The Back to the Future trilogy works perfectly as isbut as Hollywood looks for franchises to revive, it has become a prime candidate for reevaluation. According to director Robert Zemeckis, Universal producers wondered about a possible sequel. During a recent appearance on THE Happy Sad Confused podcastZemeckis joked that the studio makes a request “every six months.”

“Is there nothing we can do here?” Is there nothing we can do? the director recalled the request from Universal executives. The idea of ​​a fourth film set in the Back to the Future universe is high on the studio’s list of priorities, and this request makes sense. It’s been over 30 years since the last Back to the Future film hit theaters, bringing the thrilling time travel saga to a close. If the adventures of Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) and Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) offered a definitive ending with Back to the Future IIIother science fiction sagas have proven that there is always room for the story to continue.

Many of these continuations, however, have been mediocre, so it’s fortunate that Zemeckis doesn’t seem interested in a legacy, especially now that so much time has passed. “Remake the film or suggest that there is a Back to the Future 4you know, it’s just not planned,” the director said.

Back to the Future 4 may never come to fruition, but that doesn’t mean Zemeckis is totally against returning to the franchise. “I would like to do Back to the Future: The Musical (as a film),” the director said, “just like (Mel) Brooks did with The producers. I would love to do that. I think it would be great.

Back to the Future: The Musical is a relatively new production, but it has been in the works for almost a decade. The show was developed by Zemeckis’ long-time writing partner Bob Hale, and first performed at Manchester Opera House in 2020. Although critical reception was mixed, particularly for his 2023 Broadway tourit still became a commercial success. Readapting the stage version for the screen is a viable strategy; apart The producersrecent attempts like mean girls a musical was box office success.

Could Back to the future be next in the pipeline from screen to scene to screen? There is certainly interest on Zemeckis’ part, since the filmmaker has already “pitched” the idea to Universal. The studio, however, doesn’t seem to “get it” yet, so Zemeckis stated that “I couldn’t do anything.”

For now, the time travel franchise remains dormant, which is probably for the best. Zemeckis created magic with the original trilogy, and you can’t force more magic to appear out of thin air.