translated from Spanish: The back to the Future trilogy ended 29 years ago-is remake coming?

Few films have penetrated popular culture as the “Back to the Future” trilogy, the franchise that turned Michael J. Fox, the spoiled child of the United States, into a mega star. The story created by Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis has it all: nostalgia, science fiction, comedy, adventure, drama, a great car and a waterfall of memorable characters. But the story could have been very different, as the first weeks of filming were made with Eric Stolz (“Pulp Fiction”) in the role of Marty McFly. It happens that although Gale and Zemeckis had written the character thinking of Fox the problems of the actor’s agenda (which was working on the series “Family Ties”) prevented him from joining the cast. Almost immediately the production realized that he had made a mistake, because although Stolz was professional and applied, he put an extreme intensity to the character that did not coincide with the comedy tone of the script.

“Eric was a very different actor and could be very difficult,” recalled Lea Thompson in an interview included in the book “We Don’t Need Roads: The Making of the Back to the future Trilogy” by Caseen Gaines. “We were getting out of the Seventies and all the young actors wanted to be De Niro and Pacino.” Finally (and fortunately) the producers reached an agreement with the team of “Family Ties” and the studio agreed to film again those five weeks, but we will always have the testimony of what could have been a “back to the future” much darker in the videos That circulated for years and were included in the 25th anniversary version of the original film. The trilogy of “Back To the Future” (and in particular the first film) continues to prevail beyond its undeniable quality because it is a testament to cultural change, which appeals to nostalgia but not by nostalgia itself but to show the characters (and hence the Spectators) through the mirror of another reality. From clothing to politics through consumerism and entertainment, it is a comedy with a critical and analytical basis of evolution as a society.

The most striking thing is that in these times, in which nostalgia ochentosa quotes very high thanks to successes such as “Stranger Things”, “It”, “Bumblebee” and “Adventureland” to name a few, we have not had a remake, a sequel or a reboot of “Back to the future” that Take the protagonist to see how his parents lived in the 1980s and see how a young man deals with a reality in which there is no such basic thing as Internet connection. Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale have said on several occasions that they will return to play the franchise on his corpse… Literally. The contract signed by the duo with Universal Pictures and the producer of Steven Spielberg Amblin Entertainment guarantees them the final decision as long as they live, so Zemeckis expects those who inherit their assets to find a way to prevent production.

In July of last year in an interview with the Italian portal Bad Taste, the director said that “there will never be, in any way, an ‘ return to the Future 4 ‘. There will be no more ‘ going back to the future ‘. A few months later the Hollywood Reporter conducted a survey of the public asking whether certain franchises should return to the big screen or not. 71 percent of respondents said they would like to see a new delivery of “Back to the future,” surpassing the positive results of the rest of the options (including sagas like “The Matrix,” “Avatar,” and “Indiana Jones.”) In this regard, Zemeckis admitted that a new film would be a commercial success because it is what is known as a “pre-sold title” that bases its appeal on the installed base of fanatics. “But do you imagine what would happen if they do it wrong?” he asked.

Whereas Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis have not yet reached the seventy we can assume that we will not see a new “Back to the future” over the next decade at least. As soon as they want to relive the story in some way they will have to settle for the musical that, eight years after his initial announcement, he will debut at Manchester Opera House in London on February 20 next year and will be on the poster for only twelve Weeks. ” Back to the Future: The Musical “is directed by John Rando (” The Wedding singer “,” Penn and Teller “), with Olly Dobson (” Bat Out of Hell “) in the skin of a tuned Marty McFly. Alan Silvestri, the original composer of the film, and Glen Ballard (“Jagged Little PIll”) will write the music.

“Bob Zemeckis and I have been trying to make this project a reality for years, but the good thing takes time,” Bob Gale said in the ad. We are excited to be able to tell the story on the stage in a whole new way, and we are sure that fans of ‘ back to the future ‘ around the world share our enthusiasm. ” In the words of Marty McFly, ‘ Your children are going to love you, ‘ and so are you and your parents. ” In this note:

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