What happened to Roger Rabbit 2? (Lost Media) 

While I worked at Disney TVA from 2015-2019, I planned to pitch some "heritage" ideas (what they call when you pitch existing/old characters) and told an exec/friend that I wanted to pitch some kind of Roger Rabbit project, not a film sequel but a Roger TV series. The Disney exec stopped me right there and said it'd be useless; not because the company today doesn't care about Roger (I'm sure they feel enough time has passed to where a Roger return would hit the perfect nostalgia button for audiences), but because so many different people/companies own Roger, that it's really hard to do anything new with him. Disney, Spielberg's Amblin, AND apparently Gary K. Wolf the original author of the Roger Rabbit book all own him in some capacity. So apparently it's just really tough to get all 3 of those entities to agree and be happy with any kind of new Roger project.

I honestly don't think Roger needed a sequel. The first movie stands on its own quite well, and I don't think any direct follow up would manage to capture the lightning in a bottle the first film did. There was that short lived, and unfortunately all but lost to time Disney Comics series that had a decent follow up. Other than that, if they really wanted to have a sequel, I'd love to see one about Toons facing an uncertain future, fearing that television will cost all but the biggest name stars their jobs.

You seem to have missed that the guy who created Roger, I believe it was Gary Wolf, still has his fingers in this pie too. Getting THREE groups to agree to do anything on the silver screen, that's a little beyond the pale lately.

They could bringing it back to theaters and see how that goes, and then try to make a sequel

Well, Sewer Reviewer, Scribbles, and Seekers collaborating on the canceled sequels of Who Framed Roger Rabbit? This is going to be a very interesting lost media video

I remember reading an article saying that Robert Zemeckis wanted to use motion capture animation for the sequel. The human characters would have been done in mocap while the toons remained hand drawn. This was stated years before the passing of Bob Hoskins in 2014

Great video on the history of the planned Roger Rabbit prequels, sequels, and eventual shorts. Until such time that Disney will go forward with Robert Zemeckis’s plans for the sequel, at least we can look forward to Roger’s cameo in the upcoming Disney + film “Chip n’ Dale Rescue Rangers” which itself appears to be a modern comedic take on the concepts of the original “Roger Rabbit” with its mix of hand-drawn, CGI, and motion capture characters.

People called me crazy when I was a kid, but I always insisted Bonkers was a spiritual sequel to Roger, given it was set in a world where Toons and Humans coexist and it was a Disney property. The reason no one else agreed with me? Roger wasn't there, and all the Humans were cartoons, too. Having read"Who Plugged Roger Rabbit", though, the movie is NOTHING like the source material, Jessica's first 'role' she had been tricked into becoming an adult comic character. She had no real love or loyalty to Roger, the movie over exaggerated Eddie's alcoholism, and the only line in the book I remember in the movie; Baby Herman, "I've got a thirty-year-old lust with a 3-year-old dinky." No ONE came out roses in the book.

We don't want another Space Jam situation, happening to Roger, the original is a cult classic, it would be hard to do with risk outweighing the reward, except sometimes execs don't care if it can have a big box office weekend.. Disney would have to presumably buy out if we ever want to see new Roger Rabbit material, and it's unsure if we do or not

I'm not normally a big fan of prequels, but that story sounded entertaining. Thanks.

I wish they used the blue background end credits in the theatrical release of Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1988 instead of the black background end credits!

You guys should discuss the interesting development of an cancelled live action and animated hybrid project called The Duck... The pitch is on RU-vid but the film looks like it's supposed to taking the whole concept of a toon entering into the real world a bit darker. O

Disney/ABC Corp has lost touch with the viewing public. Enough said.

They really should bring back this movie it's been a long enough time I think it would do good right now if they actually tried to bring Roger rabbit back in the picture you might as well do it before all the actors pass away

Netflix should promote the Roger rabbit sequel instead with it also being released in theaters in a few days

That Eddie cameo was perfect.

Lets just ignore that Toon Platoon casually ripped off The Jerk in the opening. No thing to see there.

I mean i always wondered why there was no Roger Rabbit 2. But yeah if Steven Spielburg and Disney both need to approve, then it's gonna be one heck of an ordeal to make it happen.

Eisner knowing full well he was going to shoot anything they presented down because he felt that the property was stale. The man sure knew how to waste time & money. Not gonna lie, that first sequel plot sounds Ferngully 2 & Secret of NIMH 2 levels of terrible.

I honestly think Roger Rabbit is better off staying a stand alone movie so many good movies have had awful sequels.

