--- description: "I mean, to me, that’s outrageous" title: Here's What 'Back to the Future' Director Says About Possible Reboot image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt593b29a12c42b586/6988591f428a9e6aa7ccdf8d/christopher-lloyd-back-future.jpg?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Here's What _Back to the Future_ Director Says About Possible Reboot by [Devan Coggan / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Devan Coggan / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 30, 2015 6:03 PM CUT  Christopher Lloyd in a scene from 'Back To The Future.' Christopher Lloyd in a scene from 'Back To The Future.'Universal Pictures—Getty Images by [Devan Coggan / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Devan Coggan / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 30, 2015 6:03 PM CUT With the number of classic movies getting reboots (and the box-office success of sequels like _Jurassic World_), fans may be wondering if a certain 1980s time-travel series could be returning to the big screen. But director Robert Zemeckis says that _Back to the Future_ won’t be remade until well after he and co-writer Bob Gale have died. “That can’t happen until both Bob and I are dead,” Zemeckis [told the _Telegraph_.](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/back-to-the-future/remake-sequel-robert-zemeckis/ "undefined") “And then I’m sure they’ll do it, unless there’s a way our estates can stop it. I mean, to me, that’s outrageous. 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?” Zemeckis’ next film, _The Walk_, will be released Oct. 2. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/30/robert-zemeckis-back-to-the-future-remake "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3941899/back-future-reboot-director-comment/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3941899/back-future-reboot-director-comment/"},"headline":"Here's What Back to the Future Director Says About Possible Reboot","datePublished":"2015-06-30T18:03:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:40:33.772Z","description":"Will they be going ... \"back in time\"?","url":"https://time.com/3941899/back-future-reboot-director-comment/","keywords":["movies","Back to the Future"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt593b29a12c42b586/6988591f428a9e6aa7ccdf8d/christopher-lloyd-back-future.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Devan Coggan / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt593b29a12c42b586/6988591f428a9e6aa7ccdf8d/christopher-lloyd-back-future.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Christopher Lloyd in a scene from 'Back To The Future.'","caption":"Christopher Lloyd in a scene from 'Back To The Future.'","creditText":"Universal Pictures—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3941899/back-future-reboot-director-comment/","name":"Here's What Back to the Future Director Says About Possible Reboot"}}]}] ```