The Back to the Future films have stopped at three, according to its co-creator, Bob Gale, who is instead focused on the musical.

The Back to the Future films have stopped at three, according to its co-creator, Bob Gale, who is instead focused on the musical.

  • @RetreauxEnglish
    6•5 hours ago

    In the past, the two Bobs said it would happen ‘over their dead bodies’ and MJF asked an interviewer who inquired about a sequel ‘what would the new one do that we didn’t already do? There’s a beginning, a middle, and an end,’

    • @acosmichippoEnglish
      4•4 hours ago

      i don’t think back to the future itself exhausted the time traveling idea, but it has been done to death in movies and film in general. it’s very hard to make any time traveling movie interesting these days, so there’s really no reason to also tie it to BTTF except to cash in on the IP.

      • @RetreauxEnglish
        2•4 hours ago

        I agree, and the juice is so rarely worth the squeeze, often taking multiple failed attempts to even get a mediocre entry. Nostalgia is not always a sure-fire tool to make money, as I hope studios and media will take to heart (but probably won’t).