Long before J.J. Abrams directed sequels toMission: ImpossibleandStar Wars, he could have spent some time in Toontown.

And it happened because we were in a film festival and she read about us in the LA Times.

So we, of course, said yes and did the repairs, Abrams recalled.

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Years later I got to meet Steven.

Jill Mazursky and I went into a meeting actually, it was for aRoger Rabbitsequel.

As Abrams explained, it was a whole thing.

I actually have some storyboards for aRoger Rabbitshort, he revealed.

Its a whole thing.

We were writing an outline, but it honestly went away before it was anything.

This was a long time ago, he said.

According to Abrams, the first films original director, Robert Zemeckis, would have acted as a producer.

It was the first time I had met Steven, Abrams said.

Two years ago, director Rob Minkoff said he was tapped to helm theanimation portion of a possible sequel.