In the wake of its release almost thirty years ago, talk of a sequel to Robert Zemeckis' "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" floated around and yet, in the time since, nothing ever really came of it.
Speaking with the Nerdist (via Slashfilm), this week to promote "10 Cloverfield Lane," Abrams was asked about Lucasfilm chief Kathleen Kennedy which led to him revealing a story about one of the first calls he got from Kennedy back when he was a teenager. It seems at one point he was involved in a 'Roger Rabbit' sequel meeting:
"When I was 16, Kathleen Kennedy called Matt Reeves (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes) and I, to ask if we would repair these 8mm films Steven had made when he was a kid. It happened because we were in a film festival and she had read about us in the La Times. So, of course, we...
Speaking with the Nerdist (via Slashfilm), this week to promote "10 Cloverfield Lane," Abrams was asked about Lucasfilm chief Kathleen Kennedy which led to him revealing a story about one of the first calls he got from Kennedy back when he was a teenager. It seems at one point he was involved in a 'Roger Rabbit' sequel meeting:
"When I was 16, Kathleen Kennedy called Matt Reeves (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes) and I, to ask if we would repair these 8mm films Steven had made when he was a kid. It happened because we were in a film festival and she had read about us in the La Times. So, of course, we...
- 3/13/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
It looks like there's a good chance that Mickey Mouse and Roger Rabbit could star in a new Disney/Pixar movie together called The Stooge. Roger Rabbit producer Gary K. Wolf has confirmed that the film has been proposed to Disney as a fully-animated buddy comedy starring Roger Rabbit and Mickey Mouse. The title is the same as the 1952 movie that starred Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, and here's what Wolf recently told AICN.
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...
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...
- 2/20/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
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