Who Framed Roger RabbitDirector Says Disney Will Never Greenlight a Sequel — Because of Jessica Rabbit

Mar. 15, 2025

Robert Zemeckis (left); Jessica Rabbit in ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ (right).Photo:Barry Brecheisen/Getty; Buena Vista/Everett Collection

Barry Brecheisen/Getty; Buena Vista/Everett Collection

Will there ever be a sequel toWho Framed Roger Rabbit? Director Robert Zemeckis doesn’t think so.

Zemeckis, 72, opened up about the possibility of a sequel to the beloved Disney film on the Oct. 30 episode of theHappy Sad Confusedpodcast. The original film, released in 1988, became a major box office success, bringing in more than $350 million. The flick was a comedic noir that imagined a Hollywood where cartoons and humans live together, and the plot involved murder, adultery, blackmail and other adult topics.

But none of that is the reason why theHeredirector thinksRoger Rabbit 2will never happen.

“There’s a good script sitting at Disney,” Zemeckis said, noting that original screenwriters Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman had penned a great follow-up. “The current Disney would never makeRoger Rabbittoday. They can’t make a movie with Jessica [Rabbit] in it,” he said.

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Zemeckis claimed Disney would never go there again, however. “Look what they did to Jessica at the theme park,” he added. “They trussed her up in a trench coat.”The Forrest Gumpdirector was referring to a change Disney made in 2021 to the Disneyland version of the ride Roger Rabbit’s Car Toon Spin. The ride got a new storyline that starred Jessica as a private investigator — wearing a trench coat over her iconic outfit.

Robert Zemeckis in October 2024.Stewart Cook/Getty

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