Dude, does this sound like a bad idea? Well, at least on the surface, it certainly does. What possible credible mileage must exist in revisiting the
Bill & Ted parts that made
Keanu Reeves and
Alex Winter famous over twenty years ago seems fairly nebulous. Although doubtless the most appropriate roll to the acting talent Reeves possesses, now in his forties, the naïve California valley bum will not be charming, rather monumentally irritating. The most obvious question is, of course, why on earth does Reeves feel the need to portray the character that set him on the road to super-stardom and untold riches? For Winter, on the other hand, Bill and Ted only launched him on the road to obscurity, and the few moments of international exposure he still receives are entirely due to repeated airings of the two films- or interviews thereon. So for him at least, talk of a third film represents a win-win situation, and another chance at career in big Hollywood productions. Now it seems that this idea of
Bill & Ted 3 maybe a little more than idle speculation as Reeves,
speaking to MTV- where speculation provides the bulk of their content- said that the project is moving closer towards being a reality:
"The writers are six weeks away from a draftWhen we last got together, part of it was that Bill and Ted were supposed to have written the song that saved the world, and it hasn't happened; so they've now become kind of possessed by trying to do that. Then there's an element of time and they have to go back."
Movie Trailers - Movies Blog If one mutes cynicism over the statement that writers
Chris Matheson and
Ed Soloman are six weeks away from a draft (screenwriters are always six weeks away from a draft), the film now looks more likely to happen than not. Few of the people involved had had comparable success since the last film and would welcome a return to the franchise economically if nothing else and so the only stumbling block was Reeves, who is clearly enthusiastic. It seems probable then that we will once again endure a thousand valley-bum clichés poorly recited in a variety of improbable mock accents. Bogus.