Great video thank you so much I always dreamed of what a Roger rabbit sequel seeing this video made me realized that we really didn’t need one but this one felt like a movie to me so it was worth it and instead I hope we get a TV show at least

I would liked to see a Valiant and Valiant series taking place before the film. See when they were kids going to the circus in 1906, working with LAPD in 1925, and rescuing Donald’s newphews and clearing Spy Charges of Goofy before Eddie’s arm broke and Teddy’s death by the hands of Judge Doom. And see the prequel of Roger Rabbit: Toon Platoon happen some day.

I don’t think this was the only video I watched about this topic but I do believe that y’all’s is the most entertaining.

I kind of wish we got one of these Roger Rabbit prequels in the 90s or early 00s, at least to see how much that live action/cartoon hybrid would've evolved since the first one look and tech wise. I bet they'd have done the inking, painting and shading digitally using CAPS, which could've allowed for more complex lighting to be pushed in because not everything had to be filled in by hand frame by frame anymore, leaving more room for extra flash, or at least that smooth CAPS look would've made the animation fit in the live action footage better. Maybe ILM would've built up on the work they've done on Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Death Becomes Her, Young Indy and all these other ones and would have now been very good at removing rigs and objects from frames, giving the toons much more "control" over the live action elements. Maybe we'd have gotten a bit of 3D CGI snuck in to realise some effects, or even a handful of the toonier animation á la some sequences in the Disney animated features of the time, like the ballroom in Beauty and the Beast or the lionhead and the magic carpet in Aladdin. Maybe they'd have even done some extra R&D on splines, maybe using their research on morphing effects as a basis (PDI used splines rather than individual vertices for the morphing dancers sequence in the Black Or White music video) and created these masks with variable feathering that would be used for the lighting in Klaus several decades early. I love to think about these what-ifs, the first half of the 90s was a real explosion of special effects tech and creativity was all around. There were some absolutely mind-blowing things happening at that time Anyway a Roger Rabbit film released more in the current day I think would probably look really cool if it used some of the techniques and tools developed for Klaus

Hope the new chip and dale does good so they can change their minds about making a roger rabbit film

I literally just watched the movie today, found out there was supposedly a second one, and this video is posted yesterday. The timing is scary

Well, Space Jam sorta have a sequel.

I remember how thrilled I was too see Daffy and Donald in one scene together and then Mickey conversing with Bugs Bunny

Not sure the other studios would let their characters be used in a sequel.

It will never happen thou, its all a competition now, not a grassland where we all can skipppy skipper around in circles. Its a sad reality, but its the rules companies made and all agree.

9:58 WHAT! SO IF THIS HAPPENED, BUGS CHEATS ON HER FOR LOLA?

4:06-5:17 Wile E Coyote? Roadrunner? I thought they won’t appearing until 1949

We are lacking the future nostalgia we need a sequel and it featured Eddie valiant’s grandson and it takes place in the 90s and world of computer animation emerges

The black and white skit was top notch

Boy.. Eisner was wrong again! No wonder Disney fired his ass

I feel like the success of the spin-off, chip and Dale rescue rangers should be enough to tell Disney that we wanna see more of this world.

I would love to see a video on other unmade Spielberg projects.

Goddamn that original script was insane

Since the 50th anniversary celebration of Disney World is currently taking place, it did seem like quite a coincidence for the 25th anniversary reissue of Schindler's List in 2018 to occur right around the time of the MPAA ratings system's 50th anniversary, as I supposedly expected the theaters for that particular reissue to be sardine tins of teens, especially those that have not yet reached the magic number of 17 as of that experience. I was lucky enough to notice that thanks to a history lesson I was lucky enough to learn about during my college education on how the ratings system actually started, because it has easily come under fire by being somehow treated as a set of artificial barriers from core audiences in which certain films most likely deserve to be shown to.

3:09 3:13 But Big Cartoon Data Base says The Little Injun that Could came out in 1938. And it also says that Maroon Cartoons was founded in 1935.

I would absolutely love to see a new Roger Rabbit origin movie dealing with his creation, becoming a big animation star & his meeting & marrying Jessica.

Like it or not, the recent "Chip n Dale: rescue rangers" movie is probably the closest we'll ever get to a Roger Rabbit sequel.

All Disney makes now is garbage.

Let’s not forget that there’s even a THEME PARK ATTRACTION

Wasn't there a canceled HBO max show that was set in similar universe ? Surprised it wasn't mentioned

*If we can at least get new animated shorts like what we got between 1989-1993, I'd be fine with that. *"...as there is no _princess_ in it." Jessica Rabbit can't be _respected_ like a princess in Toontown?? OK, more like a QUEEN... but either way, that's a stupid reason not to make a movie.! Pinocchio, Dumbo, so many of their classic movies did not have a princess and they've gone on to be noted as masterpieces.

it is filming RIGHT NOW in ABQ.

you might saying we are in a hare's breath of getting toon platoon off the ground

I remembered reading the story for a roger rabbit sequel where the ending revealed Roger's father is bugs bunny.

