Back To The Future 4 Trailer Edit Brings Back Original Stars & Casts Tom Holland As Jake McFly (2024)

Summary

A fan-made Back to the Future 4 trailer features original stars and casts Tom Holland as a new character.
The original director and writer are against a fourth film, but the fan trailer offers a blueprint for a potential continuation.
Michael J. Fox's retirement makes his return unlikely, but focusing on a new character could keep the franchise alive.

A fan-made Back to the Future 4 trailer brings back the original stars and casts Tom Holland in a new role. Written by Bob Gale and directed by Robert Zemeckis, the Back to the Future trilogy was released from 1985 to 1990, following the time-traveling adventures of high school student Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) and eccentric scientist Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd), who builds the DeLorean time machine. Though the two sequels weren't as highly regarded as the original, the trilogy has cultivated a dedicated fan following who have long advocated for a fourth Back to the Future film.

Now, KH Studio has created and shared a fan-made Back to the Future 4 trailer on YouTube. Watch it below:

It's Good Back To The Future 4 Never Happened

While fan speculation over a possible Back to the Future 4 has never faded, it's actually a good thing that a belated sequel hasn't happened.

Will Back to the Future 4 Happen?

Back To The Future 4 Trailer Edit Brings Back Original Stars & Casts Tom Holland As Jake McFly (2)

Given how beloved Back to the Future is, the possibility of a fourth film has been floating around for years. However, Back to the Future is one franchise that seemingly won't be rebooted. In 2018, Robert Zemeckis said, "There will never ever be, in the most absolute way, a Back to the Future 4," and in the ensuing years, the director has remained adamantly against the idea. Similarly, the trilogy's co-writer Bob Gale has shot down the idea of a fourth movie. Instead, he believes Back to the Future: The Musical can provide the nostalgic experience fans are craving:

People say, "Why don’t you guys do Back to the Future Part 4?" When they say that, they’re saying, "I want something that makes me feel as good as the original did." That’s what this is. That’s the feeling you’re going to get here when you see this show. There’s no need to go back to that well. You’ve seen too many people go back too many times. As I’ve said many times, the characters in Back to the Future are my family, my children. You don’t sell your kids into prostitution.

While the fan-made Back to the Future 4 trailer imagines Michael J. Fox returning as Marty McFly, it's unlikely he would do so. The actor officially retired in 2021 due to Parkinson's disease, and it would be difficult to imagine anyone else playing his role. The fan-made trailer, however, does provide a serviceable blueprint for how the Back to the Future franchise could continue by shifting the focus to Jake McFly. In recent years, Hollywood has come to rely on nostalgic legacy sequels to classic movies, so the possibility of Back to the Future 4 can never be truly ruled out.

Source: KH Studio

Back to the Future
Summary:
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 gets back to 1985.

Release Date:
1985-07-03

Cast:
Claudia Wells, Christopher Lloyd, James Tolkan, Thomas F. Wilson, Michael J. Fox, Wendie Jo Sperber, Crispin Glover, Marc McClure, Lea Thompson

Director:
Robert Zemeckis

Genres:
Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi

Rating:
PG

Writers:
Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale

Runtime:
116 minutes

Budget:
$19 million

Studio(s):
Universal Pictures

Distributor(s):
Universal Pictures