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Starring voice of Doc: Christopher Lloyd.

Telltale Games' episodic adaptation of Back to the Future will begin either in late October or early November. Better still, the games will star none other than Christopher Lloyd - the actor who brought Doc to life.

News of the date came from Back to the Future screenwriter Bob Gale, who's involved with the project.

"I've been having story meetings and exchanging emails and phone calls with the folks at Telltale to make sure that what they develop feels like Back To The Future," Gale told Digital Spy.

"My understanding is that the first instalment - this is a computer game not a console game - they'll be coming out in instalments with the levels released apart, I don't know what the exact schedule is. I think they're looking towards the end of October, beginning of November to release the first level."

News of Lloyd's involvement tumbled from USA Today.

Telltale's Back to the Future series will apparently span five episodes, involve the likenesses of Doc and McFly and even the DeLorean time machine itself.

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Der_tolle_Emil #1 1 year ago

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I still cannot even remotely imagine how this will turn out. I'm hoping for the best, Telltale know what they are doing and I'm a big fan of Back to the Future. Don't disappoint me!
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reelbigkris #2 1 year ago

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While I am looking foward to this... and Christopher Lloyd is awesome... Does anyone remembers His role in the animated series. It was so awful!! If they can somehow get Michael J Fox involved this will be massive, but unsure about poor Michaels condition

Don't F*ck this up telltale! We are watching!

Edited by 1 at 03/09/10 @ 10:09
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SAMagic #3 1 year ago

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The premium version comes with a bullet-proof vest and a flux capacitor.
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bobiroka #4 1 year ago

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I'm hoping this is more than just another point n click adventure. There's so much potential for other forms of gameplay with this licence...
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telboy007 #5 1 year ago

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Great scott!
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altitude2k #6 1 year ago

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Yes yes yes... And Jurassic Park????
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tossetaz #7 1 year ago

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@reelbigkris I think he's doing allright all things considered, he'll be in an episode of the new season of "The Good Wife" and last year he was on "Rescue Me" so I don't think it's completely impossible he could be doing voice-acting in a Telltale adaptation, but only time will tell.
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neilka #8 1 year ago

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Top technical tips for Telltale:
-Don't compress the voices to within an inch of their lives to save a few megabytes on the download size
-Put some textures in it
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roz123 #9 1 year ago

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@earlbassett
When they announced it they said all major platforms
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the_dudefather #10 1 year ago

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Add kinect support for a 360 version

having to use just your hands would be like a baby's toy
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the_judge #11 1 year ago

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@telboy007

You're right, this is heavy
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LOLLERS #12 1 year ago

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PLEASE DON'T BE SHIT
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space_ace #13 1 year ago

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which year?
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chasejamie #14 1 year ago

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"...involve the likenesses of Doc and McFly and even the DeLorean time machine itself."

You would hope so wouldn't you!
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Dolly #15 1 year ago

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As long as they give me the option to have sex with my own mother in it, I'm in!
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neilka #16 1 year ago

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I also hope the game lets me have sex with Dolly's mother.
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chiz #17 1 year ago

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pswii6o, I love you. That comment brightened up my day.
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schnide #18 1 year ago

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@reelbigkris

I liked the animated series, and Lloyd only had a small role in each episode. As I'm sure you know, Homer Simpson's voice actor also provided the voice for Doc Brown in the animated sections which were the majority of the show.
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SAMagic #19 1 year ago

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Did you know it's been 25 years since Back to the Future? I feel old...

There's an excellent interview with Lloyd here:
http://ww w.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/apr/...
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reelbigkris #20 1 year ago

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@Schnide

Yeah, it was only the live action bits but I allways found them very, very frustrating. I love Christopher Lloyds part in the live action series of "the tick" as well, despite it being only the first episode
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taurus82 #21 1 year ago

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Christ! these guys don't hang about do they?
They only announced the project in June (correct me if I'm wrong).
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mumblyjoe #22 1 year ago

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This would be awesome to go along with the blurays that are out end of Oct, which is looking like a rather expensive month atm.
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SniperZoz #23 1 year ago

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Hoping this will be good.... or at least above average!
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GiarcYekrub #24 1 year ago

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Me want, me want, me want, me want!
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Phantom_Dynamite #25 1 year ago

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Hello, HELLO, McFly what systems is this on?
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levitate #26 1 year ago

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Please don't disintegrate Einstein!
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bumgut #27 1 year ago

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This game is my density!
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BuddyChrist #28 1 year ago

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I JUST REMEMBERED TOONSTRUCK!!!
Felt that deserved caps, that game was insane.
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Rosswell #29 1 year ago

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Theres currently a petition to get the 2nd half of Toonstruck released which was cut due to the game not selling well, its got close to 2500 signatures already and its gaining a bit of publicity on various sites so even more Christopher Lloyd in a point n' click environment may happen alongside this game.
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