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Zemeckis Confirms That Performance Capture Factors Into The New ROGER RABBIT Film!! But, How??


Merrick here...

Yesterday we learned that the writers of the original ROGER RABBIT film are returning to script a proposed sequel (details HERE).

That news came from a video snippet over at MTV, in which Robert Zemeckis briefly touched on the project. A longer sampling of the same interview has now been posted, in which Bob reveals that performance capture (a la BEOWULF, A CHRISTMAS CAROL, and the forthcoming YELOW SUBMARINE) would play some part in the new ROGER RABBIT film. The question is: considering the "universe" in which ROGER is set, how will the technology fit in, exactly?

I wouldn't use it for the cartoon characters, because I think they should stay two dimensional...I wouldn't dimensionalize Roger.
[EDIT]
All the other characters they would have fun with would be magnificent in performance capture technology. It would be really fun.

...says Zemeckis in THIS VIDEO INTERVIEW over at MTV:


So, what the hell does this mean? Will humans who get thrown into Toon Town now be realized via performance capture? Will the sequel be entirely performance capture - featuring Toon pests who MoCap characters discriminate against because they're not rendered as well, or rendered differently? Will any live action/"real world" components feature into this project at all? Or, as MTV speculates, might performance capture actually be part of the storyline? I.e. might we have performance capture characters interacting with live action characters...alongside Roger and his Toon squad...as the new/upstart Toons in town?

Really intrigued...




