Ariel and her aquatic friends may have ushered in the Disney Renaissance, but Roger Rabbit helped right the sinking ship that was Disney in the '80s. Indeed, 1988's "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" came at the perfect time for the House of Mouse. After a string of failed (but fascinating) attempts to reinvigorate its artistry, the flailing studio recruited director Robert Zemeckis and executive producer Steven Spielberg -- members of the same crack team behind "Back to the Future" just three years before -- to adapt Gary K. Wolf's satirical 1981 novel "Who Censored Roger Rabbit?" into a film.
The result? An incredible visual feat by way of a detective yarn based in a fantasy version of '40s Los Angeles where "toons" from the Golden Age of American Animation walk alongside flesh-and-blood humans. With Zemeckis operating at the height of his powers, "Roger Rabbit" moves like clockwork, serving up...
The result? An incredible visual feat by way of a detective yarn based in a fantasy version of '40s Los Angeles where "toons" from the Golden Age of American Animation walk alongside flesh-and-blood humans. With Zemeckis operating at the height of his powers, "Roger Rabbit" moves like clockwork, serving up...
- 10/15/2023
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
Exclusive: The Greatest Showman actor Sam Humphrey has signed with Kazarian/Measures/Ruskin & Associates for representation. Humphrey will be represented by Gail Williamson, the Head of Kmr’s Diversity Department alongside the Diversity Department’s Lyndsey Staib and Kmr’s Literary Head Amy Lanier. Kmr’s Diversity Department specifically represents talent with disabilities with the mission of creating more inclusive representation in the media.
In Michael Gracey’s 2017 film, Humphrey appeared alongside Hugh Jackman, Zendaya, Zac Efron and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Tom Thumb/The General. The film received a Best Picture Comedy/Musical nom and won Best Song (for “This Is Me”) at the Golden Globes and also earned an Oscar nom for Best Song.
Humphrey was most recently cast in the titular role of Roger Rabbit creator Gary K. Wolf’s new project Ranger Raccoon. The New Zealand-born actor’s credits also include Australian soap Neighbours and TV movie Jeremy the Dud.
In Michael Gracey’s 2017 film, Humphrey appeared alongside Hugh Jackman, Zendaya, Zac Efron and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Tom Thumb/The General. The film received a Best Picture Comedy/Musical nom and won Best Song (for “This Is Me”) at the Golden Globes and also earned an Oscar nom for Best Song.
Humphrey was most recently cast in the titular role of Roger Rabbit creator Gary K. Wolf’s new project Ranger Raccoon. The New Zealand-born actor’s credits also include Australian soap Neighbours and TV movie Jeremy the Dud.
- 2/8/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Who Framed Roger Rabbit is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, having first hit theaters June 22, 1988.
The movie, directed by Robert Zemeckis, was based on the 1981 book Who Censored Roger Rabbit by Gary K. Wolf. It was a critical and commercial success, earning $329.8 million internationally and winning three Oscars for its technical work along with a special achievement award.
The live-action/animated film follows private eye Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins) after he is hired by cartoon producer R.K. Maroon (Alan Tilvern) to investigate a major adultery scandal with Roger Rabbit’s (Charles Fleischer) wife, Jessica Rabbit ...
The movie, directed by Robert Zemeckis, was based on the 1981 book Who Censored Roger Rabbit by Gary K. Wolf. It was a critical and commercial success, earning $329.8 million internationally and winning three Oscars for its technical work along with a special achievement award.
The live-action/animated film follows private eye Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins) after he is hired by cartoon producer R.K. Maroon (Alan Tilvern) to investigate a major adultery scandal with Roger Rabbit’s (Charles Fleischer) wife, Jessica Rabbit ...
- 6/22/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Who Framed Roger Rabbit is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, having first hit theaters June 22, 1988.
The movie, directed by Robert Zemeckis, was based on the 1981 book Who Censored Roger Rabbit by Gary K. Wolf. It was a critical and commercial success, earning $329.8 million internationally and winning three Oscars for its technical work along with a special achievement award.
The live-action/animated film follows private eye Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins) after he is hired by cartoon producer R.K. Maroon (Alan Tilvern) to investigate a major adultery scandal with Roger Rabbit’s (Charles Fleischer) wife, Jessica Rabbit ...
