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Exclusive: 'Roger Rabbit' Writers Working On Sequel, Robert Zemeckis Says
Exclusive: 'Roger Rabbit' Writers Working On Sequel, Robert Zemeckis Says
Director reveals that original scribes Jeffrey Price and Peter Seaman are developing a script. By Eric Ditzian, with reporting by Josh Horowitz Robert Zemeckis Photo: MTV News In the spring, and out of nowhere, Robert Zemeckis exclusively revealed to MTV News that new ...
EXCLUSIVE: Robert Zemeckis Indicates He'll Use Performance-Capture And 3-D In 'Roger Rabbit' Sequel
moviesblog.mtv.com — We now know that Robert Zemeckis is playing it old school in at least one respect when... it comes to his "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" sequel: the script will be penned by original scribes Jeffrey Price and Peter Seaman. But with over two decades of ... (more) EXCLUSIVE: Robert Zemeckis Indicates He'll Use ...
EXCLUSIVE: Original 'Roger Rabbit' Writers Penning A Sequel, Robert Zemeckis Confirms!
moviesblog.mtv.com — FROM MTV.COM: In the spring, and out of nowhere, Robert Zemeckis exclusively revealed to MTV News that... new digital tools like performance-capture technology had him buzzing about finally making a sequel to "Who Framed Roger Rabbit." But there's a ... (more) EXCLUSIVE: Original 'Roger Rabbit' Writers Penning A ...
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splashpage.mtv.com — "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" and "Back to the Future" director Robert Zemeckis is certainly no stranger to... the art of bringing fantasy fare to life on the big screen, so when we had the chance to chat with him during a press event for " A Christmas ... (more) Robert Zemeckis Explains Why He Hasn’t Directed A ...
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EXCLUSIVE: Original 'Roger Rabbit' Writers Penning A Sequel, Robert Zemeckis Confirms!
MTV Movies BlogFROM MTV.COM: In the spring, and out of nowhere, Robert Zemeckis exclusively revealed to MTV News that new digital tools like performance-capture technology had him buzzing about finally making a sequel to "Who Framed Roger Rabbit." But there's a big difference between being excited about a project and actually moving forward with it. ...

Roger Rabbit Sequel Being Written by the Original’s Screenwriters
/Film — ... MTV, who gathered the Seaman and Price information, are promising that they have more news to come and that they’re going to roll it over the next few days. Hit teases. I’ll be keeping an eye on their reports though, to see just how much more shading we can add to this sketch of Zemeckis’ plans. ...

Original Roger Rabbit Writers Are Back to Write the Sequel
FirstShowing.net — ... that "the 2D animated characters will remain 2D" if it ever happened. Now Zemeckis reveals to MTV today that they've actually commissioned a screenplay and they've brought back the original two writers, ...

Original ROGER RABBIT Writers are Working on the Sequel
GeekTyrant — ... hire you back. I guess there were some projects that I don’t know anything about. I loved the first Roger Rabbit movie that hit the big screen 20 freakin years ago! I can’t believe it’s been that long. It looks like things are looking good for the sequel. If the script gets the greenlight and the movie gets made,  I’ll go see it. How about you? I wonder if Bob Hoskins would be up for reprising his role as Eddie Valiant. Source: MTV

Robert Zemeckis reveals ROGER RABBIT sequel writers
gordonandthewhale.com — ... Well, it looks like there has been some serious progress made on a potential ROGER RABBIT sequel. Zemeckis recently spoke to MTV and told them that he has commissioned the writing of a ROGER RABBIT sequel, and it’s currently being developed by the two men who wrote the original’s screenplay, Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman. The pair also wrote the screenplay for HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS and worked on the screenplay for SHREK THE THIRD. ...

Roger Rabbit 2 writers
JoBlo's Movie Emporium News — [image] Filmmaker Robert Zemeckis has done more than drop hints about possibly bringing ROGER RABBIT (and his busty bride) back to screens. A few months ago, he mentioned using the latest digital tools and performance capture to assist in crafting a sequel to WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT (don't worry, the spastic bunny and his associates will still be done in old-school 2D animation). Now MTV got word straight from Zemeckis that a script is being worked on... and it should have the sensibilities of the first classic, since it's being penned by the original movie's screenwriters ...

Writing Team Returns For Roger Rabbit 2
Cinema Blend News — ... transit system and replace it with a bus system? You’ll remember that part of Judge Doom’s evil plan was to buy the Red Car Company in a plot to force people to drive on his freeway. Apparently this is widely accepted as a reference to what is now called the Great American streetcar scandal. So which conspiracy theory do you think Roger Rabbit 2 ’s just announced writers will take on? That’s right! Roger Rabbit 2 has writers, and they know the material pretty well! According to MTV , Robert Zemeckis was able to convince the writers of the original Who Framed Roger Rabbit? ...

