WTF Happened to Back To The Future?

Last Updated on July 30, 2021

Hollywood has had its fair share of historically troubled productions. Whether it was casting changes, actor deaths, fired directors, in-production rewrites, constant delays, budget cuts or studio edits, these films had every intention to be a blockbuster, but were beset with unforeseen disasters. Sometimes huge hits, sometimes box office bombs. Either way, we have to ask: WTF Happened To This Movie?

In the latest episode we take a trip back to 1985 to explore the making of Robert Zemeckis' classic sci-fi phenomenon, Back To The Future, starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd and Lea Thompson. While the film was a massive success, it wasn't exactly smooth sailing from the start and took a while to generate the 1.21 gigawatts needed to make it the cultural powerhouse it is today.

See previous WTF Happened To This Movie? Episodes below!