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With this year marking the 30th anniversary of the first
blockbuster film, some fans had hoped for a revival of the
franchise at a time when others movies are getting reboots.
Christopher Lloyd, who played Dr Emmett "Doc" Brown in the
trilogy, told the Hollywood Reporter last week he would reprise
the role if the whole cast, including Michael J. Fox, who played
McFly, and director Robert Zemeckis returned.
Fox, now 54, was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1991. He
semi-retired from acting in 2000 as his symptoms worsened and
focused his energy on research for a cure. But he has since done
a few television shows.
"You have to be careful when you're doing a sequel or a
'prequel', because it's really about the story. You can't just
do the same story over and over again," producer Frank Marshall
told Reuters.
"I think it's OK to have sequels, but they have to be their own
movie as well ... I'm happy to see things like "Jurassic", like
"Bourne". I don't think we're going to see another "Back to the
Future" ... I think that one's done."
This Wednesday, Oct. 21, is being dubbed "Back to the Future
Day". McFly and Doc travel there in the second film to find a
world of flying cars and hovering skateboards or 'hoverboards',
along with phenomena that turned out to be closer to the mark
such as wearable eyeglass-screens and video calling.
Marshall, whose credits also include "Indiana Jones" films and
the "Bourne" series, was speaking at an event marking the DVD
release in London of the summer blockbuster "Jurassic World", to
which a sequel has been confirmed for 2018.
(Reporting By Sara Hemrajani; Writing by Marie-Louise Gumuchian;
Editing by Kevin Liffey)
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