With the modern trend of old franchises heading back to the well LONG after their last installments (Rocky, Rambo, Indy) there has been some whispers recently about the possibility of the Delorean time machine revving up it’s engine again for another trip Back To The Future. However, as the good folks over at Moviehole point out, this isn’t going to happen:
Gale (The producer), talking at the 5th Annual Celebration Exotic Car Festival benefiting the Make-A-Wish Foundation, opened the floor with, “Let me answer one question before anyone asks it, which is, ‘Is there ever be a Back to the Future Part IV?’”, Gale began, before answering, “No.” (According to BTTF.com) Gale’s announcement didn’t go down well. The crowd apparently went a little sour on him upon hearing that Marty and Doc wouldn’t be back.
“Well now, wait a minute now. We’ve all seen sometimes where they make one too many sequels and you say, ‘Maybe they shouldn’t have done that.’ I’m not going to name any names of movies, but you know what they are!,” quipped Gale. “But more importantly, as I’m sure you all know, Michael J. Fox is not in the best of shape with his Parkinson’s,” he went on to explain. “The idea of making another Back to the Future movie without Michael J. Fox — you know, that’s like saying ‘I’m going to cook you a steak dinner and I’m going to hold the beef.’ You can’t do that.”
“The filmmakers – we all love the three Back to the Future movies just the way they are,” added Gale. “I’m sure Universal would love it if we were to say to them, ‘Hey, let’s do another one,’ but we don’t think we could ever make a fourth one that would live up to how great the first three are, so we’re going to leave well enough alone.”
i can appreciate where Gale is coming from and I respect his decision. Don’t get me wrong, if there were a fantastic script on the table with a Back To the Future story that just HAD to be told, then I’d be totally down with that. But make that decision based on a script… don’t base a script on a decision.
That’s what Indiana Jones 4 was… a script based on a decision. They first decided there was going to be an Indy 4… and THEN came up with a script. Instead, they should have waited to see if there was a great script that HAD to be told, and then made the decision to go ahead and make it. The result was still an entertaining Indy 4 movie… but overall disappointing and not worthy of the Indy name.
Plus… would anyone alive right now go see a Back to the Future 4 without Michael J Fox? No… I didn’t think so.
why not! Arnold Schwarzenegger is STILL in action movies! come on! im sure Michael J. Fox can get one more in there! Plus the Doc. guy played in both piranha movies! it would be pretty cool if they did just one more BTTF movie! look at bruce willis! that mother fucker is old! and he is in the new G.I.JOE! pleaaaase just pleeeaaassseee one more BTTF!
AGREED, we should remember Doc and Marty for the wonderful journey they shared with us, let us not ruin those wonderful memories..
as always universal has done it again. the transfer from vhs to dvd was good, clear, sound quality the whole thing but the transfer from dvd to blu-ray is exquisite. truly prestine colors and crisp sound, so you hear every rain drop fall. universal has the best dvd to blu ray transfer and back to the future is a classic. a must have if you are a blu ray fanatic. led/lcd tv recomended for optimal
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Yeah it would be cool to make a part 4 of back to the future in 3D it would make it even better than before
What is going on here? We are going to Back to the Future What about 2012?
Ha ha Really funny. But it's Okay. It can also experinced thrilled.
I was a fan of Back to the future since I was in primary school and I miss Marty and Doc. I wrote a script for Part 4. I especially love seeing the future portrayed in movies even if it's wrong. It might be nice to see how the characters have developed over the decades since we last seen them...
Why dont we learn from the lessons of the up coming tron legacy movie... marty could have a son or daughter by 2015 or earlier. hmmm, it makes you think
One last thing, we want more, more, more, more and even more I mean, for life, keep on making more Back to the future movies for life, so that we will know what the future will look like in the near future, I mean for example the year 2015 which is 5 years time. I want Loyed and Fox to star in Back to the future part 4 and make bttf4 happen. Back to the future part part 4 is a must.
