ROGER RABBIT writers working on sequel, Zemeckis says
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Sigh. If Zemeckis had announced he was working on a sequel to Roger Rabbit in 1990, 1995, heck even in 2003, the news would've been thrilling. But this is the Robert Zemeckis of The Polar Express, Beowulf and that truly dreadful-looking upcoming version of A Christmas Carol, the guy who is at work on some ghastly motion-capture remake of Yellow Submarine.
These days Zemeckis seems to be deep in the throes of George Lucas Disease, a cruel ailment that turns gifted filmmakers into guys who make loud, frenetic yet boring movies that look way too much like cutscenes from PS3 games. The prospect of him mounting a Roger Rabbit sequel at this point is grim. Almost Phantom Menace grim.
The original film was all about the contrast between the grit of the film noir "real" world and the goofy comedy of the cartoon characters. But you just know the whole sequel will be done in motion capture (once Zemeckis tried mo-cap, he never went back), so the "real" people will just be one kind of dead-eyed cartoon and the "toon" cartoons will be another kind of dead-eyed cartoon.
I'd like to take some hope in the fact that the original film's writers are working on the sequel, but a look at their work since then is not encouraging. If these guys could foist that Grinch remake on the world a few years ago, I don't put anything past them.
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