Michael J. Fox has written a few books, but his latest title is going to be a good one. It is going to be called Future Boy and will primarily discuss his time during the Back to the Future trilogy and the Family Ties television series. For anyone who grew up in the 1980s and 1990s, this book will be a must-read.
According to People, “Future Boy delves into a specific time in Fox’s storied career: namely, the year 1985, when the actor was steadily rising to fame as Alex P. Keaton on the NBC sitcom Family Ties. That same year, Fox landed his landmark role as Marty McFly in Robert Zemeckis’ classic film Back to the Future — a character he would reprise in the franchise’s two sequels, Back to the Future Part II and Back to the Future Part III.”
“His world was about to get even bigger, but only if he could survive the kind of double duty unheard of in Hollywood. Fox’s days were already dedicated to rehearsing and taping the hit sitcom Family Ties, but then the chance of a lifetime came his way,” according to an official synopsis of the book. “Soon, he committed his nights to a new time-travel adventure film being directed by Robert Zemeckis and produced by Steven Spielberg—Back to the Future. Sitcom during the day, movie at night—day after day, for months.”
Future Boy will include new interviews with the cast and crew of both Family Ties and Back to the Future. It was co-written by Nelle Fortenberry, who has worked with Fox for three decades and previously served as the president of his production company.
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Michael Kozlowski is the editor-in-chief at Good e-Reader and has written about audiobooks and e-readers for the past fifteen years. Newspapers and websites such as the CBC, CNET, Engadget, Huffington Post and the New York Times have picked up his articles. He Lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.