EXCLUSIVE: A function size documentary on the making of the Broadway and West End musical stage adaptation of Back to the Future will premiere tomorrow, March 24, on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, YouTube and extra.
A Future on Stage, directed by Brian Stillman, contains interviews with the makers and forged members of the stage adaptation in addition to the star and the director of the unique 1985 hit film Michael J. Fox and Robert Zemeckis.
Watch the brand new trailer beneath.
Producing is Nacelle, the Burbank-based manufacturing and distribution firm recognized for such TV docs as The Toys That Made Us and The Movies That Made Us. For the brand new challenge, Nacelle has partnered with Bob Gale (Co-Writer, Co-Producer Back to the Future) and filmmaker Stillman (Igniting the Spark – The Story of Magic: The Gathering).
In addition to Fox and Zemeckis, the documentary contains interviews with Gale, and Broadway forged members Casey Likes, Roger Bart, Liana Hunt, Jelani Remy, Nathaniel Hackmann, Mikaela Secada and Merrit David Janes. Also readily available: the musical’s producer Colin Ingram, director John Rando and manufacturing designer Tim Hatley.
Brian Volk-Weiss, Bob Gale, Cisco Henson, and Brian Stillman function Executive Producers of the doc.
“Having Back to the Future the Musical playing to sold out houses around the world is a future I never could have predicted,” stated Gale. “I thought getting the movie off the ground was insanely difficult, but getting the musical version on stage was even harder, and this documentary really captures what we all went through.”
Back To The Future was tailored for the stage by the film’s creators Gale and Zemeckis and options authentic music by Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard alongside hit songs used within the movie equivalent to “The Power of Love,” “Johnny B. Goode,” “Earth Angel” and “Back in Time.”
Back to the Future: The Musical gained the Olivier Award for Best New Musical for the West End manufacturing. The 2023-2025 Broadway staging acquired two Tony Award nominations (for scenic design and for featured actor Bart).
Following its 5 12 months West End run, Back to the Future: The Musical is touring the United States, with different productions in Tokyo and Hamburg with future stops deliberate for Edinburgh, Paris and different cities world wide.
Director Stillman’s different doc credit embody Plastic Galaxy: The Story of Star Wars Toys and Eye of the Beholder: The Art of Dungeons & Dragons and he contributed to Nacelle’s The Toys That Made Us, The Movies That Made Us, The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek, and Icons Unearthed.
Here’s the brand new trailer out right now:
