years later. Bob Hoskins was great in it. What's really nice about the movie is that it's another show/movie that my twin three year old boys enjoy, and it's something that the whole family can enjoy. It's too bad that it's not currently available on dvd for a decent price.

For the record, Jessica Rabbit is sexy as shell.

[Bauer536]

Originally Posted by plastroncafe

I'm just trying to imagine someone making Roger Rabbit now.
Do we think there's any possible way to get all those different IP holders to share their creations again? Could someone make a movie these days with Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny sharing a screen?

Roger could share the screen with Disney characters if he is owned by the company. He doesn't have to be featured with the Looney Tunes or other cartoon characters. If someone wanted to develop a universe with these characters, maybe they would not want it always connected to the "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" world. doesn't have to be humans like Eddie Valiant in a future adaptation. Maybe Eddie's children, if they were detectives in the 1980s, then that could make something interesting. Or how about just a cartoon show on Roger's personal life? Think of the possibilities.

Originally Posted by The Deadman

So from the looks of it, you want something Roger Rabbit related to come out for the sake of Roger Rabbit being relevant again. I don't know why you keep bringing SpongeBob up when Roger Rabbit catered to a mature audience, that movie wasn't made for kids in mind. You just can't throw a character into a show or movie aimed at children and assume that it'll work. Zootopia 2? Sure, let's take away from the characters in THAT film that are already being established.

Roger is not supposed to cater to kids. I see your point. I'd just hope there would be something to cater to everyone, kids and adults.

I mean a cameo. And maybe they'll have Mickey and Donald make an appearance. I'm not trying to have them take away anything. I just think those would be fun Easter eggs. From what I've heard, "Zootopia" is similar to "Who Framed Roger Rabbit." So, because of all the anthropomorphic animals used in that story, why can't that cartoon bunny be in the background in honor of that classic film? I never said anything about him having a larger role in a Zootopia sequel. Maybe just a scene where he's one of the citizens running from danger.

Originally Posted by ABrown

I've watched Who Framed Roger Rabbit a couple of times recently with it airing on The Hub. It still holds up pretty well more than 25 years later. Bob Hoskins was great in it. What's really nice about the movie is that it's another show/movie that my twin three year old boys enjoy, and it's something that the whole family can enjoy. It's too bad that it's not currently available on dvd for a decent price.

For the record, Jessica Rabbit is sexy as shell.

I agree. I love the film for those reasons, too. But this is not about the film. It is about the character coming in something else.

[ProactiveMan]

Who Framed Roger Rabbit was like lightning in a bottle, and I think it is best left to stand alone. Just form a purely technological point of view, I’m not sure you could get enough traditional animation talent in one place to do it today, and thematically, CGI doesn’t make sense.

As for spinning it off, Roger Rabbit is really only a generic stand-in for other famous cartoon characters – kind of a parody I guess, so a TV show, or what-have-you would probably be redundant. The idea of mixing a bunch of real cartoon IPs together is still kind of interesting, but I don’t think you need to resurrect Roger Rabbit to do that.

Having said that, you could write a cell animation vs CGI plot in which Roger is unemployable and desperate, so he agrees to star in a crappy sequel to Who Framed Roger Rabbit to make ends meet. It wouldn’t be as good as the original, but maybe it would work – a bit like that Muppet movie they made a few years ago.

[ssjup81]

I'd pass on this. The fact that they'd use so much CGI would be bothersome.

[Amaranthus]

Can't we just cherish the way things were?
First thing people would do if a Roger Rabbit movie was announced would be "LEAVE OUR CHILDHOOD ALONE!".
Get the hell out, boi.

[snake]

The cgi idea could be pretty funny but really there's no need for a sequel. Think like Back To The Future 4.

Spoiler:

They'd downplay Jessica Rabbit anyways

[DarkLightDragon]

Originally Posted by snake

The cgi idea could be pretty funny but really there's no need for a sequel. Think like Back To The Future 4.

Spoiler:

They'd downplay Jessica Rabbit anyways

Hell, they'd also downplay Baby Herman or at the very least him being a smoker (think of how often Jose Carioca appears in official Disney stuff nowadays minus maybe international comics).