Now I could hardly believe this either, but apparently Michael J. Fox is actively in discussions about starring in a Back to the Future 4! Hold up Richard, what’s with the picture of the Professor I hear you ask, well, it’s because in an even more bizarre twist, that would be the role Fox would be playing!
From the Guardian comes the story…
The 44-year-old actor told Moviehole.net that he is in talks to star in a fourth, and final, film in the franchise, but that he would only do it if he could act his age on screen. “The only way it would work would be if I played Doc [the eccentric scientist played by Christopher Lloyd in the previous three films]. I’m 44-years-old now and I’m not interested in running around on skateboards! I think after 1, 2 and 3 we all kind of felt we had done it. And I think if they did it again now they would do it with a younger cast and just do a different realisation of it, which would be fun.”
So the hackles are straight up with the sequel\realisation part of all this, but there’s another part of me that is thinking this would be the coolest movie. Seeing Fox back on screen and especially taking the role of the Professor. I don’t think he means that literally as playing the part of the Professor, but perhaps showing Marty older and being a new Professor himself…and daft as it may sound, I kinda like that.