The movie, directed by Robert Zemeckis, was based on the 1981 book Who Censored Roger Rabbit by Gary K. Wolf. It was a critical and commercial success, earning $329.8 million internationally and winning three Oscars for its technical work along with a special achievement award.
The live-action/animated film follows private eye Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins) after he is hired by cartoon producer R.K. Maroon (Alan Tilvern) to investigate a major adultery scandal with Roger Rabbit’s (Charles Fleischer) wife, Jessica Rabbit ...
- 6/22/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Robert Zemeckis and his cinematographer Dean Cundey went into a meeting with Disney where they were told everything they could not do to make “Who Framed Roger Rabbit.” Walt Disney himself got his start making live-action and animated hybrids as far back as the 1920s. It was fused in the DNA of the company. Execs there knew best.
Don’t move the camera, don’t shoot close-ups, don’t get fancy with lighting. Basically don’t do anything that would take too much work for the animators.
That didn’t fly for Zemeckis.
“When Bob and I left the meeting where they had said six or eight things that we should or couldn’t do, Bob and I said, ‘Well, those are the rules we’re going to break. How are we going to do it?'” Cundey recalled in an interview with TheWrap to commemorate the film’s 30th anniversary.
Don’t move the camera, don’t shoot close-ups, don’t get fancy with lighting. Basically don’t do anything that would take too much work for the animators.
That didn’t fly for Zemeckis.
“When Bob and I left the meeting where they had said six or eight things that we should or couldn’t do, Bob and I said, ‘Well, those are the rules we’re going to break. How are we going to do it?'” Cundey recalled in an interview with TheWrap to commemorate the film’s 30th anniversary.
- 6/19/2018
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Crossovers — bringing together popular characters from different film franchises — is all the rage these days, like with Avengers: Infinity War featuring huge quantities of Marvel Comics superheroes and Justice League teaming up Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, etc. But 30 years ago, the fact that Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny shared some screen time with a newcomer in Who Framed Roger Rabbit was a really big deal. (Photo Credit: Walt Disney) That film, based on Gary K. Wolf's 1981 novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit?, was significant initially because it marked the first collaboration between Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment and Walt Disney Productions, the results of which managed to capture the best of each. The era is the 1940s, a time when the world's most famous animated characters reside in a suburb of California known as Toontown, the residents of which include Bugs and Mickey, Droopy Dog, Woody Woodpecker, Donald and Daffy...
- 6/13/2018
- by Ed Gross
- Closer Weekly
Every other Saturday at 5pm, The Saint Louis Video Society will show a different action or horror film shot in St. Louis at the Tick Tock Tavern for Free! The venue is located at 3459 Magnolia Ave in St. Louis. The film series, which is being called ‘MadeInSTL Video Night‘, continues SOctober 14th with The Kid Skid. The films starts at 5pm and admission is Free
A super-hero movie filmed in Union, Missouri, The Skid Kid was shot on Super 8 by filmmaker Glen Gruner. By day, Scooter “Cousin of Steven” Spielberg (played by Gary Wolf) drives around in his hot corvette. But also by day, Scooter dons a pair of magic boots that are powered by Rc Cola and transforms into the Skid Kid! Scooting along in stop-motion magnificence, the Skid Kid cleans up the mean streets of Union the only way he knows how — with his fists!
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A super-hero movie filmed in Union, Missouri, The Skid Kid was shot on Super 8 by filmmaker Glen Gruner. By day, Scooter “Cousin of Steven” Spielberg (played by Gary Wolf) drives around in his hot corvette. But also by day, Scooter dons a pair of magic boots that are powered by Rc Cola and transforms into the Skid Kid! Scooting along in stop-motion magnificence, the Skid Kid cleans up the mean streets of Union the only way he knows how — with his fists!
The Saint...
- 10/9/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Admit it -- somewhere along the way, a kids' movie gave you a grown-up fright, whether from the wolfish Gmork in "The Neverending Story" or a glammed-out David Bowie and his band of baby-stealing Muppets in "Labyrinth." That's because underneath a fuzzy layer of singalongs and talking animals, there's usually a layer of harsh reality. It's a sweet way for kids to learn not-so-sweet lessons, kind of like giving them bubble gum-flavored cough syrup.
