‘Back To The Future’ And ‘Star Trek’ Icons Celebrate Fan Fest Nights

The post ‘Back To The Future’ And ‘Star Trek’ Icons Celebrate Fan Fest Nights appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. LeVar Burton attends Universal Fan Fest Nights Opening Night Event at Universal Studios Hollywood at … More Universal CityWalk on April 25, 2025 in Universal City, California. Getty Images for Universal Studios Hollywood Even the most skeptical among us will find it hard not to be impressed with the immersive experience served at the first-ever Fan Fest Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood. Headlined by a trifecta of huge IPs, including Star Trek and Dungeons and Dragons, the jewel in the crown when it comes to execution is Back to the Future, reimagined and brought to life in a whole new way as Destination Hill Valley. However, like Marty McFly’s mission in the movie, things could have turned out very differently. “The script was rejected over 40 times,” recalls Back to the Future co-writer and producer Bob Gale on the Fan Fest Nights red carpet. “We didn’t know it was going to be a hit, and if we hadn’t recast Eric Stoltz and put Michael J. Fox as the lead in the movie, it might not have been. The difference between success and failure is right on the edge of a razor blade.” Back to the Future was released 40 years ago this summer and went on to gross $388.8 million against a $19 million budget and was the highest-grossing film of 1985 worldwide. It’s being released in movie theaters later this year. In the meantime, Destination Hill Valley at Fan Fest Nights invites guests to time travel back to 1955 to experience a celebratory recreation of Courthouse Square in the space where it was first created: the backlot at Universal Studios Hollywood. Among the elements are a complete recreation of the Enchantment Under the Sea prom and an environmental recreation of the classic film’s epic finale involving the DeLorean getting…

Apr 27, 2025 - 07:00
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‘Back To The Future’ And ‘Star Trek’ Icons Celebrate Fan Fest Nights

The post ‘Back To The Future’ And ‘Star Trek’ Icons Celebrate Fan Fest Nights appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com.

LeVar Burton attends Universal Fan Fest Nights Opening Night Event at Universal Studios Hollywood at … More Universal CityWalk on April 25, 2025 in Universal City, California. Getty Images for Universal Studios Hollywood Even the most skeptical among us will find it hard not to be impressed with the immersive experience served at the first-ever Fan Fest Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood. Headlined by a trifecta of huge IPs, including Star Trek and Dungeons and Dragons, the jewel in the crown when it comes to execution is Back to the Future, reimagined and brought to life in a whole new way as Destination Hill Valley. However, like Marty McFly’s mission in the movie, things could have turned out very differently. “The script was rejected over 40 times,” recalls Back to the Future co-writer and producer Bob Gale on the Fan Fest Nights red carpet. “We didn’t know it was going to be a hit, and if we hadn’t recast Eric Stoltz and put Michael J. Fox as the lead in the movie, it might not have been. The difference between success and failure is right on the edge of a razor blade.” Back to the Future was released 40 years ago this summer and went on to gross $388.8 million against a $19 million budget and was the highest-grossing film of 1985 worldwide. It’s being released in movie theaters later this year. In the meantime, Destination Hill Valley at Fan Fest Nights invites guests to time travel back to 1955 to experience a celebratory recreation of Courthouse Square in the space where it was first created: the backlot at Universal Studios Hollywood. Among the elements are a complete recreation of the Enchantment Under the Sea prom and an environmental recreation of the classic film’s epic finale involving the DeLorean getting…

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