These Guys Want to go 'Back to the Future'

Another year, another talk about a potential resurrection of the Back to the Future franchise.

This story comes from Moviehole on the heels of Deadline's report that writer/director duo Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg have inked a two-year production deal over at Universal.

For those of you unfamilar with their work, they're the guys that brought those Academy Award winning Harold & Kumar movies to life while also bringing back the beloved American Pie cast for next month's American Reunion.

In a recent interview regarding their new contract, the two "average at best" writers/directors spoke about their hopes to bring back another beloved, though "slightly" more important Universal franchise:

“We want Back to the Future, just come out and say it”, Hurwitz nudges Scholssberg into admitting. “That’s our favourite trilogy. We’re always having this conversation…”

Before getting all bent out of shape about this story, the two are quick to point out that any trip down a Back to the Future lane likely won't be in the cards for a while:

“I wouldn’t want to do it now because people would be like, “Oh, there’s no way it will be as good as the original.” But 30 years from now when Spielberg’s like 90 and those guys are kind of on their way out, and those movies just look really old because we’re watching movies that are old, literally in two dimensions or something, it would be great to have all these classics that you’re able to remake.”

While they do state they'd prefer to go the route of sequel (like that's so much better for an iconic franchise), they admit it'll likely be remade for the simple reason of well...time.

“I personally would far rather a sequel, unless it’s something that is so old that the general movie going public hasn’t really seen the movie, and then you could consider it a reboot”, says Schlossberg.

“The problem is [the sequel is set in] 2015, that’s why I feel it is inevitably going to be remade because it is dependent on time periods that people won’t connect with. It’s the perfect movie to remake, but it’s so loved by a generation that is still with it and going to be with it.”

There's a great line in the new 21 Jump Street remake (go figure) where the police captain basically goes tongue in cheek when he talks about the resurrection of an old 80s police program:

"Due to a chronic lack of originality — the powers that be simply revive old crap from the ‘80s and hope no one notices."

Couldn't be any more true.