10 Dead Movie Franchises That Hollywood Must Revive

10. Back To The Future

As everyone geeky enough to know this kind of thing has known for decades, Back To The Future 2 and 3 - The One In The Future and The One In The Wild West - were filmed back to back to save on production costs, in probably the first example of the kind of franchise thinking that’s now de rigueur.

Christopher Lloyd and Michael J. Fox may be older than anyone would like to believe today, but that doesn’t mean that the idea of a sequel to this hit trilogy is past it. New characters can be introduced to take the dramatic weight, and new stories told about the perils of changing the past or the future. All they need to do is find Doc Brown’s old DeLorean in mothballs and juice it up again.

A return to the 1950s seems most appropriate to initially revisit this franchise - always dance with the girl that brought you to the party. And if a further link needs to be made to the first three films, then - alarmingly - Marty’s children could easily be having anklebiters of their own about now.

You know, something should really be done about those kids...