I know. I also read about a prequel they considered at one point that would have been about Roger Rabbit, Popeye, Superman (from the Fleischer Bros. cartoons) and other propoganda cartoons characters serving in World War II.
Thats the film! And actually I take back what I said, that sounds fucking awesome. Superman and Popeye fighting nazis! Guess it was a little too high concept.
Partially that, and partially Steven Spielberg (one of the producers of Who Framed Roger Rabbit). After making Schindler's List, he became particularly sensitive about using Nazis as just a generic movie threat. As such, he backed away from the project.
Is this just the article trying to sound fancy or are they actually doing this?
Disney's been wanting to do something to give some personality back into their mascot Mickey Mouse. Pairing him up with Roger Rabbit, with Mickey as the straight man against Roger's frenetic comedy, is something that I think could work.
Indeed. It could have potential, but this is still pretty much just like a pitch, no full development yet. We'll have to wait and see. Thus far, the Disney animated films that are in development are:
SWEET! Speaking of which, have you seen that "Color of Magic" movie from a few years back? I was wondering if it was worth seeing.
No, but the Hogfather one was pretty good and I enjoyed the Soul Music animated series, even if the animation was really cheap.
The Mort adaptation fell apart, unfortunately. Disney was looking to do just Mort, but the Discworld rights were only offered in a bulk package rather than just per book.
There have been a few attempts to bring Mort to the big screen. At least 1 fell apart when the studio involved asked PTerry "Is there any way we can make this movie without featuring the Death character?"
Derp.
...At least Disney's problem was just an issue of rights, instead of making such a stupid change.
