With the success of the new 'Indiana Jones' movie and Eddie Murphy about to bring Axl Foley back in 'Beverly Hills Cop 4', it seems the eighties movie revival is on, however, the writer and producer of 'Back to the Future' has ruled out an often speculated update of the series.
Speaking recently at at a benefit, Bob Gale told BTTF.com that, "We've all seen sometimes where they make one too many sequels and you say, 'Maybe they shouldn't have done that.' I'm not going to name any names of movies, but you know what they are!"
He continues, "But more importantly, as I'm sure you all know, Michael J. Fox is not in the best of shape with his Parkinson's. The idea of making another 'Back to the Future' movie without Michael J. Fox — you know, that's like saying 'I'm going to cook you a steak dinner and I'm going to hold the beef.' You can't do that."
Gale, along with Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis, were involved with the making of the time travelling trilogy and "all love the three Back to the Future movies just the way they are."
"I'm sure Universal would love it if we were to say to them, 'Hey, let's do another one,' but we don't think we could ever make a fourth one that would live up to how great the first three are, so we're going to leave well enough alone."
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