But the rabbit hole goes deeper. Some of our biggest and brightest children's stories -- movies, that is -- actually tell tales that started out in the adult realm. And if you've ever had a job with a manager, had to learn what a tax write-off is, or one day found yourself reading the Nutrition Facts on your food , you know the adult realm is a very, very scary place. Here are the movies that go there,...
But the rabbit hole goes deeper. Some of our biggest and brightest children's stories -- movies, that is -- actually tell tales that started out in the adult realm. And if you've ever had a job with a manager, had to learn what a tax write-off is, or one day found yourself reading the Nutrition Facts on your food , you know the adult realm is a very, very scary place. Here are the movies that go there,...
- 5/13/2016
- by Dan Ketchum
- Moviefone
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
I’ll admit, I didn’t realize that Robert Zemeckis’ classic 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit was based on a book until many years after I saw the movie. The 1981 book that the movie is based on was called Who Censored Roger Rabbit? and it was written by Gary Wolf.
I’ve never read the book, but CineFix has released another episode of their Film vs. Book web-series and this latest one points out all of the differences between the book and the film.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Who Censored Roger Rabbit are both mystery stories that merge the real world with the toon world. One involves the killing of movie executive while the other surrounds the shooting of the title character. While the movie and book have some similarities as they both involve private eye Eddie Valiant trying to solve a murder, but a vast number of plot...
I’ve never read the book, but CineFix has released another episode of their Film vs. Book web-series and this latest one points out all of the differences between the book and the film.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Who Censored Roger Rabbit are both mystery stories that merge the real world with the toon world. One involves the killing of movie executive while the other surrounds the shooting of the title character. While the movie and book have some similarities as they both involve private eye Eddie Valiant trying to solve a murder, but a vast number of plot...
- 2/14/2016
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Ah, long before the days of Pixar and the anthropomorphic puppets in Wes Anderson’s “Fantastic Mr. Fox,” there was “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?,” a slightly risqué animated outing from Robert Zemeckis that follows detective Eddie Valiant as he finds himself amok in toon caper after toon caper, trying to reunite husband and wife Roger and Jessica Rabbit. Read More: Ranked: The Films Of Robert Zemeckis Now, if you call yourself a real toon fan, you must’ve already known that Roger Rabbit was based on a 1981 novel by Gary K. Wolf entitled "Who Censored Roger Rabbit?." Another look at the modernization of animation, the rights were picked up by the Disney very early on, though not much of what took place in between the pages remained for the big screen version. In their new video essay, the team at Cinefix has broken down the differences between the book and the film,...
- 2/5/2016
- by Samantha Vacca
- The Playlist
If you ever wondered what Roger Rabbit would sound like if he was voiced by Pee-wee Herman, we now have the answer, thanks to the recently unearthed episode of Disney Studio Showcase above showing Who Framed Roger Rabbit? in its strange, black-and-white infancy (via Slashfilm). "Roger Rabbit is a live-action picture in which half the cast is made up of animated characters," a Disney producer explains. "It's based on the premise that cartoon characters really live and are not drawn. They exist in this world just like human beings do.
- 9/9/2014
- Rollingstone.com
Before Robert Zemeckis brought Charles Fleischer, Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd and Kathleen Turner to the screen in 1988’s Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Disney crafted an early version of the Gary K. Wolf adaptation starring Paul Reubens as the voice of the eponymous rabbit. Rights to the hardboiled tale set in a city where humans and cartoon characters coexist were purchased shortly after the book Who Censored Roger Rabbit? was published in 1981. Disney saw dollar signs and set about hiring Darrell Van Citters for the job, casting the soon-to-be Pee-wee Herman as the lovable rabbit. Peter Renaday (The Aristocats) was cast as detective Eddie Valiant, and Russi Taylor (Disney’s current Minnie Mouse) became the dangerously curvaceous Jessica Rabbit. The early test...