The only way they can make a Back to the future part 4 is, I know he is not in good shape, I wish god from the sky gives him a cure, so that he will be normal and ready to do bttf4 as his Hollywood comeback. They should wait for Michael J Fox to recover and when he is normal and found the cure, then make Back to the future part 4 with Michael J Fox. I don't think fans all over the world would see a bttf4 without Michael J Fox and I will not see it if he not init and nobody wants to rule him out and fans don't either. The fans and me want Back to the future part 4 with Michael J Fox and the only way he can do that is, Michael J Fox (Marty Mcfly) can play the parents of the movie, Marty as the father and Jennifer as the mother and they have got kids. Marty Mcfly as a father in the movie and also the delorean cars gets fixed again and he does the time travel just like the doc brown. You have two time travellers and they are Marty Mcfly and doc brown. Why not the old casts play the parents in the movie and get Marty and doc kids do the time travel. I would say the year 2030, 2055 and the year 3046.
Ahh hell, just make M.J.Fox the parent this time around and have his kid (Shia Lebouff?) go thru the motions (kid does have a MJ Fox ressemblance)Doc Brown returns to assist Jr. and chaos ensues. DONE.
add a little CGI tron style if you want flashback scenes were Marty is young and whammo we got something. if you ask me it would work with the gentle care of the original creators and get Steven to direct!
nuff said
Ok Micheal J Fox will always be the only Marty McFly I Always Wish Him Well...but I Dont think it's over...Back To The Future 2015 Marty McFly is in his mid 40's and his kids are in there mid to late teens well why not Go Further in time EG Story Line Back To The Future 4 Starts Off 2040 or so...Micheal J Fox as Senior Marty receives a secret map where Doc Brown has re-built another Time Machine Marty using today DMC then hands over the time machine to his grandchild thats in his mid teens.....story gose from there and the Back To The Future is rebourne 456 movies are then releast...just dont go far from the original Back To The Future Films....Anythings Possible Ive Got A Time Machine.....
2015 WHAT ABOUT 2012 WE AINT GONNA MAKE IT
It's obvious to me everyone here really likes good time travel movies.
Maybe we really just need a new franchise, which somehow incorporates our most beloved Delorean, that makes thoughful cinematic references to BTTF?
I think I would be happy with that. But I aso think the real problem here, is there has not been enough "real time" elapsed...(let me try to explain my thoughts)
Where are we going back to?
The 70's? Boring.
The 80's? VH1 does that every day.
The 90's? Just not nostalgic enough.
The Naughts? Obviously not.
I think part of what makes BTTF so awesome is the irony in the way the world had changed....
I also think most of what has taken place in my liftime---(41 years) is just not interesting enough to revist. (from a point-counterpoint sort of way)
Will we really be seriously entertained watching a gen x'r attempting to fit into the modern world? (or vice versa?)
As much as I would love to see it reconstituted----I just dont think it can stand on its own. I also dont think most younger people would really get the paradox.
It took 30 years from 1955 to 1985 to create enough change in the world to allow BTTF to make sense. Sorry but 1980 to 2010 just doesn't seem to carry the same weight.
Even though some movies can be remade, (or re-tooled) I think certain time periods (to scale) cant be recreated.
Dear HOLLYWOOD---give me something new! If you could get Sacha Barron Cohen to use the Ali G charactor to go back to the 50's (or 60's)....you might have a good place to start.
---just my two cents worth---
Ok don't tell me that they can't do it because of Fox's condition. With the technology today we can make it work. Look at the latest Terminator movie, they were able to bring back Arnold computer generated and it looked great. Have Fox do voice overs for a computer generated Marty. I'm sure that Zemeckis has a bunch of possible ideas that he has thought about since the end of the trilogy. If not, hey Bob I have a lot. And I'm just throwing this out there...wouldn't it be cool to bring the trilogy back to theaters in 3D??? any takers?
who is eric stoltz?
