New Mickey Mouse/Roger Rabbit Film Called ‘The Stooge’ Has Been Proposed to Disney by Gary K. Wolf, - Polidicks

[quote="Slash Films"] Marvel teamed up characters in The Avengers, DC is teaming up heroes for Justice League, and now Disney could have the option to team up two of their own iconic characters. Gary K. Wolf, creator of Roger Rabbit, is saying a proposal for a film called The Stooge is being prepared for Disney executives. The film would be a fully-animated buddy comedy starring Roger Rabbit and Mickey Mouse. Though the proposal shares a title with a 1952 film starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, it would likely be very different from that comedy. According to Wolf, The Stooge is “a real development proposal” for a Disney/Pixar movie which has concept art and a producer, Erik von Wodtke, who is talking to screenwriters and directors about possibly getting the film made. Ain’t It Cool News first wrote about the news, which was posted on Wolf’s official website. Thought its accuracy was questioned by many, Wolf then contacted AICN for an update to confirm, yes, The Stooge is a real thing. [I] 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 case of making one instead of the other. In an ideal, rabbit-centric world, Disney will make both. The Stooge development producer Erik von Wodtke came up with the story and wrote the treatment. He showed it to me hoping that I would see how special it was and would be interested in coming in on the project. With that, he did succeed. I love the idea of a Mickey Mouse and Roger Rabbit musical buddy comedy. This is a co-star pairing made in cartoon heaven. Two iconic cartoon characters playing off one another in a story that has the heart and emotional soul of films like Wall-E and Toy Story. What Disney fan wouldn’t want to see that?[/I] He can say that again. Mickey Mouse hasn’t appeared in a new theatrical film for many years. What’s still a bit odd about this is that, in his update above, Wolf says the film will be “all-animated.” But in his first post, it says the following: [I] The film incorporates five specific locations from the Disneyland park. It also introduces the Toon Train, an exciting and interesting way to travel through Toontown….The film features real-life people. Walt Disney costars. Orson Wells makes an appearance. [/I] That suggests that the film is in very early development, could change radically over the next several years. (Or that the real characters such as Disney would be animated.) Either way, it’s very cool to know someone out there is trying to bring not only Roger Rabbit back to the big screen, but the Mouse himself.[/quote] [url="http://www.slashfilm.com/mickey-mouseroger-rabbit-film-called-the-stooge-has-been-proposed-to-disney/"]Source[/url]. He is also releasing the third book in the series, [I]Who Wacked Roger Rabbit?[/I], this November.

i would be so happy to finally see another roger rabbit movie but at the same time i hope they dont fuck it up

[QUOTE=Furnost;39684502]i would be so happy to finally see another roger rabbit movie but at the same time i hope they dont fuck it up[/QUOTE] They are actually working on two at the moment. This movie apparently is separate from the Who Framed Roger Rabbit 2 movie they are working on. It is a shame though they can't follow the plot to Who Censored Roger Rabbit though, since they changed the original gimmick for the first book when they made it into a movie.

Eh, I think a Looney Tune character would have been better.

[QUOTE=Mingebox;39684637]Eh, I think a Looney Tune character would have been better.[/QUOTE] I doubt Disney is in the same position to team up with Warner Brothers like they did for the original Roger Rabbit.

[QUOTE=Fangz;39692082]I doubt Disney is in the same position to team up with Warner Brothers like they did for the original Roger Rabbit.[/QUOTE] Elaborate: It's not like it was exactly easy to make it happen with the first movie.

It'd be so cool to see Roger Rabbit again, especially like it was with Toontown. As long as they don't fuck it up, and I at least hope they don't use actual CGI. The reason Roger Rabbit was great was cause it was able to combine animation with real like, and perfectly too.

[QUOTE=Fangz;39692082]I doubt Disney is in the same position to team up with Warner Brothers like they did for the original Roger Rabbit.[/QUOTE] then why even make this movie then? That was it's whole selling point

who framed roger rabbit is one of the best movies ever made tbh

[QUOTE=Inspector Jones;39692120]Elaborate: It's not like it was exactly easy to make it happen with the first movie.[/QUOTE] The first movie was made before the Disney Made its rebound in the 90s, and were still in recovery mode age of Disney. [editline]23rd February 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=The Baconator;39693684]then why even make this movie then? That was it's whole selling point[/QUOTE] Disney has the rights to Tom and Jerry, as well as Droopy at the moment.

[QUOTE=Rocko's;39692667]It'd be so cool to see Roger Rabbit again, especially like it was with Toontown. As long as they don't fuck it up, and I at least hope they don't use actual CGI. The reason Roger Rabbit was great was cause it was able to combine animation with real like, and perfectly too.[/QUOTE] Zemeckis has come out and said Roger Rabbit 2 will use hand-drawn animation mixed with live action. However, they'll use computers for lightning effects and for certain props.

