Don’t worry, Back to the Future fans, Robert Zemeckis is here to fight the remake machine.
In an age where nothing is sacred, and everything from Ghostbusters to Sister Act is getting the Hollywood remake treatment, it’s refreshing to see a creator take a stand.
Robert Zemeckis, director of the cult classic Back to the Future trilogy, tells The Telegraph that he will do everything in his power to prevent his movies being remade.
“To me, that’s outrageous,” he says. “Especially since it’s a good movie. It’s like saying, ‘Let’s remake Citizen Kane. Who are we going to get to play Kane?’ What folly, what insanity is that? Why would anyone do that?”
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The good news is that Back to the Future can’t be remade, “until both [co-writer Bob Gale] and I are dead.”
The bad news? Once Zemeckis and Gale are no longer with us, “then I’m sure they’ll do it, unless there’s a way our estates can stop it,” Zemeckis warns ominously.
While we understand the monetary value of nostalgia, and we appreciate how Hollywood is pumping new life into old franchises, there’s something to be said for the importance of originality.
Not just in terms of funding original projects today, but also in terms of allowing classic works to stand as they are — as products of their time, that (certainly in the case of Back to the Future) hold up perfectly well by our current standards.
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