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Disney loses the rights to Roger Rabbit characters, as they revert to original author of novel

Jennifer Sandlin
Nov 17, 2025
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Gary K. Wolf, the creator of Roger Rabbit in his novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit? on which the hit 1988 movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit was based, says he has re-gained from Disney full ownership rights to Roger and the other characters from his book.

Wolf said in an interview with ImNotBad.com that the copyright reversion was accomplished pursuant to a co…

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