Hammerstone Studios announced today that production is set to begin this summer onBill & Ted 3, a.k.a.Bill & Ted Face the Music, withKeanu ReevesandAlex Winterreprising their roles as the eponymous duo for the first time in 30 years. With an overwhelming response and fandom surrounding the cult classic, the original team, along with some new faces, is set to make their most triumphant comeback for the long anticipated third installment. In a new video released today, the title duo announced that Orion Pictures will release the highly anticipated film through United Artists Releasing banner in theaters nationwide on August 04, 2025.
The time-travelling buddy comedy, shooting in New Orleans, will be directed byDean Parisot(Galaxy Quest,Red 2,Fun With Dick and Jane), from a screenplay by returning franchise writersChris Matheson(Imagine That, A Goofy Movie) andEd Solomon(Men in Black, Now You See Me, Mosaic).
Scott Kroopf(Limitless) produces alongsideAlex LeboviciandSteve Ponceon behalf of Hammerstone Studios.Steven Soderberghwill be executive producing along withJohn Ryan Jr.,Scott FischerandJohn Santilli.
Check out the announcement video below:
The world is about to get a lot more excellent. Watch this special announcement from your two favorite dudes! 8.21.20
Here’s the official synopsis:
Following 1989’s “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure”and 1991’s “Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey,” the stakes are higher than ever for William “Bill” S. Preston Esq. (Winter) and Theodore “Ted” Logan (Reeves). Yet to fulfill their rock and roll destiny, the now middle-aged best friends set out on a new adventure, when a visitor from the future warns them that only their song can save life as we know it and bring harmony to the universe. Along the way, they will be helped by their families, old friends and a few music legends.
While we wait forBill & Ted, Reeves will continue his captivating, jaw-dropping performances inJohn Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum,which will hit theaters on May 17th, as well as the Netflix romantic comedyAlways Be My Maybe,which starsAli WongandRandall Park. He’ll also lend his voice as to new character in Disney’sToy Story 4,which will be Reeves' first role in an animated film.
Winter, meanwhile, also starred inThe Lost Boysand on Broadway inThe King & IandPeter Pan. Additionally a prolific writer and director–with credits including the Epix documentariesDeep WebandThe Panama Papers,as well as the VH1 documentaryDownloadedand two short documentary films for Laura Poitras’s Field of Vision,Relatively FreeandTrump’s Lobby–Winter next hasZappa, the first all-access documentary on the life and times of Frank Zappa and the documentaryShowbiz Kidsfor HBO and Bill Simmons' Ringer Films.
