Considering how popular the Back to the Future trilogy remains, someone at Universal has to be wondering how they could reboot that franchise. But don’t expect it to happen any time soon, or at least as long as director Robert Zemeckis and writer Bob Gale are still alive.
In an interview with The Guardian this week, Zemeckis said that he and Gale would never allow the studio to remake the movie while he’s still around.
“That can’t happen until both Bob and I are dead. And then I’m sure they’ll do it, unless there’s a way our estates can stop it,” Zemeckis said. “I mean, to me, that’s outrageous. Especially since it’s a good movie. It’s like saying ‘Let’s remake Citizen Kane. Who are we going to get to play Kane?’ What folly, what insanity is that? Why would anyone do that?”
Why would Universal do that? Well, to make more money of course. Jurassic World just revived the Jurassic Park franchise after 14 years, so rebooting the BTTF series 25 years after the release of Back to the Future Part III doesn’t sound too crazy any longer.
The BTTF series just sounds like something that couldn’t possibly be rebooted. Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd are the only ones who could play Marty McFly and Doc Brown. Plus, the original could have only been made in the 1980s. Who could you replace Huey Lewis & The News with?
Zemeckis and Gale earned a surprising Oscar nomination for writing BTTF and the film did win an Oscar for its special effects. Back To The Future Part II and Part III followed in 1989 and 1990 and were filmed back-to-back. When adjusted for inflation, the films made a combined $886 million.
Zemeckis’ new film, The Walk, hits theaters on Oct. 2.
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