Paramount Pictures When Project Almanac's trailer first surfaced last year, skeptics and gimmick-weary viewers let out something of a collective groan. The Michael Bay-produced teen-driven film lies at the ambitious intersection of the time-travel and found-footage genres: The former boasts a long list of well-loved forbears including Back to the Future, Interstellar, Donnie Darko, Looper, Groundhog Day, Time Cop, and Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, many of which Project Almanac references in the film.