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‘Back To The Future’ Heading To Broadway?

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday February 2, 2012 @ 9:34am PSTTags: Back to the Future, Michael J. Fox, Robert Zemeckis
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EXCLUSIVE: Will Robert Zemeckis’ 1985 classic Back To The Future become the latest film to get a Broadway stage production? I’m told that Zemeckis is in early talks with his co-writer Bob Gale and the film’s composer Alan Silvestri to explore a stage transfer. A stage musical would be an intriguing way to reintroduce a franchise which, over three films, grossed nearly $1 billion worldwide. Zemeckis’ ImageMovers would be involved if this goes forward. The time travel film, which starred Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd, holds up as well as the other live-action films Zemeckis directed. I’m still pissed that Universal scrapped the theme park ride based on the film. Silvestri, by the way, composed the music for such Zemeckis films as Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Forrest Gump and Cast Away.

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Eric Stoltz’s ‘Back To The Future’ Moment

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday October 12, 2010 @ 11:40am PDTTags: Back to the Future, Back to the Future Eric Stoltz, Back to the Future Video, Eric Stoltz, Movies, Robert Zemeckis, Steven Spielberg, Video

A video making its way around today offers up a great walk down memory lane. Can you imagine anyone else except Michael J. Fox starring in Back to the Future? Well, Eric Stoltz was the original choice but was recast 5 weeks into the film’s production. The clip below features Steven Spielberg, Robert … Read More »

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R.I.P. Si Kornblit

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Tuesday July 6, 2010 @ 8:35pm PDTTags: Back to the Future

The former head of worldwide marketing at Universal Pictures died on Friday of a form of leukemia in Atlanta where he’d retired in 1994. He was 76. A Uni EVP from 1987-1993, he promoted hits like Jurassic Park, Back To The Future, Twins, Field Of Dreams, Scent Of A Woman, … Read More »

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