Well........:D :D :D :D .....um........*ahem!!* They could always.... *snicker*............use Eric Stoltz. Sorry - thinking too much again!
wow they should find new actoers who will play marty mcfly and doc.browm
Just because Fox is unavailable, doesnt mean its over. The options for this movie are endless! Have some kid snooping around find the DeLorean in the cave in 1954, and really cause havoc. Play with the time/space continuum (Spelling?) just like they did with Star Trek. I admit, a premium, well written script is essential for this to work though!
that is good Idea.
Love BTTF. The first movie originally didn't end with the "To Be Continued..." Tag. That was added later in the video release. So it doesn't matter that the third ended with "The End". And who cares if the DeLorean was destroyed or if there was a train. Sequels are always possible. Albeit...not probable.
Unless they have a good reason to retread the space time continuum, then what's the point? We already know the past can be changed, that people use modern famous names as aliases in the past, that we are carbon copies of our ancestors, and that in the future, everyone will be a 'junior'.
Don't know how they could show us something we've never seen before, something that makes our pulse pound like a lightning bolt about to strike, or so much hinging on one kiss. If they can't do that, then leave the trilogy be.
I agree! why can't they use scenes from other movies. Isaw this one video on youtube where Biff steals the time machine and goes to 3 million B.c and every scene it wasn't even from te triligy, but fron different. Like they could use the time Micheal J. Fox acidently said Doc in the frightening. Plus there was scences from Back to the future the animated series.(which weren't the scenes that were animated)
I like what they did with star trek...
Why can't someone just buy the rights of the "Flux Capacitor" and make a movie about time travel. with just that slight connection with BTTF.
I'm on Gale's side here. And come on, recreating M.J. Fox through cgi might be a little too much. Besides, it would have been cool to see a grown up Marty being caught in the adventures again, as an adult, sort of like what happened with Indiana jones being older on part 4.
BUT... It would be great and most welcome by millions (box office hit!) if they could produce an animated film... something with the class, style and genius of the films. Involving Gale and Zemeckis of course. But *please* not that "motion capture" crap that Zemeckis is obsessed with. Just plain old animated cartoon, with good artists and production. A great script is taken for granted given the talent of the creators and the endless source of stories that a time machine provides.
why can``t you make a fourth our fifth or etc the car was destroyed doc can make a new one and you have a time train and chris floyd is not dead we don`t care if they are old we just want a fourth or fifth or etc sixth seventh back to the future!
Hello! Hello McFly! Anybody home? there's still hope on having a 4th sequal!
GREAT SCOTT! don't you even remember the old "TRAIN" made by Doc back in the western years?
And hell i think i have a great plot to tell you.... i don't know if it's good but i'll tell you anyways...
Doc returns to let Marty help him about something bad that will happen in the future (THE END OF THE WORLD "2012") and they need to stop the accident made by this military commander (maybe the future BIFF) who will accidentally RE-Targed the missile and then pushed the launch button that will launch a high tech missile that was suppose to vaporize the giant asteroid that is about to hit earth into dust but accidentaly targeted it to the Pacific ocean (still earth) because of his coffee that spilled into the launch button and made it malfunctioned and destroys the whole planet.
How could they do that if in the 2nd one he went to the year 2015??
Its not about a plot. Any good writer can provide one.
Michael J Fox is suffering from Parkinson's disease and is retired from feature films. He does guest spots on TV when he feels up to the task, but he can't do a whole movie.
The only hope for Back to the Future is a reboot or remake and no one is that eager to try to fill those big shoes.
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i think there should be a back to the future 4 because i like to watch it
I think that plot is a good one.
I also do not believe you can make this without most of the originals. Obviously Marty, Doc.
I however do not think the directors of today can make this good. You'd need a fan whose an amateur directors at-best to do something even with a good script. Films are too slick now and people get lost in making them graphically interesting rather than just simply telling the story.
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Thanks for the comment. :) That being said, I would highly recommend Zac Efron (High School Musical, 17 Again) for the role of Jules Brown. He will be the main character of the movie. I also heard in one website that he is a big fan of the Back to the Future trilogy and even has his own Delorian in their house. Also, I would really like to see Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly again (no need for makeup because in my plot, he is CEO of McFly Energy Corp). I also would really like to see Christopher Lloyd reprise his role as Dr. Emmett Brown.
