Back to the Future 4 - straight-to-DVD?
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Remember that Back to the Future
4 rumor from last week? Moviehole says The Guardian (who we got our take on it from) misinterpreted a section from
a Moviehole interview with BttF''s Michael J. Fox. Fox, they say, was speaking very theoretically, and
many outlets failed to requote his clearly worded skepticism. Here's the direct quote:"I think by the time we finished two and three we were all so damn tired and then Bob [Zemeckis] went on to do Forest Gump and I went on to do some television work and some other things, you know, I started my own show, Spin City. And now the only way it would work would be if I played Doc, 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 now they did it again they would do it with a younger cast and just do a different realisation of it, which would be fun and I’m happy to watch it."
Now, don't lose hope just yet: you know those Direct-to-DVD sequels that keep popping up? Like Carlito's Way: Rise to Power, and American Pie: Band Camp? Both of those projects are the product of a new division at Universal called Universal DVD Originals, designed specifically to crank out DVD-only sequels to popular catalog titles. The 'hole is trying to get us all excited because USHE President Craig Kornblau sent an exclamation-point heavy email to a Back to the Future fansite, confirming that the division is "looking at" making a Future DVD sequel. Which, I guess, is great news ... except for the fact that straight-to-DVD sequels are almost generally crap.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
12-27-2005 @ 1:30AM
Bryan said...
I think that it was good as is. I was just watching the 3rd BTTF around the end and I would prefer to see the some of the same faces than a new younger cast. In the end Doc (christoper llyod) said the future is what you make it (to Marty(M.J.Fox) & girlfriend Jessica?). I liked that the endings before did have something that led into the next. The last did not have something that would lead to another.
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12-28-2005 @ 3:14PM
Jason Anderson said...
I highly doubt it'll happen. For one thing, they've been saying it for years. Another, it would ruin the series for me. If it happened, it wouldn't have Michael or Chris in it, so wat do you have left? Doctor DoLittle 3? Yeah, same thing. Crappy "we-need-money" sequel with none of the original main actors. Without those two actors, it's just another time travel flick. And I'd much rather see a generic time travel flick, than a generic time travel flick with the BTTF name tacked to it just to make money.
Bloody hell.
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12-29-2005 @ 9:35PM
Jennifer said...
I think that should also leave it as is. I mean the 3rd one finished it and it should stay that way. I don't want to see a whole different cast. I love the original cast and I don't want MJF to play Doc. I think they should just leave it as is. The 3rd one didn't leave you hanging for something else so how are they going to do the story for a 4th one. If they do do a 4th one, it probably won't be as good as the original trilogy. They could make tons more BTTF movies, but they would never be as good as the original trilogy.
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12-29-2005 @ 9:35PM
Jennifer said...
I think that should also leave it as is. I mean the 3rd one finished it and it should stay that way. I don't want to see a whole different cast. I love the original cast and I don't want MJF to play Doc. I think they should just leave it as is. The 3rd one didn't leave you hanging for something else so how are they going to do the story for a 4th one. If they do do a 4th one, it probably won't be as good as the original trilogy. They could make tons more BTTF movies, but they would never be as good as the original trilogy.
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1-17-2006 @ 8:44PM
Travis said...
A fourth one would be nice, but I don't want another " "Home Alone 3", anybody remember that one, it didn't have any of the original cast members from "Home Alone" and "Home Alone 2: Lost In New York" and can you believe that there is a fourth Home Alone, 20th Century Fox desperately needed money with the last two. I just hope if a "Back To The Future: Part IV" happens, it's not a crappy 'help we need money' sequel.
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