ZEMECKIS TEASES ROGER RABBIT ONCE AGAIN
CHUD.com - A Movie Website and SO MUCH MORE. - Articles - News — ... sequel began floating around earlier in the year when Zemeckis mentioned being inspired by his new tools and toys. He has since steadily teased the idea of follow-up, and even clarified at Comic-Con that he wouldn't be Polar-Express 'ing any formerly 2D characters. Just what relationship live action, 2D, 3D, and performance capture would have in this proposed film is unclear. I'd bet a limb or two that even Zemeckis hasn't quite figured that out. All speculation aside, Bob has more concretely revealed to MTV that original screenwriters Peter Seaman and Jeffry Price are ...

Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Sequel Moving Forward
Latest News - MovieWeb.com — More than 20 years after a famed animated rabbit hit the silver screen, we now have word that he may be sequelized in the near future. MTV recently spoke to director Robert Zemeckis, who was promoting his new film ...

Zemeckis Developing 'Roger Rabbit Sequel'
Get The Big Picture — ... Zemeckis is talking again, telling MTV that this thing is definitely hapenning. "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." ...

Who Framed Roger Rabbit…Again?
HeyUGuys — ... story, Who P-P-P-Plugged Roger Rabbit but it is not known if this will play any part of the new film. It is a wonderful world Zemeckis and the writers created, and I would revisit it in a heartbeat – its chaos and silly sense of delight and fun, as well as a comprehensive understanding of the world of cartoons is a joy. I would love to see this done as it was twenty one years ago, practical effects – no CG, and certainy not motion capture… Click here to read the MTV post and watch Zemeckis talk up the film. ...

'Roger Rabbit' Sequel Finally Moving Forward
Cinematical — ... . And now the sequel is moving forward toward reality. Zemeckis told MTV News that "a script is in development" for a sequel, and original writers Peter S. Seaman and Jeffrey Price are involved. ...

Daily Scan for 11.02.09 - Roger Rabbit 2 Is Coming, Men in Black 3 Finds a Writer
SciFi Scanner — • Robert Zemeckis says that the sequel to the cartoon fantasy Who Framed Roger Rabbit is on its way. • Science fiction is experiencing a resurgence in 3D unseen since the 1950's, but this time, the fashionistas can take part with designer 3D glasses. • Count Dooku, Saruman, Flay and Dracula have been knighted in the person of Sir Christopher Lee. No one could deserve it better. • Men in Black 3 has a screenwriter in Tropic Thunder's Ethan Cohen, but no one knows if Will Smith will come back. My guess ...

Robert Zemeckis Attempting To Make His Career Interesting Again With 'Roger Rabbit' Sequel
:: The Playlist :: — ... , and now Zemeckis has confirmed the news to MTV , while doing the press rounds to plug his imminent " A Christmas Carol ." He tells them that original writers Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman , who were also behind " Shrek the Third " and Ron Howard 's " The Grinch ," are returning, and are currently penning a draft for the sequel. ...

Roger Rabbit 2 Is Being Written
Filmonic — ... that comes and goes with each Zemeckis release remains the same: when is the director of Cast Away, Forest Gump and the Back To The Future Trilogy going to get back in the director’s chair of a live action movie. The answer, it seems, is a mixed bag, but an AWESOME mixed bag, because the next Zemeckis project might just be the sequel to the Oscar-winning Who Framed Roger Rabbit. From MTV: MTV News has now exclusively learned that Zemeckis is ...

Zemeckis Confirms ROGER RABBIT Sequel in the Works
We Are Movie Geeks — ... MTV has now confirmed from the man himself that the script for a sequel has been commissioned, and it’s being written by Jeffrey Price and Peter Seaman, who were the original writers of the now two-decade old half-animated classic. Details are being withheld, for the time being, about which characters are returning, what the story will be and how exactly Zemeckis plans to use the new digital tools in his arsenal for blending the real world with the cartoon world. Source: MTV

Work begins on sequel to ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’
Reel Loop — ... Recently Zemeckis  told MTV again that the script for a Roger Rabbit 2 has actually being written right now. “There’s a script that’s being developed,” he said. “We’ve got the original writers that are working on it now — Seaman and Price.” Who Framed Roger Rabbit garnered an astounding $349 million worldwide (that’s a ton in ‘88) and won three Academy Awards. Source: MTV ...

Zemeckis reveals who's scripting Roger Rabbit 2
Film | guardian.co.uk — ... In an interview with MTV, Zemeckis, who is currently doing the rounds to promote his animated adaptation of Dickens's A Christmas Carol, revealed that a script has been commissioned. "We've got the original writers working on it now - [Peter] Seaman and [Jeffrey] Price," he said. ...

EXCLUSIVE: Robert Zemeckis Indicates He'll Use Performance-Capture And 3-D In 'Roger Rabbit' Sequel
MTV Movies Blog — ... is playing it old school in at least one respect when it comes to his "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" sequel: the script will be penned by original scribes Jeffrey Price and Peter Seaman. ...

THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE WTF: Sands of Not My Freakin' Dime
Movies — ... • For years, there have been several attempts to do a sequel to Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, none of them ever came close to moving ahead. Speaking to MTV last week, director Robert Zemeckis set the record straight: that this time he is personally involved and really excited to do the sequel, and that he has commissioned original scribes Jeffrey Price and Peter Seaman to write the screenplay. Let's hope they can also get Charles Fleischer and Bob Hoskins back. ...

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