Christopher Lloyd is on the hunt for theBack to The FutureDeLoreans in a new series for Discovery+. In the four-part series, calledExpedition: Back to the Future, Lloyd will team up withExpedition Unknownhost Josh Gates to track down other versions of the modified DeLorean DMC-12 that was used for the filming of the classic 1985 movie. Their journey will take them all across the United States, with stops including Los Angeles, Houston, New York, and Orlando. A sneak preview has also been released.
The primaryDeLoreanused forBack to the Futureis currently stationed at the Peterson Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. Six other versions were also used for the movie, andChristopher Lloydand Gates are on a mission to find at least one of these “time machines.” If they can find the perfect DeLorean, it will then be auctioned off by Lloyd’sBack to the Futureco-star Michael J. Fox to benefit the Michael J. Fox Foundation.
Reuniting with several of his co-stars in the series,Expedition: Back to the Futurealso serves as a reunion of the 1985 movie. The series will include guest appearances from Fox (Marty McFly), Lea Thompson (Lorraine McFly), Donald Fullilove (Mayor Goldie Wilson), Jokes Tolkan (Principal Strickland), and Harry Waters Jr. (Marvin Berry). Producer and co-writer Bob Gale will also be featured. Along with theBack to the Futurecast, the new series will feature interviews with DeLorean experts, collectors, and fans of the movie.
Directed by Robert Zemeckis,Back to the Futureis widely considered to be one of the greatest movies of all time. In a nutshell, it follows a teenage boy and trying to find his way back home to 1985 when he inadvertently time travels to 1955, meeting past versions of his family and his scientist friend Doc Brown. The movie spawned two sequels and branched out into other mediums, including an animated series and a stage musical adaptation. Lloyd has been vocal for years about his hope to reprise the role of Doc Brown in a fourth movie, but Zemeckis and Gale insist on leaving the franchise where it is, for better or for worse.
Last year, theBack to the Futurecast (sans Crispin Glover) also reunited for Josh Gad’s online web seriesReunited Apart. Cast members like Lloyd, Fox, and Thompson all returned, and the reunion also brought in other names from the trilogy like Mary Steenburgen, Elizabeth Shue, and “Power of Love” singer Huey Lewis. Zemeckis and Gale also were present to speak about the movie. This followed a previous reunion onJimmy Kimmel Livein 2015 when Lloyd and Fox appeared in a DeLorean dressed as Doc Brown and Marty McFly.
All four episodes ofExpedition: Back to the Futurewill premiere March 15 on Discovery+. For more from Lloyd, you’re able to also see him alongsideBetter Call Saulstar Bob Odenkirk in the upcoming action movieNobodyfromJohn Wickcreator Derek Kolstad. Universal Pictures will release that movie on March 26. This news comes to us fromEntertainment Weekly.
