10 Announced Movie Sequels That Shouldn't Happen
4. Bill & Ted 4
Along incredibly similar lines, Bill and Ted also managed to get away with one not-bad, egregiously belated sequel, enough that the cast and crew are now trying their luck at another.
Bill & Ted Face the Music was finally released in 2020, almost 30 years after Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, but even before it came out, franchise screenwriters Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon were busy talking up a possible fourth film.
Last year, star Alex Winter confirmed that the creative team has cracked the idea for another sequel that they plan to write soon, though Winter did caution that it might take a while to get made. But honestly, wasn't Face the Music a totally fine coda for these characters?
If a fourth film took another decade to get made, as is quite likely per the realities of Hollywood, Winter and Keanu Reeves would probably be playing Bill and Ted at 70+ years old. Is that what fans really want?
This is one franchise that's perfectly fine left exactly where it is. We got a neat reunion with the duo that didn't retroactively ruin the first two films, and that should be considered a victory.