Ad spoofs Marty McFly's 2015 arrival

Inventor Emmett “Doc” Brown, played by actor Christopher Lloyd, left, and Marty McFly, played by Michael J. Fox, prepare for the first test of the Doc’s time machine in a shopping mall parking lot in the 1985 film “Back to the Future.” (Photo courtesy Universal Studios/TNS)

Inventor Emmett “Doc” Brown, played by actor Christopher Lloyd, left, and Marty McFly, played by Michael J. Fox, prepare for the first test of the Doc’s time machine in a shopping mall parking lot in the 1985 film “Back to the Future.” (Photo courtesy Universal Studios/TNS)

Fans of the popular sci-fi trilogy "Back to the Future" remember that Oct. 21. 2015 is the day that Marty McFly arrives from 1985 into a futuristic world in a time machine. In a Toyota commercial, fiction meets reality.

And Toyota is taking advantage of the opportunity. Fans of the show might remember that McFly's dream car in 1985 was a Toyota truck.

Actors Christopher Lloyd and Michael J. Fox sat at a diner table to discuss what was predicted in the past about 2015. Flat screen televisions, 3D movies, drones and video conferencing are all part of life in 2015 that the movie predicted. But the film also predicted hoverboards, self-lacing shoes, flying cars and food hydrators as well.

And of course fax machines. Yes, fax machines exist, but they are not as widespread as suggested by the movie.

The Toyota suggested that a full film would be released on Oct. 21. Perhaps it might be a tie-in for an announcement byToyota.

"Over the years, we've had a lot of fun predicting which "Back to the Future" fictional 2015 technology would arrive by the real year," Fox said in a statement. "Now that we're a week away, I think fans are going to have a good time with what Toyota sees as a true possibility for transportation. It's actually really cool."

In a press release from Toyota, Fox will help the car company unveil a new vehicle next week.

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