It has been one of the longest awaited sequels in Hollywood history. Now, according to director Robert Zemeckis, a follow-up to Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the groundbreaking 1988 film which mixed live action with animated footage, is finally on the way.

In an interview with MTV, Zemeckis, who is currently doing the rounds to promote his animated adaptation of Dickens's A Christmas Carol, revealed that a script has been commissioned. "We've got the original writers working on it now - [Peter] Seaman and [Jeffrey] Price," he said.

The director had admitted earlier this year that new digital tools such as performance-capture technology had finally convinced him that the time was right to revisit the hugely popular movie.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit starred Bob Hoskins as a private investigator trying to unravel the titular mystery and featured the voices of Charles Fleischer and Kathleen Turner as Roger and Jessica Rabbit. It was the second highest grossing film of 1988 and helped revive interest in traditional American animation. A prequel, Who Discovered Roger Rabbit, was once considered; likewise another screenplay, Roger Rabbit II: Toon Platoon.