Director Robert Zemeckis claimed Disney would not have the character, who has become a sex symbol, appear in another movie Will there ever be a sequel to Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Director Robert Zemeckis doesn’t think so.

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,

Robert Zemeckis was the latest guest on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast as he made the press rounds for his latest directorial effort “Here,” which reunites him with “Forrest Gump” stars Tom Hanks and Robert Wright.

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.

If anyone would know the chances of another Roger Rabbit film getting the green light, it would seem to be Zemeckis, who managed to get the genre-bending, form-exploding original a PG rating in 1988, despite its copious amounts of eyebrow-raising content.

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.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit is one of the best and strangest films in the Disney back catalogue, and its director Robert Zemeckis has lifted the lid on why there’s no sequel. Here’s the stinger: there’s even a great script floating around Hollywood for this much-requested follow-up.

A script for a sequel exists, but the director believes the studio would never take that kind of risk today. The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox