Originally Posted By DisneyAnnalise4457 HERE'S THE SYNOPSIS FOR THE NEW MOVIE IN A NUTSHELL: According to my source, this new movie has been underway for a few yrs. now. Since the original film technology has boomed big time as we all know. Just look at the newer Disney films like Toy Story and Chicken Little. Therefore the new Roger film will be LOADED WITH A TON OF SPECIAL EFFECTS. This is a PREQUEL therefore it takes place BEFORE the time of the original film. It is set around the time of the begining of World WarII. It's about Roger Rabbit looking for his lost father. While he goes out on this search he meets and falls in love with Jessica who is working for the German Nazis at a Radio Station. Ya know what was really weird about hearing this from my source? They own a press kit that credits ROB PAULSON of ANIMANIACS fame as the VOICE OF ROGER RABBIT. As we all know it was CHARLIE FLEISCHER who voiced ROGER, & BEAUTIFULLY MAY I ADD! By the way ROB PAULSON is the voice of WAKKO WARNER who I just adore. His voice is soooo great as Wakko. I wander if this had anything to do with the lawsuit that was going on in the 1990's. I never heard ROB PAULSON actually talk about this nor did he do Roger's voice in public. Anyone out there know about any of this? P-P-P-P-PLEASE REPLY. You can tell by now that there are MANY Roger fans who would love to discuss this.
Originally Posted By Mickeylover8383 Well, I checked on IGN.com under the names "Rob Paulsen" and "Charles Feischer" and neither of them are scheduled to do Roger Rabbit 2 so I'm not sure about who will voice our beloved rabbit but I'm sure we'll find out soon enough.
Originally Posted By DisneyAnnalise4457 Hi Mickeylover8383, Don't you find it strange though about the press kit I mentioned about earlier, crediting Rob Paulson as the new voice of Roger Rabbit? It is an authentic Animaniacs press kit, & I don't think this would be a typo. What do you think of the premise for the prequel? For me personally I hope they treat sweet, adorable Rog kindly It sounds so sad poor Rog looking for his father. Can you just picture him standing on a street corner in the cold searching for his dad with tears in those sweet, heart tugging, kind eyes? It just would break my heart.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 I thought Jess Harnell (who did Wakko Warner on Animaniacs) did Roger's voice after Charles Fliescher stopped?
Originally Posted By Mickeylover8383 Hi DisneyAnnalise4457, I have say it would be sad seeing poor little Roger in the rain looking for his dad. I hope they do justice to the original if they decide to make a prequel cause Roger and his friends only deserve the best.
Originally Posted By DisneyAnnalise4457 Hi Mickeylover8383, I agree with you completely! I hope they only treat our precious Rog with the very best! Let me know if you hear anything else
Originally Posted By DisneyAnnalise4457 Hi Gurgitoy2 and EVERYONE WHO HAS PARTICIPATED IN THIS DISCUSSION, I made a mistake earlier that Gurgitoy2 has pointed out to me. Yes, you are correct JESS HARNELL is the voice of Wakko and the one credited as the new voice of Roger Rabbit. Rob Paulson does the voice of Yakko Warner. So Gurgitoy2 do you know why Charlie Fliescher stopped doing the voice of Roger Rabbit?
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: Well, if things had gone the way they were originally SUPPOSED to, there would have been a whole series of short cartoons featuring Roger Rabbit--not just one of those sequel-prequels. But, now, us cauldron girls are sort of scared to imagine how Roger would look in CGI. We're so used to seeing him as a real 'toon', you know. And--judging by how Mickey, Donald and Goofy have sometimes turned out in CGI, we don't have much confidence that Roger would look anywhere NEAR as good as he does as a REAL toon....
Originally Posted By basil fan This new Roger's going to be CGI? Oh. The Tarzan Equation <a href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/disney/tarzan.html" target="_blank">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/ disney/tarzan.html</a>
Originally Posted By DisneyAnnalise4457 Yep! It's gonna be in CGI. I hope Roger doesn't lose any of the fluidity of motion & expressiveness that came w/the traditional animation. I guess time will tell.
Originally Posted By Mickeylover8383 Hi DisneyAnnalise4457, Where did u hear about this Roger prequel? I'm just curious cause it sounds really interesting.
Originally Posted By DisneyAnnalise4457 Hi Mickeylover8383, From a friend who works at one of the Studios.
Originally Posted By Mickeylover8383 Cool. Be sure to keep me updated. Personally, I hope CGI does Roger justice cause I wasn't too pleased with the CG versions of Mickey and his pals. Maybe it was cause I was so use to seeing him traditionally drawn.
Originally Posted By JeffG The Roger Rabbit sequel/prequel is pretty much a dead project. It is very unlikely that it will ever get made. -Jeff
Originally Posted By DisneyAnnalise4457 Hi Mickeylover8383, I will keep you posted as soon as I hear more.
Originally Posted By DisneyAnnalise4457 Hey there Jeff, That's just what they want you to believe! Rest assured this movie will take place. They are thinking of doing a 20th Anniversary sort of release as George Lucas did for Star Wars. It is a CGI release & the special effects are supposed to be astounding! Let's hope though that it is better than the Star Wars saga.
Originally Posted By Mickeylover8383 Hi DisneyAnnalise4457, Thanks. I look forward to hearing from you.
Originally Posted By DisneyAnnalise4457 Hi Mickeylover8383, Anytime I agree with you about what CGI did for Mickey & his friends; (I didn't care for it that much either)hopefully Rog will still be our cute, beloved, expressive character that he was meant to be With Katzenberg having to ditch traditional animation (think Prince of EGYPT)even though he expressed he much prefered the "old school" style of animating films; looks like he will be a huge participator in this film & will be using the current medium of CGI along side with Spielberg & ILM producing the whole thing.
Originally Posted By AladdinAZ I would love to see more of Roger, and the prequel has been on ice WAY TOO LONG. Here's hoping Roger will be hopping on to the Big Screen real soon! (eeeks, who remembers the lame Bonker's toon from the Disney Afternoon, that was suppose to be a spot for Roger)
Originally Posted By basil fan ALthough the show was only okay, it had a few good eps, IMO. I did like Bonkers as a character.
