Cool Stuff: ‘Back To Back To The Future’ Reinstates Eric Stoltz As Marty McFly
It’s a fairly well known bit of trivia amongBack to the Futurefans: When production was just getting under way, directorRobert Zemeckisspent four weeks filming withEric Stoltzin the lead before he decided the part had been miscast. He dropped Stoltz and brought onMichael J. Fox.That, of course, turned out to be exactly the right decision. These days, it’s bizarre toimagineanyone but Fox playing Marty McFly.
At the time, though, it wasn’t an easy choice. For one thing, actressMelora Hardinbecame collateral damage in that changeover — she was considered too tall to play Fox’s love interest, so she was let go before she shot a single scene. ProducerBob Galethat conversation with Hardin “the hardest thing I ever had to do,” and said he was “sick about it for days.”
In real life, of course, Gale can’t change the way things turned out. But in fiction, he’s received a chance to do just that.David Guy Levy’s comicBack to Back to the Futureimagines Gale and Hardin accidentally sent back in time, where they decide to keep Stoltz from ever getting replaced. The first issue is available for free on the web now. Hit the jump to learn more about it.
All I could think after reading this statement was that here was the man who wrote the most popular films ever made about time travel, and he had this major regret. So I decided I wanted to tell the story where he gets to go back in time himself, through a parody of the films he helped create, and right this wrong.
Appropriately enough for a comic book about time travel, any profits fromBack to Back to the Futurewill be used to invest in the future. As Levy explains below, the first three issues of the six-issue series will be given away online for free. The other three will cost $2 each to download, with all proceeds going to theYoung Storytellers Foundation.
Click hereto download a .ZIP file containing the first issue, with art byJeffrey Spokes. Keep an eye on the series’Facebook pageandofficial websitefor further updates.
