Director Robert Zemeckis confirmed throughout an interview on the Blissful Unhappy Confused podcast that Common Photos is usually checking in with him to see if he’d be fascinated with making a fourth Again to the Future film.
His reply stays “no,” though he can be fascinated with creating a movie adaptation of Again to the Future: The Musical, which lately introduced it would play its remaining Broadway efficiency on January 5, 2025.
When requested on the podcast if Common begs him “each couple years” for Again to the Future 4, Zemeckis joked: “Oh, each six months.” He then clarified that was “simply an exaggeration” however mentioned Common does often verify in with him about one other sequel.
Zemeckis playfully imitated the studio, saying, “‘Isn’t there something we are able to work out to do right here? Isn’t there something we are able to do?’” He went on:
“, we now have to say, ‘There are various things which may work.’ One thing like that, you understand? However to remake the film or to recommend that there’s a Again to the Future 4, it simply isn’t within the playing cards.
“I want to do the Again to the Future: The Musical [movie]. I might love to try this. I believe that might be nice. I floated that out to the parents at Common. They don’t get it. So, [there’s] nothing I can do.”
Again to the Future: The Musical opened on Broadway in August 2023 after a debut run in London’s West Finish, the place it gained the Laurence Olivier Award for Finest New Musical in 2022.
The present is closing on Broadway after over 500 performances and $80 million price of tickets bought, the producers mentioned.
As for Again to the Future 4, unique franchise star Michael J. Fox informed Selection final yr that there’s no want for a fourth film or for a reboot to exist, though he humorously added: “Do what you need. It’s your film. I obtained paid already.”
Fox added: “I don’t suppose it must be. I believe [Zemeckis has] been actually sensible about that. I don’t suppose it wants rebooting as a result of are you going to make clear one thing? You’re going to discover a higher option to inform the story? I doubt it.”
Fox’s co-star Christopher Lloyd, who performed the mad scientist Emmett “Doc” Brown, is extra open to the thought of Again to the Future 4.
“I might like to do a sequel, however I believe Bob Zemeckis and [producer Steven] Spielberg felt that they informed the story within the three episodes. But when someone has a superb concept that might justify a fourth movie it’d occur.”
Watch Zemeckis’ full interview on the Blissful Unhappy Confused podcast within the video beneath:
