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Back to the Future might be the ultimate feel-good sci-fi movie. A rip-roaring adventure that's guaranteed to have you laughing, cheering, and glued to the edge of your seat, the movie remains the gold standard for time travel entertainment. Given its profound impact on pop culture, with theme parks, musical spin-offs, and video games all following in the DeLorean's fiery wake, it's easy to forget just how special the original film is. In 2024, it's clear that Back to the Future is not just a great 80s movie, but a true timeless classic in every sense of the word.

Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown. In 1955, he meets his parents when they were his age, and must step in to make sure they wind up together before he...

Legendary actor Michael J. Fox has shown off his sense of humor in countless TV shows and movies over the years, and now he is talking about how his humor is carrying him through life with Parkinsons disease. Per People, at the Michael J. Fox Foundations annual A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Cure Parkinsons gala on Nov. 16, the Back to the Future star said he hangs on to his dark sense of humor.

He said, however, that sometimes preserving that sense of humor is hard for me, but, the five-time Emmy-award-winning actor added, I gotta keep it intact. Fox said he likes having a darker sense of humor during hard times because it can sometimes be a way to break the ice during conversations that may otherwise be hard.

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HelloMcFly? Back to the Future is one of the most iconic sci-fi movie franchises in history, and arguably one of the most iconic movie franchises of any genre, period. The 1980s films presented a futuristic world where a time-traveling DeLorean allows a high schooler and an eccentric scientist to travel back and forth in time, potentially altering history.

Selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry in 2007, Back to the Future made Michael J. Fox a household name. Fans cant imagine anyone else playing the character of Marty McFly, nor any other actor but Christopher Lloyd as Emmett Doc Brown. Relive the wonder of Back to the Future and introduce a new generation of fans to the films, since all three in the franchise are now streaming on NBCs Peacock streaming service.

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The sci-fi genre has seen multiple combinations, whether taking place in space or on other planets, combining it with alien invasion, time travel, environmental disasters, or other themes. There have been multiple successful films and series in the genre and the Back to the Future trilogy is among them.

The first installment of the Back to the Future trilogy premiered in 1985, and it's become a pop culture classic since. Starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, and Lea Thompson, the sci-fi film follows Marty's time travel experiences, who mistakenly messes with the timeline of his father meeting his mother. On Nov. 3, the cast had a celebratory reunion at Rhode Island Comic Con, and Fox was met with a standing ovation, per People.

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The Back to the Future franchise includes three feature films, and director Robert Zemeckis has long maintained that there will never be a sequel to Back to the Future Part III. However, he's still open to making another kind of film for the franchise.

In an interview with Josh Horowitz for the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Zemeckis was asked if there were any different kinds of projects he'd like to take on in the future, such as his first musical. The director said that he'd be up to make a feature film version of Back to the Future: The Musical, the hit musical inspired by the film with music by Alan Silvestri and lyrics by Glen Ballard. Zemeckis even revealed that he'd pitched this idea to Universal, but the pitch was not greenlit.

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Peacock may not seem like the most popular site for streaming movies, but it is well-known for bringing content from a variety of third-party providers, including Lionsgate, NBC, and Hallmark. This opens up new alternatives for the streamer to license content from, and Peacock is quick to add some interesting films to its repertoire every month.

In October 2024, for example, Pride + Prejudice + Zombies, The Mouse Trap, and Despicable Me 4 were released, along with many more well-known movies from other genres, keeping users entertained throughout the month. Similarly, those who watch movies on Peacock are in for a busy month. So, without further ado, here's a list of every movie coming to Peacock in November 2024.

The Back to the Future Trilogy (1985-1990) Streaming on November 1

Back to the Future is one of the most entertaining time-travel films ever made, and the sequels are enjoyable as well, though the ratings may...

Robert Zemeckis has previously touched on the subject of a possible fourth Back to the Future movie, but in a new interview with Josh Horowitz on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, the legendary director appears to have given his final answer on why Back to the Future has not and will not be getting a remake or sequel.

Back to the Future is still regarded as one of the most iconic movie franchises of the 1980s, thanks in part to the brilliant on-screen chemistry of its stars Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd. The story of Marty McFly, his eccentric scientist friend Doc Brown, and their adventures in the past, present and alternate future thanks to a time machine built into the body of a DeLorean, was one that played to the strengths of Zemekis and producer Steven Spielberg, and ended up cementing itself in pop culture forever as a result.

Making a movie is often a delicate balancing act of choosing which scenes to include and which to cut, and some classic movies were almost ruined by a deleted scene. One scene can change everything in a movie, even if it doesn't seem pivotal to the plot. A scene can change the way that audiences perceive a character, and it can also alter the tone of the entire movieA good director will recognize when a scene needs to be cut.

There are some deleted scenes which would have improved movies, either by providing further context or simply because they're so entertaining that they should have been left in. For the most part, however, deleted scenes are cut out because they don't add much to a movie, and their absence is no great loss. There are only a few deleted scenes which are so bad that they would have severely tainted the entire movie.

Uopn closer inspection, the Back to the Future trilogy is filled with little mistakes here and there. Minor continuity errors like an extra walking the same route twice don't detract from the movie's appeal. Back to the Future's time travel paradoxes create some potential plot holes, but fans have enjoyed debating these for years.

The Back to the Future trilogy is just as popular as ever, but there are a few errors which fans have spotted over the years. Most fans of the franchise agree that Back to the Future 4 would be unnecessary, but there is still enough love for the characters to make people watch the three movies on repeat. After a couple of watches, some of the franchise's mistakes become obvious.

The Back to the Future movies have their flaws, but this also contributes to their charm. The sci-fi trilogy is so popular in part because it doesn't take itself too seriously.

Warning: This article contains spoilers for the documentary Brats.

Back to the Future is not considered a Brat Pack movie, despite meeting some criteria like genre and time period. Michael J. Fox, although connected to the Brat Pack through his co-star Lea Thompson, was not officially part of the group. The term Brat Pack was specifically for actors who started in movies, which didn't apply to Michael J. Fox.

The documentary Brats brings up Back to the Future, raising questions about whether the 1985 sci-fi film is considered a Brat Pack movie. The new docuseries Brats explores the lives and careers of a group of actors in the 80s called the Brat Pack. This term was a play on the term Rat Pack from the 50s and 60s, which described actors in their early 20s who became successful in movies.

The core Brat Pack movies include eight actors who appeared in coming-of-age movies catered towards teenagers.

Manhattan goes nuts as thousands of Beatles fans arrive to celebrate the arrival of the Mop Tops from Liverpool. Experts at wringing manic fun from crazy chaotic farces, Bob Zemeckis and Bob Gale’s first film to hit the screen is still one of their best, due to its brilliant craft and a fresh-faced cast of relative newcomers that deliver old-fashioned enthusiasm and big-time laughs. Not since the Marx Brothers have hotel corridors and backstage shenanigans added up to so much mirth. The image of Beatlemania at full flower is dead-on accurate, and more nostalgic than a bag of Beatle wigs.

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Starring: Nancy Allen, Bobby Di Cicco, Wendie Jo Sperber, Eddie Deezen, Theresa Saldana, Marc McClure, Susan Kendall Newman, Dick Miller, Christian Juttner, Will Jordan, Vito Carenzo, Newton Arnold,...

The definitive Back to The Future documentary finally has a release date and a trailer! Back in Time will arrive for fans in October 2015, the exact time Marty McFly traveled to in Back to the Future Part II. Directed by Jason Aron, the film not only delves into the making of this classic sci-fi trilogy, but it also catches up with the stars, crew and a lot of the famous fans the films helped to inspire.

Back in Time delves deep into what these three movies have meant to our culture. It's not a simple "making of" documentary, but rather one which explores the incredible, lasting resonance of the trilogy through the eyes of such important contributors as stars Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd and Lea Thompson. We also get to hear from co-creator Bob Gale and composer Alan Silvestri. Superfans that contributed to the documentary include Community creator Dan Harmon...

Fans disappointed that they missed out on collecting Lego's DeLorean Time Machine set from Back to The Future can still enjoy the Doc Brown and Marty McFly minifigs as they set out to send Marty back home! The Macro Lego Universe has recreated the iconic Clock Tower scene from the first movie brick by brick. And it finds the pair literally trying to capture lightening in a bottle deep in the heart of a beautifully reconstructed Hill Valley!

The Lego Back to The Future short was shot at Brick 2014 in London, the giant Lego extravaganza that pulls in collectors and kids from all around the world. Utilized in the short is the DeLorean time machine set with fold-up wheels, flux capacitor and more, as chosen by Lego Cuusoo members. You can see the toy in detail: clickHere Sadly, it is no longer available at the moment. And if you want...

Pioneering woman director Lois Weber socially conscious drama 'Shoes' among Library of Congress' Packard Theater movies (photo: Mary MacLaren in 'Shoes') In February 2015, National Film Registry titles will be showcased at the Library of Congress' Packard Campus Theater – aka the Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation – in Culpeper, Virginia. These range from pioneering woman director Lois Weber's socially conscious 1916 drama Shoes to Robert Zemeckis' 1985 blockbuster Back to the Future. Another Packard Theater highlight next month is Sam Peckinpah's ultra-violent Western The Wild Bunch (1969), starring William Holden and Ernest Borgnine. Also, Howard Hawks' "anti-High Noon" Western Rio Bravo (1959), toplining John Wayne and Dean Martin. And George Cukor's costly remake of A Star Is Born (1954), featuring Academy Award nominees Judy Garland and James Mason in the old Janet Gaynor and Fredric March roles. There's more: Jeff Bridges delivers a colorful performance in...

Tom Hanks' raucous 1984 comedy classic Bachelor Party is being rebooted as a TV anthology series for ABC.

The half hour sitcom has already earned a big put pilot commitment from the network and 20th Century Fox TV. Fox also has a TV show remake of Tom Hanks' 1988 comedy Big in development, as the studio was behind both films. Bachelor Party is being produced by the Small Dog Picture Co., run by feature film director Jason Winer, and Walcott Co., run by director Max Winkler and New Girl star Jake Johnson.

The Bachelor Party anthology series was co-created by New Girl writer-producers J.J. Philbin and Josh Malmuth, and will examine the sanctity of marriage through the lens of three couples: One about to get married, one divorced, and a third just starting to fall in love. They will experience their relationships day by day as they continue to grow and change.

The opening sequence of Back to The Future works perfectly in setting up Christopher Lloyd's Doc Brown and the movie itself. Director Robert Zemeckis captured the pan through Doc's inventions, which allowed for Brown to have an easy morning, in one single take. But it took a lot of coordinating to pull off such an amazing feat.

In a new interview, SFX supervisor Kevin Pike reveals how this scene was created for the classic sci-fi comedy, which took quite a few crew members. Is Robert Zemeckis a perfectionist? Watch the video and decide for yourself:

This is the first in a series of behind-the-scenes Back to The Future shorts from Jamie Benning which will be available on Vimeo. Stay tuned as more video from this seminal 80s classic is revealed in the coming weeks.

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Last night, Adult Swim aired the fourth and final installment in Adam Scott's Greatest Event in Television History series, in which he and some of his pals create frame-for-frame reenactments of the opening credits for eighties TV shows (after ten minutes of mockumentary footage about the making of the reenactment). He'd already tackled Simon & Simon, Hart to Hart, and Too Close for Comfort, so last night, he teamed with Paul Rudd to remake the lengthy, exposition-heavy opening to the Tom Hanks–Peter Scolari drag sitcom Bosom Buddies. (Gillian Jacobs takes the Donna Dixon role, Aidy Bryant does the late Wendie Jo Sperber, Parks and Rec writer Aisha Muharrar is Telma Hopkins, and Mo Collins nails Holland Taylor in just one face.) Watch the re-creation and the original side-by-side and marvel at the unicycle and handball skills Adam Scott had to master to pull this off. And how long did it...

