<P> Gary K. Wolf, author of the novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit?, filed a lawsuit in 2001 against the Walt Disney Company . Wolf claimed he was owed royalties based on the value of "gross receipts" and merchandising sales . In 2002, the trial court in the case ruled that these only referred to actual cash receipts Disney collected and denied Wolf's claim . In its January 2004 ruling, the California Court of Appeal disagreed, finding that expert testimony introduced by Wolf regarding the customary use of "gross receipts" in the entertainment business could support a broader reading of the term . The ruling vacated the trial court's order in favor of Disney and remanded the case for further proceedings . In a March 2005 hearing, Wolf estimated he was owed $7 million . Disney's attorneys not only disputed the claim, but also said Wolf actually owed Disney $500,000--$1 million because of an accounting error discovered in preparing for the lawsuit . Wolf won the decision in 2005, receiving between $180,000 and $400,000 in damages . </P> <P> Spielberg discussed a sequel in 1989 with J.J. Abrams as writer and Zemeckis as producer . Abrams's outline was eventually abandoned . Nat Mauldin was hired to write a prequel titled Roger Rabbit: The Toon Platoon, set in 1941 . Similar to the previous film, Toon Platoon featured many cameo appearances by characters from the Golden Age of American animation . It began with Roger Rabbit's early years, living on a farm in the midwestern United States . With human Ritchie Davenport, Roger travels west to seek his mother, in the process meeting Jessica Krupnick (his future wife), a struggling Hollywood actress . While Roger and Ritchie are enlisting in the Army, Jessica is kidnapped and forced to make pro-Nazi Germany broadcasts . Roger and Ritchie must save her by going into Nazi - occupied Europe accompanied by several other Toons in their Army platoon . After their triumph, Roger and Ritchie are given a Hollywood Boulevard parade, and Roger is finally reunited with his mother, and father: Bugs Bunny . </P> <P> Mauldin later retitled his script Who Discovered Roger Rabbit . Spielberg left the project when deciding he could not satirize Nazis after directing Schindler's List . Eisner commissioned a rewrite in 1997 with Sherri Stoner and Deanna Oliver . Although they kept Roger's search for his mother, Stoner and Oliver replaced the WWII subplot with Roger's inadvertent rise to stardom on Broadway and Hollywood . Disney was impressed and Alan Menken was hired to write five songs for the film and offered his services as executive producer . One of the songs, "This Only Happens in the Movies", was recorded in 2008 on the debut album of Broadway actress Kerry Butler . Eric Goldberg was set to be the new animation director, and began to redesign Roger's new character appearance . </P> <P> Spielberg became busy establishing DreamWorks, while Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy decided to remain as producers . Test footage for Who Discovered Roger Rabbit was shot sometime in 1998 at the Disney animation unit in Lake Buena Vista, Florida; the results were a mix of CGI, traditional animation, and live - action that did not please Disney . A second test had the Toons completely converted to CGI; but this was dropped as the film's projected budget would escalate past $100 million . Eisner felt it was best to cancel the film . In March 2003, producer Don Hahn was doubtful about a sequel being made, arguing that public tastes had changed since the 1990s with the rise of computer animation . "There was something very special about that time when animation was not as much in the forefront as it is now ." </P>

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