There is a lot of potential to make a roger rabbit movie really good but there's also chance they might mess it up big time. I hope they stick to traditional animation (maybe not fully traditional as it's very expensive, like hand drawn in an animation program like Disney did with The Princess and the Frog [I heard Disney used Toon Boom Harmony for the animation]). Making elements in this movie CGI would look seriously look out of place. I really wish they would have more traditional 2D films just to help keep the medium alive. I have no problem with 3D/CGI animation, it can look really good, but I don't think it would be suited for Roger Rabbit. That is when and if this film would come to fruition.

[QUOTE=Zuimzado;39693853]Zemeckis has come out and said Roger Rabbit 2 will use hand-drawn animation mixed with live action. However, they'll use computers for lightning effects and for certain props.[/QUOTE] And before anyone complains, the lightning effects were what took the crew most of the time and money. Plus, some of the props required animatronics to be built just for them.

[QUOTE=Zuimzado;39693897]And before anyone complains, the lightning effects were what took the crew most of the time and money. Plus, some of the props required animatronics to be built just for them.[/QUOTE] As long as it still retains the Roger Rabbit feel, it's fine with me. And for today, the movie would look better, especially on the animation side.

[QUOTE=Rocko's;39693944]As long as it still retains the Roger Rabbit feel, it's fine with me. And for today, the movie would look better, especially on the animation side.[/QUOTE] I just hope they get either Williams or someone in his level to direct the animation.

So is this supposed to be set up as one of the projects Roger Rabbit stars in, like the short at the beginning of WFRR, or set in the "Real world" like the rest of WFRR? Because I'm not entirely sure if Disney still has the gonads to do the Baby Herman/R. K. Maroon is-more-realistic-off-the-set-and-actually-kind-of-a-prick angle with real Disney figureheads.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit was one of my favorite kids movies. Hopefully this one will be just as awesome. Their ride is also really fun.

[QUOTE=Pennywise;39697325]So is this supposed to be set up as one of the projects Roger Rabbit stars in, like the short at the beginning of WFRR, or set in the "Real world" like the rest of WFRR? [/QUOTE] By the looks of it is going to be 50/50. Note that this is a offshoot movie being developed at the same time as WFRR2.

Why did his parents call him Gary? Gary isn't a cool name. Gray's a cool name. He'd be called "Gray Wolf" How fucking cool is that?

[QUOTE=mac338;39698142]Why did his parents call him Gary? Gary isn't a cool name. Gray's a cool name. He'd be called "Gray Wolf" How fucking cool is that?[/QUOTE] Gary Wolf has a better rhythm, though.

"The Stooge"? But we already have three of them...

[QUOTE=Zuimzado;39693897]And before anyone complains, the lightning effects were what took the crew most of the time and money. Plus, some of the props required animatronics to be built just for them.[/QUOTE] Wait, lightning (as in electricity) or lighting (as in light)? I don't remember the original involving a lot of storms.

[QUOTE=Fangz;39693815]The first movie was made before the Disney Made its rebound in the 90s, and were still in recovery mode age of Disney. [editline]23rd February 2013[/editline] Disney has the rights to Tom and Jerry, as well as Droopy at the moment.[/QUOTE] Then why is Tom and Jerry showed on Cartoon Network?

Well, Roger Rabbit is shown on CN too. Honestly, I'll have to see how far this goes. Ever since the original film came out, Gary Wolf was lobbying for some sort of follow-up. None of them got very far.

The original movie, to think of it, was a licencing masterpiece. the fact that they made Bugs Bunny and Mickey Mouse share the same screen is mindblowing. If they got another scene like that, preferably longer, in the next movie I will be very pleased.

[QUOTE=The Baconator;39713697]Then why is Tom and Jerry showed on Cartoon Network?[/QUOTE] All I know for sure is that a lot of MGM was bought by Turner Entertainment, and Cartoon Network is obviously owned by Turner Entertainment. So I'm actually a bit confused as well. In a bit of quick Googling, I did see that there was a partnership between MGM and Disney. Maybe that's what he means?

[QUOTE=Black;39713965]The original movie, to think of it, was a licencing masterpiece. the fact that they made Bugs Bunny and Mickey Mouse share the same screen is mindblowing.[/QUOTE] Listen to the commentary. It was crazy all the restrictions that had to happen. Bugs and Mickey had to be on screen for the exact same number of frames, and have the exact same number of lines. And Disney management was adamant about Bugs being the one to pull the prank on Eddie.