Ardent fans of the 1985 classic Back to The Future likely know that the movie was already in production with Eric Stoltz and Melora Hardin starring as Marty McFly and Jennifer Parker. When Michael J. Fox stepped in to replace Eric Stoltz, after the filmmakers felt he wasn't right for the part, Melora Hardin was also replaced by Claudia Wells, since producers felt Melora Hardin was too tall to star alongside Michael J. Fox. Filmmaker David Guy Levy has created a six-issue digital comic series entitled Back to Back to the Future, where Melora Hardin and Back to The Future writer Bob Gale travel back in time themselves, to ensure that both Eric Stoltz and Melora Hardin stay on the film. Today we have a featurette with the comic book creator explaining to the Young Storytellers Foundation why he chose to make this intriguing digital comic series, and you can also...

Michael J. Fox was in rare form this weekend, as he preformed Marty McFly's rendition of the classic Chuck Berry rock song "Johnny B. Goode", as originally seen in 1985's Back to The Future. The actor took the Waldorf-Astoria stage at a NYC charity bash to raise money and awareness for Parkinson's Disease in the name of The Michael J. Fox Foundation. You can watch the video below. To learn more about the foundation for Parkinson's Research: clickHere

Click to watch Michael J. Fox Performs Johnny B. Goode Live!

Back to The Future was released July 3rd, 1985 and stars Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, Thomas F. Wilson, Claudia Wells, Marc McClure, Wendie Jo Sperber. The film is directed by Robert Zemeckis.

Hey there kids. Brian Gallagher here with this week's look at all the news that wasn't exactly fit for print. There's a lot to get to this week so let's get started with a hilarious comic strip which ties in Back to The Future and the ridiculous amount of Hollywood remakes:

Back to The Future Mash-up Photo - via Unreality Magazine

I'm actually kind of surprised I haven't seen something like this sooner. Unreality Magazine came across a hilarious photo that shows how Marty and Doc might have reacted Back to The Future if they really did go back to the year 2010:

Hilarious, yes, but it would be even greater if we had some sort of mash-up video with Marty seeing all these movies at a theater. Still, this photo is rather hilarious because it's so very true.

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Entertainment Weekly's latest print edition is a reunion issue that features several movie and TV reunions that fans are dying to see. The site has posted a brand new reunion video for Back to The Future, which features stars Michael J. Fox and Lea Thompson reminiscing about the classic movie, 25 years after it was first released. Click on the video player below to watch this reunion:

EW's 2010 Back to the Future Reunion

The highly-anticipated Back to the Future: 25th Anniversary Trilogy Blu-ray will be released on October 26 and you can for all the details on this six-disc Bd set.

Back to The Future was released July 3rd, 1985 and stars Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, Thomas F. Wilson, Claudia Wells, Marc McClure, Wendie Jo Sperber. The film is directed by Robert Zemeckis.

Michael J. Fox has shot a brand new Back to The Future teaser trailer for the 2010 Scream Awards, which is a shot-by-shot recreation of the original 1985 teaser trailer from the sci-fi comedy classic directed by Robert Zemeckis. The 2010 Scream Awards will air on Tuesday, October 19 on Spike TV. Click below to watch this fun new trailer, as well as the original teaser trailer for Back to The Future:

Scream Awards 2010 TV Spot with Michael J. Fox

Original Back to the Future Teaser Trailer

The 2010 Scream Awards will be celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Back to The Future with a special reunion featuring Michael J. Fox and Lea Thompson. The awards show airs on Tuesday, October 19 on Spike TV.

Back to The Future was released July 3rd, 1985 and stars Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, Thomas F. Wilson, Claudia Wells, Marc McClure, Wendie Jo Sperber. The film is directed by Robert Zemeckis.

Back to the Future: 25th Anniversary Trilogy Blu-ray will be released on October 26. The Hollywood Reporter has our first look at one of the special features included on this release, which offers, for the first time ever, footage of Eric Stoltz as Marty McFly. Eric Stoltz was originally cast as the lead in Robert Zemeckis' classic time travel adventure-comedy, and he embodied the now-classic role of Marty McFly for five weeks before being replaced by Michael J. Fox. Both producer Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis made this drastic and unheard of decision because they felt the actor had a different comedic approach to the material that was written, and that he didn't have the right comedic timing for this particular character.

Click on the video below for your first ever glimpse at Eric Stoltz's version of Marty McFly, and you can also take a look at the...

