Robert Zemeckis’ best films were box office hits that helped put the American filmmaker’s name on the map like Forrest Gump, the Back to the Future films, and Who Framed Roger Rabbit. With his top box office flick being 1994’s best picture winner Forrest Gump,

Hanks said on the Happy Sad Confused podcast in 2022 that they “did take a stab at talking about another Forrest Gump ,” however, it “lasted all of 40 minutes.” He added, “And then we never… we said, ‘Guys, come on.’”

“I turned in the script the night before 9/11,” Roth said. “And we sat down, Tom [Hanks] and Bob [Zemeckis] and I, looked at each other and said, we don’t think this is relevant anymore. The world had changed. Now time has obviously passed, but maybe some things should just be one thing and left as they are.”