Who Framed Roger Rabbit creator plots new projects after getting rights back from Disney

In the interview, Wolf said he had concerns that the rights reversion would turn contentious, but he described the process with Disney as civil, courteous, and straightforward. Now he’s looking to the future: “Any sequels that we do have to at least match the quality of the original [1988] movie. In production value, in tone, in script content, in empathy, in character development. It has to be as good, or better than, what we did before. That’s what the fans want, and I have promised the fans that’s what I’m going to give them,” he said. “The one that is most prominent … is a live-action Jessica Rabbit movie based on the book Jessica Rabbit: XERIOUS Business. That was the first project that we took a look at and the first we started developing. It’s probably the one that’s furthest along right now.”

A sequel to the original film has long been in discussion. Last year, director Robert Zemeckis cast doubt that one could ever be made, saying Jessica Rabbit was too sexy for current-day Disney. Wolf disagrees, saying he never heard anything negative about Jessica’s design (she was just drawn that way, after all) and that Disney had always treated him well over the years. In fact, regarding the new Toontown projects he has in development, Wolf said, “I would love to work with Disney again. I’d love for Disney to participate in this. We could partner up on this. There’s a core group of people who were involved with the first movie, and I would love to work with those people again. Steven Spielberg, Robert Zemeckis, Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy. I’d love to have Charles Fleischer come back and voice the rabbit again.”