Michael J Fox reveals how Family Ties nearly blocked him from Back to the Future — until Steven Spielberg intervened

Michael J. Fox has opens up about how Back to the Future almost slipped through his fingers in his new memoir, Future Boy.

In the book, co-written by Fox and Nelle Fortenberry, the five-time Emmy winner recalls how he managed filming the popular NBC sitcom Family Ties and the classic film Back to the Future simultaneously in 1985.