Richard Williams Animation was located at 13 Soho Square. Williams built a powerful reputation in British animation, using the proceeds of television and movie theater commercials and animated film titles to fund his personal animation projects. He was on a journey of mastery and invited animation luminaries such as Art Babbitt …
Jacques Muller grew up in France and, after doing his compulsory military service, got a job doing storyboards on the France 3 television series, ‘Il était un fois… l’homme’ (‘Once Upon a Time… Man‘) from 1978. Later in 1981, he became friends with Alain Costa who was working at Paul Grimault. …
A second portion of the proof-of-concept test involved Jessica. It utilized the technique of tonal and shadow mattes that had been developed by Chris Knott for commercials at Richard Williams Animation. The test-of-concept with Roger Rabbit was presented on the 2003 2-disc Vista Series DVD release of ‘Who framed Roger …
Both Bob Zemeckis and Steven Spielberg had been aware of Disney’s Roger Rabbit project in its early stages, but the first formal meeting between Disney and Amblin was in October 1985. The Amblin team of Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, and Steven Spielberg were Executive Producers. Robert Watts was chosen …
see previous post: https://pullingarabbitoutofahat.com/animation-the-forum/gag-drawings-chr…ife-at-the-forum/ There was a wonderful camaraderie amongst the crew at The Forum in London, although for much of the production the press was ‘on’ and they rarely left their floor during the workday. The animators were on the 5th floor of The Forum building – …
Bob Hoskins died on April 29, 2014, due to complications from pneumonia after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. He was 71-years-young at the time. In an October 12, 1989, interview in the Philadelphia Inquirer he said in a Monty Pythonish nasal upper-class-twit British accent, “You’ve heard those actors who …
The Disney Comics imprint was started in 1990, and a Roger Rabbit comic book series was included. The first issue was June 1990. The ‘Roger Rabbit’ series ran for 18 issues, concluding with the November 1991 issue. A second Roger Rabbit comic book series entitled, ‘Roger Rabbit’s Toontown,’ ran for …
Annie Elvin had a rich film pedigree. Her father was a film editor at Gainsborough Studios and her husband worked in the live-action film industry in Britain. Annie started off as an actress – even working with Bob Hoskins in the theatre. She also did some voice-acting. She got involved …
Shanghai Disneyland opened in 2016. The only reference to Roger Rabbit is Benny the Cab’s taxi garage in an alley off the entry shopping boulevard.
Toontown was duplicated at Tokyo Disneyland. It is identical to the one at Disneyland in Anaheim. I’m not sure, but the Roger Rabbit costume character seemed to be a bit shorter than the ones I had seen in the theme parks in Anaheim and Orlando.