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- 9/9/2014
- by Alison Nastasi
- Movies.com
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Watch early Who Framed Roger Rabbit footage with Paul "Pee-wee Herman" Reubens.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit is, of course, a classic. The live-action/animation hybrid began life as a (much darker) novel by Gary K. Wolf, Who Censored Roger Rabbit, and had a long journey to the screen (they snapped up the rights shortly after the novel was published) before director Robert Zemeckis ultimately struck box-office gold. Animator Darrell Van Citters was once set to helm the flick, and courtesy of this article from The Dissolve we can get a look at what this lost version of Who Framed Roger Rabbit might have been.
Once upon a time, in the early days of the Disney Channel, there was a show called Disney Showcase, which may or may not exist in the haziest areas of my memory. It's through a VHS to YouTube segment of this show, as...
Watch early Who Framed Roger Rabbit footage with Paul "Pee-wee Herman" Reubens.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit is, of course, a classic. The live-action/animation hybrid began life as a (much darker) novel by Gary K. Wolf, Who Censored Roger Rabbit, and had a long journey to the screen (they snapped up the rights shortly after the novel was published) before director Robert Zemeckis ultimately struck box-office gold. Animator Darrell Van Citters was once set to helm the flick, and courtesy of this article from The Dissolve we can get a look at what this lost version of Who Framed Roger Rabbit might have been.
Once upon a time, in the early days of the Disney Channel, there was a show called Disney Showcase, which may or may not exist in the haziest areas of my memory. It's through a VHS to YouTube segment of this show, as...
- 9/8/2014
- Den of Geek
Before audiences saw Who Framed Roger Rabbit? in 1988, Walt Disney Productions had tried to make the film several years earlier after initially getting the rights to Gary K. Wolf's novel on which the film is based. In fact, animation director Darrell Van Citters actually shot some test footage, but not with Bob Hoskins as Eddie Valiant and Charles Fleischer as the voice of Roger Rabbit. Instead, it was Pee-Wee Herman star Paul Reubens (though he wasn't known as that character yet) voicing the titular rabbit with Peter Renaday and Mike Gabriel as the human detective. Now that footage has surfaced. Watch below! Here's the early 1980s test footage from the first attempt to make Who Framed Roger Rabbit?: The footage above was shown on The Disney Channel in 1983 on a program called "Disney Studio Showcase" but it was never seen again. Thankfully, Thief Archive (via SlashFilm) has unearthed...
- 9/8/2014
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Walt Disney Productions purchased the film rights to Gary K. Wolf‘s novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit? shortly after the book’s publication in 1981, and Disney spent many years trying to bring Who Framed Roger Rabbit to the screen. In the early 1980′s, Disney developed test footage with animation director Darrell Van Citters with Paul Reubens […]
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- 9/8/2014
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
Between 1981 to 1983, Disney made its first attempt at adapting Gary K. Wolf’s book “Who Censored Roger Rabbit.” Below, is an eight-minute video that contains test footage and concept art. It looks a bit different from Robert Zemeckis' final version of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, which hit theaters in 1988. Most the obvious differences are with the final looks of two of the main characters, Roger Rabbit and Jessica Rabbit. This is because the animated in the footage below was directed by Darrell Van Citters, but the animation in the 1988 version was directed by Richard Williams. You'll also notice that Paul Reubens (aka Pee-Wee Herman) voiced Roger Rabbit, Peter Renaday and Mike Gabriel as Eddie Valiant and Russi Taylor voiced Jessica Rabbit. Why don't you do right, like some other men and women do and watch it. It's 1947 Hollywood and Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins), a down-on-his-luck detective is hired...
- 9/5/2014
- ComicBookMovie.com
Yesterday was the 25th anniversary of the theatrical release of Who Framed Roger Rabbit. An innovative co-production between Walt Disney (via Touchstone Pictures) and Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment based on the novel “Who Censored Roger Rabbit?” by Gary K. Wolf, the live-action and animation hybrid has already been officially celebrated this year with a commemorative Blu-ray and DVD release hitting stores back in March. But this is the weekend to truly honor both the film and your memory of seeing it for the first time, amazed by the interactions between humans and toons and the mix of real and illustrated props and sets and the idea that you might be turned on by a two-dimensional redhead. Roger Rabbit is not regarded nearly enough these days outside of the reporting of any latest news on its sequel ever actually happening. The Oscar-winning effects don’t astound as much as they did in 1988 (it was one of the...
