New Trailer for 40th Anniversary of ‘Back to the Future’ Sci-Fi Classic

New Trailer for 40th Anniversary of ‘Back to the Future’ Sci-Fi Classic

by Alex Billington
August 29, 2025
Source: YouTube

“What the hell is a jigawatt?!” Universal debuted a brand novel trailer celebrating the 40th anniversary of the all-time sci-fi time travel adventure classic Back to the Future, considered one of the best movies ever made. Robert Zemeckis directed this as his fourth feature film at the time and it hit first theaters in July 1985. Universal will be giving BTTF a gigantic ol’ grand re-release in theaters on October 31st this fall, and of course it’s a must watch on the gigantic screen. Bring the kids! Show it to the next generation, too! On October 31st, the beloved 1985 classic returns to theaters nationwide for a narrow engagement in premium enormous screen formats, including Dolby Cinema, 4DX, D-Box, IMAX, among others. This marks the first time Back to the Future will be presented on the world’s largest screens, offering fans the opportunity to experience the film’s scope and spectacle in the most immersive formats yet. Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown. The BTTF original cast includes Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, Thomas F. Wilson, Claudia Wells, Marc McClure, Wendie Jo Sperber, James Tolkan. This trailer shows the whole movie! But we’ve all seen it so many times already.

Here’s the novel trailer (+ poster) for Robert Zemeckis’ classic movie Back to the Future, from YouTube:

Universal Pictures is proud to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Back to the Future, the Academy Award–winning sci-fi adventure from director Robert Zemeckis and executive producer Steven Spielberg that became a global phenomenon and redefined the adventure genre. When teenager Marty McFly (starring Michael J. Fox) is blasted to 1955 in the DeLorean time machine created by the eccentric Doc Brown, he finds himself mixed up in a time-shattering chain reaction that threatens to erase his future—and trap him in the past forever. Back to the Future is directed by the iconic American filmmaker Robert Zemeckis, his fourth feature film at the time just after Romancing the Stone (1984) and right after he made Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) before the two sequels. The screenplay is written by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale. Produced by Neil Canton and Bob Gale. Executive produced by Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall. Back to the Future originally opened in theaters on July 3rd, 1985 and ended up becoming an epic $389 million box office success then. Universal re-releases the classic BTTF in theaters again starting on October 31st, 2025 this fall – including on IMAX screens nationwide. Is it one of your all-time faves?

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