BLOOM announced today thatKeanu ReevesandAlex Winterwill officially be reuniting on screen after 27 years as the legendary Ted “Theodore” Logan and Bill S. Preston Esq., respectively, in the highly anticipated third installment of theBill & Tedcomedy franchise,Bill & Ted Face the Music. FollowingBill & Ted’s Excellent AdventureandBill & Ted’s Bogus Journey, original creatorsChris MathesonandEd Solomon(Men in Black, Now You See Me) have penned the script, withDean Parisot(Galaxy Quest) confirmed to direct.
Here’s what Reeves and Winter had to say, as part of the press release:
“We couldn’t be more excited to get the whole band back together again. Chris and Ed wrote an amazing script, and with Dean at the helm we’ve got a dream team!"
And here’s your first look at the film’s synopsis, though it’s currently in pre-production so that may change:
When we last met Bill and Ted they were time-traveling teenagers trying to pass history class and win the battle of the bands. Once prophesized to save the universe with their rock and roll, middle age and the responsibilities of family have caught up with these two best friends who have not yet fulfilled their destiny. They’ve written thousands of tunes, but they have yet to write a good one, much less the greatest song ever written. With the fabric of time and space tearing around them, a visitor from the future warns our heroes that only their song can save life as we know it. Out of luck and fresh out of inspiration, Bill and Ted set out on a time travel adventure to seek the song that will set their world right and bring harmony in the universe as we know it. Together with the aid of their daughters, a new crop of historical figures, and some sympathetic music legends, Bill and Ted find much, much more than just a song.
Reeves is currently in production on Lionsgate’sJohn Wick: Chapter 3, which will be released in May 2019 and will star alongsideWinona RyderinDestination Wedding.After starring in the first twoBill and Tedinstallments, Winter also starred inThe Lost Boysand has since has transitioned to writing and directing as well with credits including the Epix documentaryDeep Weband VH1 documentaryDownloaded. Recently, he directed and produced two short documentary films forLaura Poitras’s Field of Vision;Relatively FreeandTrump’s Lobby, and up next hasZappa, the first all-access documentary on the life and times ofFrank Zappa.
As forBill & Ted Face the Music, MGM owns the rights to the film and will release in the U.S. under their Orion Pictures banner. BLOOM is handling international sales, which commenced in Cannes this week. Endeavor Content negotiated the deal.
Scott Kroopfwill produce together withAlex LeboviciandSteve Ponceof Hammerstone Studios, withSteven Soderberghserving as an executive producer alongsideScott Fischer,John Ryan Jr.,R. Scott ReidandJohn Santilli.
