Roger and Mickey the new Martin and Lewis?

From Cinema Blend

We've been hearing rumors for years regarding a potential sequel to the Robert Zemeckis hit Who Framed Roger Rabbit, but at the end of the day it very well could be another project that brings the titular cartoon bunny back to the big screen. The other day rumors were launched that a remake of the Dean Martin-Jerry Lewis comedy The Stooge was in the works with the lead characters set to be replaced by Mickey Mouse and Roger Rabbit. But as outlandish as that may sound, it turns out that it's actually true.

Following on the heels of the rumor, which was launched by AICN, the great Gary K. Wolf, who created Roger Rabbit, wrote a letter to the site explaining that the movie is real and currently being pitched as a 100% animated film to Disney/Pixar. According to the author, the film would have many of the same plot elements as the original version of The Stooge - which came out in 1952 - but would not be a straight remake. Producer Erik von Wodtke has already developed a story and a treatment for the movie, which is invisione4d as a "musical buddy comedy." Said Wolf about the project,

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Hoskins Comes Out Of Retirement For More ROGER RABBIT

Written By: Ken Hulsey
Source: WENN

Last year actor Bob Hoskins swore that he wouldn't make any more movies, effectively going into retirement from the entertainment industry. Now, however, the lure of reprising one of his most celebrated roles has made the British actor change his mind.

In 1988 Hoskins starred alongside a literal cast of hundreds of animations greatest stars in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit". In the film he played Eddie Valiant a detective who's brother died at the hands of an evil cartoon character, who now in turn, had to defend Toontown from being wiped out of existence.

Now, Hoskins has just signed on to play Valient once more in the sequel to "Roger Rabbit." Though the thesp was eager to take the part, he still has major reservations about how the film is going to made this time around.

As you may recall, the original 1988 film featured animated characters, like Bugs Bunny, Mickey Mouse, Roger, and of course Jessica Rabbit, spliced into live-action sequences alongside 'real' flesh-and-bone actors. This time around, however, the plan is to have the film be 100% animated.

Hoskins explains, "I don't know how it's going to work out. The format they want to do is the same as we did for (2009 animated movie) A Christmas Carol. The thing is, it looks like a cartoon, so how do you put a cartoon in the middle of a cartoon? I can't figure out how they are going to do it."

In other words, CGI animation combined with 2D drawn animation, which if you ask me, is a huge mistake.

If it worked so well the old way, in the original, then why on earth would you want to change it?

Like I've said a thousand times, Hollywood just doesn't get it!