Tbh, if there ever was a sequel of this movie today, I'd frankly not work. The audience today has changed a lot and many characters would not please the public, ska Jessica rabbit. People would seem the movie innappropriate and cancel it. So they would need to change characters and the movie would likely suck. That is my prediction

come on, WORLD WAR without Popeye the Sailor Man

5:30 what movie?

I literally watched this movie last night wtf is my phone actively listening to me 😅

Mel Brooks makes fun of Nazis all the time!

Holy shit this plot is insane. I don't think it needed to be created, but I kinda wish it was.

I at least wished they'd made some more shorts... ☹

As a kid, I thought Ralph Bashki's "Cool World" ~was~ the Roger Rabbit sequel....

Curious, who (woman) did the voiceover at the end?

Bonkers, the tv series, could take place in the same universe.

fans of Who Framed Roger Rabbit might really want to look into the recent Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers movie. The world mixes live action and animation in a wonderful way, and yes, Roger makes an appearance. It's much better than you think it's going to be.

Having Bugs Bunny Be Rogers father sounds like something from a cringey fanfiction.

I remember the hype when it came out. My little brother said "We saw Roger Rabbit at school today." Before I could call him out on it, he said "They taped it at the movies". I didn't believe him, but, I thought it was a solid explanation. Teachers are adults who wheel around tv/vcr carts and don't have to follow any rules themselves.

Jessica Rabbit is too fanservice-y for the modern age. Also, Roger is canonically related to Thumper (a Disney character), being his nephew. So how would he be the son of Bugs Bunny, a Warner Bros. character?

Ugh, could you imagine how horrible it would be if this movie came out today?

The Eddy & Roger development arc can only be done once, and now Bob Hoskins is dead. There's no way that any prequel or sequel movie could ever be as good or feel consistent with the tone and direction of the original. I mean, I guess Roger could be framed for something else...but honestly this film should just stay "one and done". If they want to do some Roger Rabbit shorts, sure. I just can't imagine them writing a script and getting the same timeless performances in another movie.

For some reason, I would like to see Charles Barkley play the role a the hot headed detective. He would be a natural!

Do you have any plans on discussing the Looney Tunes?

also Spielberg would come back to doing Nazi's again for 'Saving Private Ryan' in 1998

Wow this actually sounds like a fun film but it wouldn’t have been for kids tho

I know I can hardly wait!

Hey maybe could you make a frosty the snowman deleted scenes

Jessica, my first crush and many other peoples as well

And let’s not forget that I’m Disney made a huge error by releasing a Jessica rabbit nurse pin for national nurses day what the F were they thinking

Because Steven Spielberg like me know one thing for sure there is no going up against the first Rodger rabbit movie

Adverts halfway through a video are a big greedy no no.

So they arent making it? Google says its getting released in September 2022.. Is that not the case?

Trust me disney will come back to roger rabbit eventually. And they will ruin it.

4:06 5:17 Despite not being created until 1949

1:44 good one

If they ever came out with anything new about Roger Rabbit I would NEVER watch the original again! Not in this world now adays when everyone is offended and that crack about there needing to be a princess Stop before you ruin it for the original watchers!

Is there a princess in Back to the Future ?

needs to be roger rabbit 2 made

Careful! This is one Rabbit Hole you may want to avoid, Friend. The last time an Englishman went poking around... ...he caught 20 years for the cartoon pistol.

cool

People should read or listen to the books ;)

I wanna know what happened to Dumbo 2

I wonder if this sequel could ever be picked up again by Disney or Warner Bros because they seem to be obsessed with making sequels and remakes of old properties.

I think that either a (PG-13)Rated cartoon series, or a (R)rated cartoon show series of (ROGER RABBIT) should get made someday.

Siskel and Ebbert are not missed.

lol that title gag didn't quite work did it.

So Rodger's mom is the Cadbery bunny?

17:05 AND I WOULD STILL WATCH IT!

Strange that in the book, Jessica Rabbit works in.. er.. "adult" cartoons.

RU-vid Recommended

No it needs a sequel because it makes money

3:57 Is that Ronald Reagan?

Man I’m glad they didn’t make this trash script into a movie.

it became rescue rangers 2022, thats what happened to the sequel

"Deeper". Not "more deeper". Just "deeper". Musical question: "Why can't the English teach their children how to speak?"

Like how he pops out of the screen but odd how you say the title of the video, 'cos it says Roger Rabbit Lost Prequel /Sequels, yet the video I clicked on says What happened to Roger Rabbit 2? (Lost Media). This must be a update or a follow up.