- 6/23/2013
- by Christopher Campbell
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Every now and then an anniversary comes along and it makes you pause and realize just how much time has passed and how much the world has changed. Twenty-five years ago, the idea of mixing animation and live-action was nothing new, but using computer-enhanced animation was a fresh approach. Then there was the mind-blowing idea of mashing up every animated icon from the golden age of animation. Yes, Disney and Looney Tunes side by side. The Fleischer Studios creations hobnobbing with the others. It had never been attempted before and was cause for celebration.
In the two and a half decades that have passed, Disney’s attempt to turn Gary K. Wolf’s protagonist into a cartoon perennial has petered out. Roger Rabbit was first born in Wolf’s 1981 novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit? and was turned into a major player thanks to Robert Zemeckis’ ambitious adaptation followed by a...
In the two and a half decades that have passed, Disney’s attempt to turn Gary K. Wolf’s protagonist into a cartoon perennial has petered out. Roger Rabbit was first born in Wolf’s 1981 novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit? and was turned into a major player thanks to Robert Zemeckis’ ambitious adaptation followed by a...
- 4/25/2013
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
Last month we reported that Roger Rabbit producer Gary K. Wolf was working on developing a new animated buddy-comedy project for Pixar called The Stooge, and it would star Mickey Mouse and Roger Rabbit. Thanks to AICN we have a new piece of pre-production art to share with you for the project. The art was created by Douglas Sirois who gives an update,
The Stooge has a treatment and we have a few writers brainstorming. We are developing more concept art. We have two directors interested and are actively looking for a Disney producer to take it to the next level. It is a great concept and a ton of fun developing. We also have been working with Gary K. Wolf on some Roger Rabbit short animation concepts that will also grab more attention and celebrate the 25th anniversary of the character this year!
Wolf assures the site that the project is happening.
The Stooge has a treatment and we have a few writers brainstorming. We are developing more concept art. We have two directors interested and are actively looking for a Disney producer to take it to the next level. It is a great concept and a ton of fun developing. We also have been working with Gary K. Wolf on some Roger Rabbit short animation concepts that will also grab more attention and celebrate the 25th anniversary of the character this year!
Wolf assures the site that the project is happening.
- 3/13/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Roger Rabbit: Zemeckis' classic blend of animation and live action will have a 25th anniversary screening at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater in April Upon its release in 1988, Who Framed Roger Rabbit was called a landmark mix of animation and live action; the Robert Zemeckis-directed movie also marked the beginning of the renaissance of the Walt Disney Animation Studios, which had hit rock bottom in the '80s after decades of steady decline. In celebration of the film’s 25th anniversary, the Academy will present a new digital restoration at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 4, at its Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. (Pictured above: a youthful-looking Zemeckis and pal Roger Rabbit.) Zemeckis, who has since made his mark in performance capture animation features (for instance, 2004's The Polar Express, with Tom Hanks and 2007's Beowulf, with Angelina Jolie), will be present for a post-screening onstage chat about his movie.
- 3/4/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
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
On Tuesday, news originated from the site of Gary K. Wolf, the novelist whose book "Who Censored Rogert Rabbit?" was very, very loosely adapted into the hit 1988 movie "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?," that a proposal was coming to Disney for an animated feature that would star Roger Rabbit and Mickey Mouse. (The two characters starred together in the original 'Roger Rabbit' film but who's counting?) Later, in a report to Ain't It Cool News, Wolf clarified his original statements, although how likely this project is to ever seeing the light of day remains hopelessly muddy. In the original post, Wolf explained that this project, entitled "The Stooge," would be set in five specific locations around the Disneyland park and feature real-life characters like Orson Welles and Walt Disney himself. What initially raised flags was that all of these elements originally appeared in one of the many discarded sequel proposals for the follow-up to.
- 2/20/2013
- by Drew Taylor
- The Playlist
We've been hearing rumors for years regarding a potential sequel to the Robert Zemeckis hit Who Framed Roger Rabbit, but at the end of the day it very well could be another project that brings the titular cartoon bunny back to the big screen. The other day rumors were launched that a remake of the Dean Martin-Jerry Lewis comedy The Stooge was in the works with the lead characters set to be replaced by Mickey Mouse and Roger Rabbit. But as outlandish as that may sound, it turns out that it's actually true. Following on the heels of the rumor, which was launched by AICN, the great Gary K. Wolf, who created Roger Rabbit, wrote a letter to the site explaining that the movie is real and currently being pitched as a 100% animated film to Disney/Pixar. According to the author, the film would have many of the...
