"Where we're going, we're going to need a birthday cake!"Universal Studios have this week announced the development of a stage musical based on the cult classic Back To The Future. First released in 1985, the film depicts the mission of protagonist Marty McFly to return to the present-day after a Delorean-shaped time machine transports him to the year 1955, and his subsequent difficulties in attempting to spark the currently-dormant romantic relationship of his future mother and father.
Given that 2015 will mark the thirtieth anniversary of the première of Steven Spielberg's groundbreaking science-fiction thriller, it's only right that the first fully-fledged adaptation of the piece into a new entertainment medium will début in the same year as a birthday present (of sorts) to fans old and new. The production's setlist and cast will be revealed in due course, but for now, Universal have confirmed that the original movie's screenwriters Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale are developing the script alongside Jamie Lloyd, while Alan Silvestri is composing the play's soundtrack with Ghost's Glen Ballard. For all of the essential details on this unprecedented project, keep it On-Screen in the weeks ahead!
Back To The Future: The Musical will première in the West End in 2015.
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