I agree w you that some filmmakers nowadays get lost in making a film CGI intensive and not focus on the storyline. But in my plot, set in the year 2030, I think it should have really good CGI effects to recreate a futuristic high tech scenario. :)
Here is a PLOT SUGGESTION for BACK TO THE FUTURE IV
The first scene in the movie will be set in the year 2030. In the year 2030, Marty McFly, CEO of McFly Energy Corporation (MEC), is about to unveil in Hill Valley their latest research project, the Antimatter Generator. Dr. Emmett Brown is the head scientist of MEC in the Research Division. Jules Brown and Verne Brown also works as Dr. Emmett Brown's assistant scientists. But a competing company, Tannen Enterprises, wants to make sure that MEC's latest project fails. In the unveiling ceremony, everyone working in MEC is there except Jules Brown. Dr. Emmett Brown is always wondering why his son Jules always works overtime. But what he and everyone didn't know was that Jules found his father's layouts for the Delorian and has been reconstructing it. In the day of the ceremony, Jules finally completes the Delorian ... but later when he arrives at MEC, everyone is dead. He mourns and finds out that there had been an explosion. Afterwards, he finds a way to save everyone from the disaster. He travels back in time to the year 2010 in the Delorian and persuades Marty McFly to help him investigate what was the cause of the incident in the future. Marty agrees to help and so they travel to the year 2030.
In the year 2030, the scenario will be a cross between Minority Report and I, Robot. There will be lots of futuristic nanotechnology applications that will be featured - ex. Microsoft Surface computers and gadgets, stem cell regenerative medicine, holographic storage devices and 3D displays, androids, cyborgs, robots that passes Turing's test, antigravity vehicles / devices, augmented reality, virtual reality rooms like the holodeck, virtual reality simulations like in the Matrix, etc.
Also, Marty McFly of the year 2030 will look younger from the Marty McFly of 2015 in Back to the Futre part II because of rejuvenation from advanced cellular and genetic research. It will be the same like what happenned in Back to the Future Part II where Dr. Emmett Brown removes his facial mask except that nanorobots rejuvenates aging cells in the year 2030.
I hope you like my idea. :)
Did you guys hear what Bob Gale said about that?
Some things in the TV and film world are better off lefted alone I would not mess with it.
I think there should be a Back to the Future 4, where Biff steals the Delorian and kills the Doc in 1955. It's up to Marty to save the day, but... He AND the Delorian are vanishing...
God, I'm glad that there will be no Back to the Future 4! It's my all time favorite series of movies. It's finished! 3 is the last. I don't want anymore because it was nice and neat! People need to leave old movies alone. Make something original for once instead of butchering the classics!
Sure, people may not agree with me, but geez! Terminator needed to finish with 2...Indy with Last Crusade. I'd lose all faith in the movie industry if they made a 4th BTTF. No one should touch that series!
It would be soo cool, if there would do another Back to the future, even without michael j. fox....
he could do a short guest role...
they could take another actor like christian bale or someone else.. and they begin in the year 2000 for example....
there are so many good ideas, u could even make 3,4,5 or 6 other films. because that idea is the best i ever saw and heared....
So go and make another one, maybe with new actors?
a new doc,who invetned also a time mashine ore something else
pleas make one m ore i wanna know what happens to marty and were the dock go's
You know i wouldn't be surprised if their was another BTTF in the works somewhere. Minds are surely thinking it up, in a smoke filled room their are whispers. Why else would they be playing it as much as they do on Encore and all the movie channels. They are getting good responses from the viewers i mean i have seen this movie after the past year more then any movie on tv. And every time i see it, I love it more. Truly a series of masterpieces from a time in american cinema long forgotten. When they bring it back, they better do it justice or not bring it back at all...
why there is no sequel many people around the world really misses the movie i think there should be a sequel. the sequel story must be about the "Back To The Future:The Ride,about Biff stole the de Lorean and marty & doc used the "train time machine" they used in part in BTTF:part III.. i think you should agree with that you can send a message at my email if you need something story that i think you should be interested for.