AMC Theaters has announced it will be celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the 1985 classic Back to The Future with two special screenings of the movie. Take a look at the new banner released for the occasion, and you can find more details about the screenings below:

The movie will be shown in a new digitally remastered print on Saturday, October 23 at 12:30 Pm and Monday, October 25 at 7 Pm. Everyone who buys a ticket will receive a limited-edition poster commemorating the occasion and each theater will also have their own Back to The Future-related giveaways to celebrate the event.

This special screening of Back to The Future will be shown on 158 AMC Theaters screens in over 40 cities across the country. You can to purchase tickets right now for this special event.

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Hey folks. Brian Gallagher here with a look at all the crazy news that wasn't exactly fit for print this week. We have a lot to get through this week so lets kick things off with several news items about 3D evil fishies.

Piranha 3D Controversy, Lunacy and Hilarity- via The Hollywood Reporter, The Los Angeles Times and Funny or Die

The craziest movie of the summer, Piranha 3D, opened in theaters this weekend to some dissapointing box office numbers but the film was making plenty of waves last week before the film debuted. First, The Hollywood Reporter got a hold of a threatening letter from all-around jackass Joe Francis' legal counsel to The Weinstein Company. See, Jerry O'Connell plays a character named Derrick Jones, a soft-core pornographer who is loosely based on Francis and his Girls Gone Wild franchise (the film's version is Wild Wild Girls). It's rather...

You can go back in time with all three films in a beloved trilogy in high definition for the first time this October. The Back to The Future trilogy will be re-released on DVD and released on Blu-ray for the first time on October 26. We don't have pricing details as of yet, but you can take a look at the cover art and special features below. The film series starred Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd.

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From the Academy Award-winning filmmakers Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis comes Back to The Future the original, groundbreaking adventure that sparked one of the most successful trilogies in Hollywood history. When teenager Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) is blasted to 1955 in the DeLorean time machine created by the eccentric Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd), he finds himself mixed up in a time-shattering chain reaction that could vaporize his future-and leave him trapped in the past.

Telltale is creating Back to The Future and Jurassic Park games Telltale Games, the leading independent digital publisher and developer of episodic interactive entertainment, today announced a multi-year, two-title video game development deal with Universal Partnerships & Licensing. Telltale Games has secured the rights to create video games based on two of Universal Pictures' most popular intellectual properties, Back to The Future and Jurassic Park. The first game released under the agreement will be a Telltale Games "season" based on the successful Back to The Future series of films.

With more than five million episodes delivered to date across all major video game platforms, Telltale is the acknowledged leader in digitally delivering episodic content to consumers. The agreement broadens Telltale's product offerings into new genres and new styles of gameplay.

"Our partnership with Universal is an exciting next step in our continued growth as a mass-market games publisher and developer,...

Who besides myself has been aching for a 'Bosom Buddies' reunion? Your wish has been granted now that Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari will reunite to accept a TV Land Anniversary Award for that very sitcom, thirty years later.

Fellow cast members Donna Dixon, Thelma Hopkins and Holland Taylor will also be in attendance. Sadly, the late Wendie Jo Sperber cannot (may she rest in peace). The show will be broadcast on April 25th and will be hosted by Tim Allen.

While I won't say that 'Bosom Buddies' launched Tom Hanks' career (the movie 'Splash' gets more credit for that), it definitely showcased his comedic talent. Peter Scolari was also an excellent foil for him and even made a cameo in Hanks' directorial debut 'That Thing You Do.'

It makes you wonder what Kip and Henry are actually doing in the 'Bosom Buddies...

Actress Wendie Jo Sperber has lost her battle with breast cancer at the age of 46. Sperber shot to fame on TV opposite Tom Hanks in hit 1980s sitcom Bosom Buddies and also won critical acclaim for her roles in Private Benjamin and, more recently, Will & Grace. She also starred in movies like Back To The Future and Sorority Boys. Away from Hollywood, Sperber founded the weSpark Cancer Support Center in 2001. Her Bosom Buddies co-star Hanks says, "The memory of Wendie Jo is that of a walking inspiration. She met the challenges of her illness with love, cheer, joy, altruism through weSpark, and an unstoppable supply of goodness. We are going to miss her as surely as we are all better for knowing her." She is survived by her teenage children Preston and Pearl.