- 2/20/2013
- cinemablend.com
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: March 12, 2013
Price: Blu-ray/DVD Combo $26.50
Studio: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
1988 comedy movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit has been discontinued on DVD for years, so this Blu-ray is very welcome. Jessica Rabbit in high-definition? What’s not to love?
In case you don’t remember the sultry red-haired cartoon who was just drawn bad, PG-rated Who Framed Roger Rabbit mixes animation and live action. The film stars Bob Hoskins (Made in Dagenham) as Eddie Valiant, a detective who hates toons. When toon Roger Rabbit is accused of murder, Valiant is unfortunately the only one who can help.
Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future movies) and Jessica Cassidy (Blade Runner) also star, along with the voices of Sherlock Holmes producer Joel Silver and Kathleen Turner (Romancing the Stone) as the sultry red-head. Directed by Robert Zemeckis (Forest Gump), Who Framed Roger Rabbit is based on the novel...
Price: Blu-ray/DVD Combo $26.50
Studio: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
1988 comedy movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit has been discontinued on DVD for years, so this Blu-ray is very welcome. Jessica Rabbit in high-definition? What’s not to love?
In case you don’t remember the sultry red-haired cartoon who was just drawn bad, PG-rated Who Framed Roger Rabbit mixes animation and live action. The film stars Bob Hoskins (Made in Dagenham) as Eddie Valiant, a detective who hates toons. When toon Roger Rabbit is accused of murder, Valiant is unfortunately the only one who can help.
Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future movies) and Jessica Cassidy (Blade Runner) also star, along with the voices of Sherlock Holmes producer Joel Silver and Kathleen Turner (Romancing the Stone) as the sultry red-head. Directed by Robert Zemeckis (Forest Gump), Who Framed Roger Rabbit is based on the novel...
- 1/2/2013
- by Sam
- Disc Dish
My friend’s dad took us to see Willow one sunny summer’s day in 1988. It was a good movie and all, but honestly I was extremely distracted throughout the whole thing. All I could think about was one of the coming attractions I’d seen for a film called Who Framed Roger Rabbit. I’d seen Bedknobs and Broomsticks and other fare where cartoons were mixed with live action. But this flick looked much different—it had sex and violence and swear words. Mix those with cartoons, and it was everything my almost adolescent heart could desire.
Thing was I was gonna have to wait until the next summer. Sharp-eyed kid that I was, though, I’d seen in the trailer credits that the flick was based on a book called Who Censored Roger Rabbit? by a guy name of Gary K. Wolf. The next weekend, I rode my...
Thing was I was gonna have to wait until the next summer. Sharp-eyed kid that I was, though, I’d seen in the trailer credits that the flick was based on a book called Who Censored Roger Rabbit? by a guy name of Gary K. Wolf. The next weekend, I rode my...
- 10/1/2012
- by Jimmy Callaway
- Boomtron
I had really low expectations for this movie. First of all, it's about man-eating locusts. Second, it's got a colon in its name, as if connecting locusts to the biblical plague somehow makes the film more relevant. And did I mention it's about locusts?The locusts in question are a swarm of predatory insects genetically engineered (of course) by Silogen. Silogen, led by the ruthless Gary Wolf (David Keith), pushes for an early test of the carnivorous swarm over the protests of chief scientist Russ Snow (Jeff Fahey). Silogen is a typical corporation and needs to...
- 10/3/2010
- by Michael Tresca, Sci-Fi Movie Examiner
- Examiner Movies Channel
Twenty one years ago Robert Zemeckis did the impossible. He created a world where all cartoon characters lived together regardless of which studios they ‘worked’ for, and set the riotous chaos of ToonTown alongside the human Hollywood and in treating these characters as actors in their own cartoon films and having them interact seamlessly with the live action smashed the fourth wall with a charm and expertise that should have heralded a new phase in animation features.
