“The current Disney would never make ‘Roger Rabbit’ today,” the filmmaker insists.
Fans ofWho Framed Roger Rabbitknow that Jessica Rabbit isn’t bad she’s “just drawn that way.”
They can’t make a movie with Jessica in it."
Bob Hoskins and Jessica Rabbit in ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’.Buena Vista/Getty Images
They trussed her up in a trench coat, you know."
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Entertainment Weeklyhas reached out to Disney for comment on Zemeckis' remarks.
The reason I say that is because Walt Disney never made any of his movies for children.
Kathleen Turner and Roger Zemeckis at the ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ premiere in New York.Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images
He always made them for adults.
And that’s what I decided to do withRoger Rabbit."
Rather than trying to temper the film’s racier elements, Zemeckis embraced them.
And he knew before the film was even released that this gamble would pay off.
“One time we did a test preview with just moms and kids,” he recalled.
“I was terrified because these kids were like 5, 6 years old.
They absolutely were riveted to the movie.
And I realized that the thing is, kids get everything.
He treated the kids like they were adults.”
Speculation about aRoger Rabbitsequel has swirled for years.J.J.
Abramshastalked aboutbeing approached bySteven Spielberg(whoseAmblin Entertainmentco-produced the first film) in 1989 to write a sequel.
“I actually have some storyboards for aRoger Rabbitshort,” he said.
“Honestly, we never really got to that phase [where it got serious].
We were writing an outline, but it honestly went away before it was anything.
This was a long time ago.
Zemeckis probably would’ve been a producer on it.”
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