Back to the Future (franchise) Back to the Future (franchise) The "Back to the Future" franchise is an American science fiction–adventure comedy film series written and directed by Robert Zemeckis, produced by Bob Gale and Neil Canton for Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment, and distributed by Universal Pictures. The franchise follows the adventures of a high school student, Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox), and an eccentric scientist, Dr. Emmett L. Brown (Christopher Lloyd), as they use a DeLorean time machine to time travel to different periods in the history of Hill Valley, California. The first film was the highest-grossing film of 1985 and became an international
Back to the Future: The Game occurred shortly after the game's announcement. Prior to the game's release, Telltale Games published their first Facebook game, "Back to the Future: Blitz Through Time", with mechanics similar to "Bejeweled Blitz", to tie in with the episodic series. It has been taken down as of 2012. A voucher for a free copy of the first episode of the series was included in the of the "Back to the Future" trilogy on October 26, 2010. A promotional offer was made on Telltale's web site to download a free copy as well. Via this promotion, however, the first episode began distribution on