Whilst Keanu Reeves might be busying himself these days being the slightly less omnipotent living version of the protagonist from Joan Osborne‘s “(What if God was) One of Us” – it’s all in the name of a good cause. The perpetual slacker icon has never forgotten his roots, and knows a good, old fashioned nostalgia train when he sees one.
And for that matter, so does his old mate, and co-conspirator in the greatest band in the universe – referring, naturally, to the galactic icons Wyld Stallyns – Alex Winter.
Though, let’s be real here, Winter talks about this pretty much any time someone from the media happens to be near him, this time there’s definitely a bit more tangible evidence that we could be seeing a third instalment in the much beloved Bill & Ted film series before too long.
We’ve seen them on their Excellent Adventure, followed them through a pretty Bogus Journey, now the next step looks like being the most bodacious quest of all: adulthood. The erstwhile and hopefully future Bill S. Preston explains thusly:
“It’s a Bill & Ted movie, that’s what it is. It’s for the fans of Bill & Ted. It fits very neatly in the [series]. It’s not going to feel like a reboot. The conceit is really funny: What if you’re middle-aged, haven’t really grown up and you’re supposed to have saved the world and maybe, just maybe, you kinda haven’t?“
“It’s answering the question: ‘What happened to these guys?’ They’re supposed to have done all this stuff, they weren’t the brightest bulbs on the tree, what happened 20 years later? To answer that question in a comedic way felt rich with possibility.“
So while it might have been some 23-odd years for this third episode to get this far, Winter reassured everyone that sometimes “it just takes a long time to put a movie together.”
Now, it could well be that we’re still a fair way off actually seeing it hit cinemas, if it indeed ever does – much like the other vaunted sequels like Ghostbusters 3 or Zoolander 2 it could just be a pleasant beacon of hope that constant pings on an unreachable horizon.
But, hey. In the meantime, preach it Bill!
Right on, soul brother. Right on.
via FilmDrunk.