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Freeway=toon town
by Meadowe
Nov 3rd, 2009
11:26:49 AM
Good God no
by white_vader
Nov 3rd, 2009
11:27:04 AM
zemeckis is like lucas and cameron
by Meadowe
Nov 3rd, 2009
11:28:13 AM
this is gettin complicated
by knowthyself
Nov 3rd, 2009
11:29:11 AM
How are you lumping Cameron with Lucas?
by knowthyself
Nov 3rd, 2009
11:30:10 AM
How are you lumping Cameron with Lucas?
by knowthyself
Nov 3rd, 2009
11:33:07 AM
ZEMECKIS REPENTS FOR EVERYTHING HE"S DONE SINCE BTHF
by 3 Bag Enema
Nov 3rd, 2009
11:35:43 AM
Er, BTTF.
by 3 Bag Enema
Nov 3rd, 2009
11:37:28 AM
He will have a young CGI Bob Hoskins there!
by ricarleite2
Nov 3rd, 2009
11:39:39 AM
At what point in "history" is this being based?
by The Dum Guy
Nov 3rd, 2009
11:41:40 AM
Don't the majority of people HATE performance capture?
by santoanderson
Nov 3rd, 2009
11:44:43 AM
Ew...
by Jack_Mort
Nov 3rd, 2009
11:45:16 AM
I really hope "A Christmas Carol" flops
by BenBraddock
Nov 3rd, 2009
11:45:30 AM
how can I lump them?
by Meadowe
Nov 3rd, 2009
11:51:28 AM
So no 3D Jessica Rabbit?
by ominus
Nov 3rd, 2009
11:53:16 AM
I think old Bob means when actors interact with toons
by terry1978
Nov 3rd, 2009
11:54:03 AM
What is Derivative About Star Wars?
by DarfurOnTheRocks2
Nov 3rd, 2009
11:55:00 AM
Zemeckis has gone insane!
by TheMcflyFarm
Nov 3rd, 2009
11:57:58 AM
Oh come on, wouldn't you people LOVE a BTTF4?
by ricarleite2
Nov 3rd, 2009
12:04:10 PM
I got a bad feeling about this
by Brigon
Nov 3rd, 2009
12:05:02 PM
Ender's Game
by enderandrew
Nov 3rd, 2009
12:08:37 PM
They should lock Zemeckis up
by IAmLegolas
Nov 3rd, 2009
12:09:18 PM
Uncanney Valley
by enderandrew
Nov 3rd, 2009
12:10:25 PM
maybe they want to put Pixar in it
by Datascream
Nov 3rd, 2009
12:11:58 PM
Well maybe it's for historical characters/actors who are dead?
by Johnno
Nov 3rd, 2009
12:13:25 PM
There is SERIOUS potential here...
by Toulon
Nov 3rd, 2009
12:13:34 PM
Why hate on Zemeckis?
by enderandrew
Nov 3rd, 2009
12:14:30 PM
Enderandrew
by Toulon
Nov 3rd, 2009
12:19:22 PM
But can they again strike that golden deal between disney and WB
by Geomancer21
Nov 3rd, 2009
12:23:06 PM
Don't forget CONTACT
by ledbowman
Nov 3rd, 2009
12:26:05 PM
Geomancer
by ledbowman
Nov 3rd, 2009
12:27:49 PM
Zemeckis is dead to me now
by kwisatzhaderach
Nov 3rd, 2009
12:29:51 PM
Live action elements or FUCK IT.
by performingmonkey
Nov 3rd, 2009
12:34:21 PM
Zemeckis says he wants to perfect the technology
by terry1978
Nov 3rd, 2009
12:36:03 PM
wasn't Kathleen Turner Jessica Rabbit
by Meadowe
Nov 3rd, 2009
12:37:31 PM
Aging, unemployed Roger Rabbit visits a CGI rejuvenation clinic.
by Darth_Inedible
Nov 3rd, 2009
12:44:09 PM
If Chinatown was the template for the first
by skimn
Nov 3rd, 2009
12:44:29 PM
Waaaaaah! I hate mo-cap! Waaaaah! I hate Zemeckis!
by slone13
Nov 3rd, 2009
12:52:19 PM
It'll never happen, but...
by Toulon
Nov 3rd, 2009
12:55:05 PM
Way to kill my interest, Zemeckis
by FeralAngel
Nov 3rd, 2009
01:21:27 PM
Bob Hoskins is in, or I'm out.
by HarryCalder
Nov 3rd, 2009
01:32:45 PM
Beowulf was amazing
by TheLastBoyScout
Nov 3rd, 2009
01:36:28 PM
A V A T A R - Fucking your eyeballs in December!!!
by Motoko Kusanagi
Nov 3rd, 2009
01:53:11 PM
Oh god, this is going to suck, isn't it?
by scrivener
Nov 3rd, 2009
02:09:41 PM
sigh
by brakemonkey
Nov 3rd, 2009
02:28:27 PM
I don't hate the idea of . . .
by Royston Lodge
Nov 3rd, 2009
02:39:33 PM
At Least We'll Always Have Paris Zemeckis
by FreeBeer
Nov 3rd, 2009
02:39:50 PM
Geomancer21: WB & Disney characters...
by Royston Lodge
Nov 3rd, 2009
02:43:24 PM
Zemeckis' Beowulf doesn't hold a candle to ...
by Royston Lodge
Nov 3rd, 2009
02:47:23 PM
I like the idea of using today's Animated characters...
by ThePorkChopExpress
Nov 3rd, 2009
02:54:20 PM
Bob Hoskins will be replaced with Ray Winstone!!!!!
by Xxplosive
Nov 3rd, 2009
02:56:03 PM
Hrrm, Could be clever...
by FreeBeer
Nov 3rd, 2009
02:58:19 PM
FUCK...YOU...GOOOOOOOODDDDDDDD DD
by Nasty In The Pasty
Nov 3rd, 2009
03:05:13 PM
Bob Z fell into the uncanny valley and can't get up.
by Utamoh
Nov 3rd, 2009
03:06:43 PM
roger was always so unappealing though...
by Ivor Heath
Nov 3rd, 2009
03:10:21 PM
"It would be really fun."
by Subtitles_Off
Nov 3rd, 2009
03:13:14 PM
Ivor Heath: How dare you?
by HarryCalder
Nov 3rd, 2009
03:20:49 PM

by leeroychile
Nov 3rd, 2009
03:32:18 PM
I really don't see a movie about 2D toons vs. 3D cgi.
by Royston Lodge
Nov 3rd, 2009
03:35:55 PM

by leeroychile
Nov 3rd, 2009
03:43:07 PM
In that case, the toons should team-up with ...
by Royston Lodge
Nov 3rd, 2009
03:48:44 PM

