The Hunchback of Notre Dame II The Hunchback of Notre Dame II The Hunchback of Notre Dame II is a 2002 American animated romantic musical comedy-drama film and direct-to-video sequel to the 1996 Disney animated film "The Hunchback of Notre Dame". It was produced by Walt Disney Animation Japan and Walt Disney Television Animation and completed in 1997. Unlike many Disney film sequels, almost the entire key cast of the first film returned. It has a 30% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The film is set six years after the events of the original film and the death of Judge Claude Frollo. Captain Phoebus serves as
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 film) This revised ending was based in part on Victor Hugo's own libretto to a Hunchback opera, in which he had permitted Captain Phoebus to save Esmerelda from her execution. In late 1993, pop singer Cyndi Lauper was the first actor attached to the film during its initial stages. Thinking she was cast as Esmeralda, Lauper was startled to learn she was to voice a gargoyle named Quinn, and was hired one week after one reading with the directors. The development team would later come up with the names of Chaney, Laughton and Quinn – named after the actors who portrayed