It was a truly wonderful film, with Bob Hoskins as Eddie Valiant and Christopher Lloyd as the epically spooky Judge Doom acting up a storm with their cartoon compatriots the arrogant Baby Herman, Benny the fearless cab and, of course, ToonTown’s own odd couple, Jessica and Roger Rabbit.
The writing was witty and self referential without ever becoming parodic, the Toons themselves were so well rounded they fitted in perfectly with the established characters,...
It was a truly wonderful film, with Bob Hoskins as Eddie Valiant and Christopher Lloyd as the epically spooky Judge Doom acting up a storm with their cartoon compatriots the arrogant Baby Herman, Benny the fearless cab and, of course, ToonTown’s own odd couple, Jessica and Roger Rabbit.
The writing was witty and self referential without ever becoming parodic, the Toons themselves were so well rounded they fitted in perfectly with the established characters,...
- 11/1/2009
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
It was somewhat surprising that Robert Zemeckis mentioned earlier this year that he might be working on a sequel to Who Framed Roger Rabbit He's been pushing technology forward for several years with his motion-capture movies like The Polar Express, Beowulf, and next week's A Christmas Carol, so returning to a story he told back in 1988 seemed like a strange decision...unless he was going to do motion-capture for that, too.
Zemeckis is talking again, telling MTV that this thing is definitely happening. "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."
Peter Seaman and Jeffrey Price adapted Gary Wolf's novel, and have worked on a few big projects since, like How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Shrek the Third. I had no problems with the original screenplay, so this is probably a good place to start,...
Zemeckis is talking again, telling MTV that this thing is definitely happening. "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."
Peter Seaman and Jeffrey Price adapted Gary Wolf's novel, and have worked on a few big projects since, like How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Shrek the Third. I had no problems with the original screenplay, so this is probably a good place to start,...
- 11/1/2009
- by Colin Boyd
- GetTheBigPicture.net
Producer/director Robert "Back To The Future" Zemeckis is looking for a follow-up sequel to his Who Framed Roger Rabbit feature-length live-action/toon hybird, developing a new screenplay with original Rabbit writers Peter S. Seaman and Jeffrey Price, for a 3D update. "I.ll tell you what is buzzing around in my head now that we have the ability," said Zemeckis. "The digital tools, performance capture... I.m starting to think about Roger Rabbit." Released in 1988, from co-producer Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment, distributed by Disney's Touchstone Pictures, the $70 million, live-action/animation feature grossed $329,803,958 worldwide. Based on the novel "Who Censored Roger Rabbit?" from author Gary K. Wolf, the film starred actors Bob Hoskins, Charles Fleischer, Christopher Lloyd, Kathleen Turner and Joanna Cassidy, set in 1947 Hollywood, where cartoon characters, aka 'toons' interact with the studio system of Classical Hollywood cinema. Premise follows private investigator 'Eddie Valiant' caught up in a mystery that involves 'Roger Rabbit',...
- 10/31/2009
- HollywoodNorthReport.com
A sequel to 1988 fantasy comedy "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" could be brewing. Talking to MTV News, director Robert Zemeckis offered an interesting scoop of the matter when he confessed that he is indeed toying with the idea to bring the ill-behaved rabbit back to the big screen.
"I'll tell you what is buzzing around in my head now that we have the ability - the digital tools, performance capture - I'm starting to think about 'Roger Rabbit'," the 56-year-old Academy Award-winning helmer stated. Still when pressed further on the potential film's details, the "Beowulf" director responded with a rejection, "I can't give you more details."
While nothing is certain yet on the possible new installment of "Roger Rabbit" movie, the original 1988 "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" has successfully rekindled an interest in the golden Age of American animation. Combining the use of traditional animation and live action with elements of film noir,...
"I'll tell you what is buzzing around in my head now that we have the ability - the digital tools, performance capture - I'm starting to think about 'Roger Rabbit'," the 56-year-old Academy Award-winning helmer stated. Still when pressed further on the potential film's details, the "Beowulf" director responded with a rejection, "I can't give you more details."
While nothing is certain yet on the possible new installment of "Roger Rabbit" movie, the original 1988 "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" has successfully rekindled an interest in the golden Age of American animation. Combining the use of traditional animation and live action with elements of film noir,...
- 4/30/2009
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
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