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.

"There’s a good script sitting at Disney, but here’s the thing: Here’s what you have to know, and you know this, the current Disney would never make Roger Rabbit today," Zemeckis said on the Happy Sad Confused podcast recently. "They can’t make a movie with Jessica in it. The sequel script isn’t ever going to see the light of day as good as it is."

“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.

More than 35 years after 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit', director Robert Zemeckis doesn't expect a return to Toontown.

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.

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 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.