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hey it would be cool and it should be done cause face the facts BTTF ROX
mk but they need to make another thet are to awsome to quit prahapse the return of doc
It's about Doc's kids. Jules and Verne. Jules is the smart, uptight one. Vern is the goof-off and the pair get into wacky hijinx with their strongly differing personalities!
Hey, it's exactly as good as anything they would have written. No more sequels, please.
I don´t understand. Michael J.Fox is not well enough to play that role, so let him be old and sig in the 4th movie and doc comes back from the future to save his son, who could be played by zac effron? Zhat would work, wouldn´t it?
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Hey all, I thought it might be of note, that about 2-3 weeks ago my mom was on a road trip to visit my uncle in Nevada, and at one of the gas stations, the owner of THE DeLorean that was used in the first three movies was driving it through to cali, according to him for the filming of BTTF 4 mom got some images on her camera phone though I don't have copies yet. so it sounds like a 4th is on the way
THE Delorian used in the movies is at Universal Studios in Florida. There are replicas out there, but there is no "THE" Delorian.
I Think They Should Make A 4th One Fur Sure And They Should Use Shia LaBeouf As The New Marty Mcfly He Is Funny And Very Serious When He Needs To Be And A Exelent Actor So Make Another One Fur Sure And I Think Most Of You Would Agree He Would Be A Great Marty Mcfly Fur Sure
what is our compulsion to get more and more of something until we finally get too much? we drink til we puke... we eat until we are morbidly obese... we smoke tie we die of lung disease... we go on and on and no matter how much we get of something we continue to want MORE... we've turned the art of film making into another addiction that has to be fed... so now we're all like "that indiana jones 4 left a bad taste in my mouth... somebody pass the back to the future" no thanks. please stop asking for this wonderful set of films to be whored out just because everyone else is doing it.
Back to the Future was a great triolgy fact one the main triolgy that staed true to chater and story line.
Micheal J Fox is a best and well known actor and he did an awesome job is the back to the future series.
Fact he was doing growing pains and Bak to the future at the same time. How many of you can do that to do the poor guy barely had any sleep and he still done an awesome job.
I think the younger generation who spoke on here owe him aplogy. There where alot of actors that done incridible movies and tvs shows from the mid 70's and 80's and to me I think they still better than the retads that play to day...
Besids CSI and a few other good shows TV just junk and retarted to watch.
You half to watch a lot of things that Michale J Fox has done in the pass he is a great guy and good actor. I belive no one could fill in his shoes.
Fact the first who was playing mart was bumped out mostly because Michale J Fox just had that talent. I belive no one to day can fill in his shoes.
I belive A bact to future 4 and others would be great. However with out the two main chaters the movie a no go.
The Back to the futue logo righfuly belong to Michale and Louyd.
Also What Michale J Fox has is serious you guys also should aplogise to him for that. Is nost easy for actor do acting and life when there going through a pain or uncriable diease.
You guys should be suport of him and many other who go through this.
You guys a just hight school punks or people who have no life and just talk big. What goes around comes around hope comes back at you.
I belive they should put the skpit into a book because its still imagnable and aewsome to read nothing been change about them and the legend still can live on. I think thats the only great way to still enjoy the Back to the Future triolgy.
It be great to deadicate the book to the foundation what Michal J Fox is going through so that way when people by the book most of the proceeds can go to the foundation plus maybe even well Michale J Fox could autograph it him self if he agreed to it.
ive been in love with all 3 back to the future movies since i was 3 years old im twelve now and im sorry to say this to who ever posted that skrew u. u know every one would want to see another back to the future . and i would not even care if micheal j fox isnt in it even though he said he would like to do a sequel but he would want to be doc .WE WANT BACK TO THE FUTURE 4
Has anyone heard of CGI - I think this is one franchise it would work beautifully. Zemeckis go ahead, pioneer some special effects beauty & take me away, I don't mind, just promise me -
I'll get back in time!!!