It’s been over 40 years since we first took a trip in the Delorean down to Twin Pines Mall, but murmurs of a Back to the Future reboot have continued to spread across every timeline.
As one of the few Hollywood trilogies doesn’t get worse as the films go on, fans have been holding out hope for a long-awaited fourth film. and thanks to a little tidbit from Marty McFly himself, we *finally* know the missing ingredient we need to see a Back to the Future reboot return to our screens – Millie Bobby Brown.
Is there a Back to the Future 4?
Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, Michael J. Fox addressed whether the franchise would be returning for a fourth instalment, sharing, “I actually had this thought that if they did the movie again, they should do it with a girl as Marty.”
“There’s something about [Back to the Future] that just connects with people on every level. I just feel like it will come around again,” he continued, with multiple publications now reporting that Millie Bobby Brown is the rumoured favourite to take over as the latest McFly.
Despite having previously shut down talk of a reboot, the film’s creator Robert Zemeckis has recently revealed on the Happy Sad Confused podcast that he would be eager to revive the film’s musical adaptation on the big screen.
“I would like to do Back to the Future: The Musical… Just like [Mel Brooks] did with The Producers. I would love to do that. I think it would be great,” he shared, later adding that he had “floated that out to the folks at Universal, but they don’t get it, so there’s nothing I can do.”
Is Michael J. Fox in Back to the Future 4?
While fans have long been manifesting his comeback to the screen, Michael J. Fox has been open that he would not be on board for a fourth film.
“I don’t think it needs rebooting because are you going to clarify something? You’re going to find a better way to tell the story? I doubt it,” he told Variety.
Speaking on a potential return to the franchise, Christopher Lloyd, who portrays Dr Emmett Brown, shared that despite embracing the thought of a potential fourth film, the story would need to be bigger and better than the original trilogy.
“I would love to do a sequel, but I think Bob Zemeckis and Spielberg felt that they told the story in three episodes, but if somebody has a brilliant idea that would justify a fourth film, it might happen.” he told Variety.
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