“The current Disney would never make Roger Rabbit today. They can’t make a movie with Jessica [Rabbit] in it,” he said. Zemeckis claimed Disney would never go there again, pointing out that the company covered her body up for the Disneyland ride Roger Rabbit’s Car Toon Spin ride in 2021 — an update that angered fans.

The director appeared on the Happy Sad Confused podcast with Josh Horowitz this week to discuss his newest film Here, starring Tom Hanks and Robin Wright. During the conversation, the host asked the filmmaker about a potential Roger Rabbit sequel.

Here’s what you have to know—and you know this,” Zemeckis asserted to host Josh Horowitz. “The current Disney would never make Roger Rabbit today. They can’t make a movie with Jessica in it,” he added,

Now, director Robert Zemeckis offers clarity on why Who Framed Roger Rabbit 2 may never happen; and honestly, it makes quite a bit of sense.

A script for Who Framed Roger Rabbit 2 exists and is shoved away in a drawer somewhere at Disney Studios, We’ve known about this script for years, but this is a film project that is never going to get made for multiple reasons.

Robert Zemeckis says that Disney won't make a movie based on Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman's script for Who Framed Roger Rabbit 2. Released in 1988, Who Framed Roger Rabbit was directed by Zemeckis.

F ans of the hit 1988 comedy mystery Who Framed Roger Rabbit may be dismayed to learn that the long-awaited sequel project will never get off the ground, thanks to Disney's desire

Robert Zemeckis doesn't think that a sequel to Who Framed Roger Rabbit? will ever be made, despite a script being written. It seems the issue is all down to Jessica Rabbit, or at least that's what the film director thinks.