by leeroychile
Nov 3rd, 2009
03:53:11 PM
Royston Lodge
by TheNorthlander
Nov 3rd, 2009
04:15:37 PM
Royston Lodge
by TheNorthlander
Nov 3rd, 2009
04:17:41 PM
Better yet..fuck the CGI
by skimn
Nov 3rd, 2009
04:21:11 PM
Oh my, I didn't think of the Muppets!
by Royston Lodge
Nov 3rd, 2009
04:36:53 PM
What part of Jessica will be performance captured?
by marineboy
Nov 3rd, 2009
04:59:47 PM
Ricarleite
by MandrakeRoot
Nov 3rd, 2009
05:02:35 PM
Its racist that anime isn't included in this
by MacReady452
Nov 3rd, 2009
05:06:38 PM
But...WHY?
by Stegman84
Nov 3rd, 2009
05:12:18 PM
Re: Stegman84
by ricarleite2
Nov 3rd, 2009
06:10:50 PM
It should take place in the present and be 2D
by Dr.DirtyD
Nov 3rd, 2009
06:33:41 PM
Just make it 3D and call it a day.
by lockesbrokenleg
Nov 3rd, 2009
06:36:44 PM
Classic animation, some mo-cap cartoons, and live action
by Tall_Boy66
Nov 3rd, 2009
06:56:17 PM
More possible plot-lines that rape your childhood but make me ch
by Royston Lodge
Nov 3rd, 2009
07:14:19 PM
"but make me chuckle"
by Royston Lodge
Nov 3rd, 2009
07:14:49 PM
terry1978 makes an interesting point about Mo-Cap
by Royston Lodge
Nov 3rd, 2009
07:27:56 PM
Wait.
by TedKordLives
Nov 3rd, 2009
07:50:30 PM
intrigued?
by Buzz_Aldrin
Nov 3rd, 2009
07:55:38 PM
Love it! Zemeckis is one of my favorite directors
by IndyCollector
Nov 3rd, 2009
08:20:45 PM
I think Zemekis shits in motion capture
by Glory_Fades_ImMaxFischer
Nov 3rd, 2009
08:27:45 PM

by leeroychile
Nov 3rd, 2009
08:28:33 PM
We know what mocap is...
by Stegman84
Nov 3rd, 2009
08:51:08 PM
FUCK NO!!!!!
by fassbinder79
Nov 3rd, 2009
09:01:15 PM
Rob, you're pretty cool and all, but please
by lockesbrokenleg
Nov 3rd, 2009
09:24:03 PM
My childhood has been raped so many times...
by Uncle Clay
Nov 3rd, 2009
09:32:43 PM
How MoCap figures in,,,
by Battybrain
Nov 3rd, 2009
10:08:22 PM
DUCK POTATOES!!!
by MainMan2001
Nov 3rd, 2009
10:13:55 PM
I hear Robert Zemeckis is an asshole
by D.Vader
Nov 3rd, 2009
10:16:48 PM
D.Vader...your a guy involved in the Business..
by conspiracy
Nov 4th, 2009
12:34:34 AM
Stegman84
by MandrakeRoot
Nov 4th, 2009
01:41:55 AM
*accepting it as a cartoon
by MandrakeRoot
Nov 4th, 2009
01:42:35 AM
I remember I wrote to Zemeckis back in the
by lockesbrokenleg
Nov 4th, 2009
02:54:44 AM
Spielberg reportedly is, Conspiracy?
by D.Vader
Nov 4th, 2009
04:22:49 AM
This is the first time I have had a problem with Zemeckis
by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYan ks
Nov 4th, 2009
04:45:11 AM
WHYYYYYY???
by JT Kirk
Nov 4th, 2009
04:54:46 AM
Classic characters=2D, Pixar = CGI, Humans= Live action.
by GibsonUSA Returns
Nov 4th, 2009
04:59:46 AM
I don't think that they should be dimensionalizing BIG LOB.
by GibsonUSA Returns
Nov 4th, 2009
05:02:50 AM
I Predict Robert Zemeckis Next Film Will Be...
by TheNorthlander
Nov 4th, 2009
07:02:20 AM
AICN, stop defending this hack
by reflecto
Nov 4th, 2009
08:03:39 AM
Zemeckis, serously FUCK OFF with MO-CAP
by chronicallydepressedlemming
Nov 4th, 2009
08:09:23 AM
jessica Biel for Jessica Rabbit............
by mojoman69
Nov 4th, 2009
08:37:22 AM
I have hope in this...
by The_Crimson_King
Nov 4th, 2009
09:05:17 AM
Dead-Eyed MoCap Characters OBVIOUS ZOMBIES
by ThusSpakeSpymunk
Nov 4th, 2009
09:14:03 AM
if they remake Moonwalker
by Bouncy X
Nov 4th, 2009
10:35:04 AM
Fucking Robert Zemeckis
by AsimovLives
Nov 4th, 2009
11:16:34 AM
Betty Boop!
by Hagakure
Nov 4th, 2009
12:42:51 PM
enderandrew... Enders game
by MurderMostFowl
Nov 4th, 2009
08:35:24 PM

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