Keanu Reeves might reprise his role as Ted ‘Theodore’ Logan in ‘Bill and Ted 3.’ Could a black-and-white, 3D ‘Bill and Ted’ be on the way, directed by Scorsese, Coppola, and Herzog?
Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure was silly, occasionally vulgar, hilarious, and it had time travel… inside of phone booths. Additionally, it’s the rare sort of early 90s movie that has worn shockingly well with age, due in large part to the charming performances from everyone involved, Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, and George Carlin especially, as well as fantastic music all throughout.
The sequel, Bogus Journey, was not as good but still enjoyable. Hell was at once bizarre and terrifying, and the board game contest with Death was a surprisingly clever riff on the film classic The Seventh Seal. As a result, it’s greatly pleasing to hear that a Bill and Ted 3 is in the very, very early stages of becoming a reality.
In an interview with MTV, Keanu Reeves teased the possibility of a second sequel:
“We’re trying. Alex and I are still friends and we’re talking, and we’re talking to Chris and Ed [the writers of Bill and Ted 1 and 2] [and] they’re going to try and see if they can write something. To me, I’d love to play the role. I’d love to work with Alex and Chris and Ed again. […] We’ll see what they do. If it’s a film that can stand up on its own … and I’m meeting people now, they’ve shown the film to their kids.”
As with all things of this ilk, take Reeves’ statement with a major grain of salt — until something official. But it’s worth noting that Reeves was incredibly enthusiastic about the project, to the point that he pitched two very different, and very insane, ideas for the film: a black-and-white film (in—surprise, surprise—3D!) or a multi-director film with Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, and Werner Herzog about innocence VS. nihilism.