The Back to the Future films have stopped at three, according to its co-creator, Bob Gale, who is instead focused on the musical.

The Back to the Future films have stopped at three, according to its co-creator, Bob Gale, who is instead focused on the musical.

  • jordanlund@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    9 hours ago

    Back to the Future came out in 1985 when Christopher Lloyd was 47 years old.

    Michael J. Fox is currently 63 years old. (Lloyd is 86).

    • philycheeze@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      2 hours ago

      That’s easy to write around, you just have new main characters and then Crispin Glover anyone who’s too old to come back for a cameo.

  • dumbassEnglish
    41·
    12 hours ago

    Good, some things should be left as is and we have 3 to watch as it is.

    Try not make 2025 full of remakes and reboots please Hollywood.

  • Retreaux@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    11 hours ago

    In the past, the two Bobs said it would happen ‘over their dead bodies’ and MJF asked an interviewer who inquired about a sequel ‘what would the new one do that we didn’t already do? There’s a beginning, a middle, and an end,’

    • acosmichippo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      10 hours ago

      i don’t think back to the future itself exhausted the time traveling idea, but it has been done to death in movies and film in general. it’s very hard to make any time traveling movie interesting these days, so there’s really no reason to also tie it to BTTF except to cash in on the IP.

      • Retreaux@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        10 hours ago

        I agree, and the juice is so rarely worth the squeeze, often taking multiple failed attempts to even get a mediocre entry. Nostalgia is not always a sure-fire tool to make money, as I hope studios and media will take to heart (but probably won’t).