Overview

• Published today, Future Boy recounts how Fox balanced Family Ties by day with Back to the Future night shoots during a three‑month stretch.
• Fox writes that he routinely worked 20-hour days, commuting to Universal after sitcom tapings, often wrapping film scenes around 2:30 a.m. and shooting through sunrise on Fridays.
• He confirms that Eric Stoltz was recast about a month into production after Steven Spielberg again pushed for Fox, leading to a night‑shoot compromise to keep him on the sitcom.
• Producer Bob Gale has long called the scheduling the hardest problem, describing Fox’s daily shift from 9 a.m. TV work to film shoots lasting past 1 or 2 a.m.
• Fox also reflects on life with Parkinson’s and notes his foundation has raised more than $2 billion for research, while revealing a private, cordial 2024 meeting with Stoltz who declined to participate in the book.