We know that Robert Zemeckis has been prepping a possible sequel to his 1998 Live Action/Animated Hybrid Who Framed Roger Rabbit for awhile. Now we’ve learned that he has commissioned a script and says that the original film’s writers Jeffrey Price and Peter Seaman are working on the update’s screenplay.

The 57-year-old steered the first Roger Rabbit in 1988. However, rumors previously suggested that Disney was developing a second installment without Zemeckis.

“I think there was a time right after the movie came out that the Disney regime at the time – it was a point in the life of the studio where if you made a successful movie they could no longer afford to hire you back,” he stated. “I guess there were some projects that I don’t know anything about.”

Zemeckis added that he hopes to use new digital tools like performance-capture technology for the sequel. However, he has stated before that

The 2D characters from the original movie will remain 2D. They will not be dimensionalized. Not to say there wont be 3D.