Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020, D: Parisot) S: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter
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Re: Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020, D: Parisot) S: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter
Just 20 months ago, EW hosted a Bill & Ted reunion with stars Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves, as well as franchise writers Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon. Then, last spring, it was announced that Bill & Ted Face the Music — the first film in the comedy/sci-fi series since 1991’s Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey — would soon start shooting. Coincidence? Apparently not. “The response to what you did was staggering to even the biggest cynics,” says Solomon. “That was great news for us.”
This third Bill & Ted film (out Aug. 21) finds Winter’s Bill S. Preston Esq. and Reeves’ Ted Theodore Logan III still trying to create music for their band, Wyld Stallyns, which they learned back in 1989’s Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure will inspire the utopian society of the future. “They were told when they were teenagers that they were going to save reality, and they’ve been working on it the whole time,” says Matheson. “Now an emissary from the future comes and says, ‘You’ve got to do it right now. We’ve got literally 80 minutes or all of reality will come to an end.’”
The pair are aided in their quest by their daughters. Samara Weaving (Ready or Not) plays Bill’s offspring, Thea, while Brigette Lundy-Paine (Atypical) is Ted’s kid, Billie. “The daughters really love their dads’ music and want to help them,” Matheson says.
Other franchise newbies joining the fun are Saturday Night Live cast member Beck Bennett, who portrays Ted’s younger brother, Logan, and musician-actor Kid Cudi. “He plays Kid Cudi,” says director Dean Parisot. “He gets mysteriously thrown around through various times, because all time and space is coming unglued.” Returning series veterans, meanwhile, also include William Sadler as the Grim Reaper. “Death was in the band in the second film,” says Parisot. “Things didn’t go all that well. But I’ll leave it at that!”
Reeves has been busy in front of the camera since he and Winter last portrayed Bill and Ted in Bogus Journey (busy enough of late for EW to have named him one of our 2019 Entertainers of the Year). But Winter spent much of that time directing documentaries. Was he concerned that he might have lost his acting chops? “If I was going back into doing fricking King Lear, then I would have been wetting my nappies,” he says. “But I do know this guy pretty well.”
Most excellent.
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Re: Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020, D: Parisot) S: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter
It's weird seeing Keanu without the beard. It's been such a part of his look since John Wick took off. They even got William Sadler to come back as Death.
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Re: Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020, D: Parisot) S: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter
SHOW US YOUR MOVES! ROCK OUT WITH ANY INSTRUMENT - REAL OR FAKE - OR JUST PLAY AIR GUITAR!
THE PRODUCERS WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO BE A SMALL BUT MOST EXCELLENT PART OF OUR MOVIE!
Check out the track above. Film yourself, family, friends and even your pets rocking out! Finally, submit your video by May 20 for your best chance to have it included in the new Bill & Ted Movie - coming Summer 2020!
https://www.partyonwithbillandted.com/
THE PRODUCERS WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO BE A SMALL BUT MOST EXCELLENT PART OF OUR MOVIE!
Check out the track above. Film yourself, family, friends and even your pets rocking out! Finally, submit your video by May 20 for your best chance to have it included in the new Bill & Ted Movie - coming Summer 2020!
https://www.partyonwithbillandted.com/
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Re: Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020, D: Parisot) S: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter
Was there a spot during the super bowl?!
I didn’t realize there was a release date announced. I’m surprised that’s sticking due to COVID, although I guess they have time to adjust.
I didn’t realize there was a release date announced. I’m surprised that’s sticking due to COVID, although I guess they have time to adjust.
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Re: Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020, D: Parisot) S: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter
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Re: Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020, D: Parisot) S: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter
So goofy - really want to see this, loved the way he said "Not if were stealing from ourselves" .
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Re: Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020, D: Parisot) S: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter
The trailer didn't do it for me and deflated my excitement for the movie. I get a Dumb and Dumber Too vibe from this and that's not good. I'm hoping the next trailer can turn things around.
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Re: Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020, D: Parisot) S: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter
they just look too old to play these parts anymore, especially Reeves. the vernacular doesn't sound the same at all coming from 50 year olds...
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Re: Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020, D: Parisot) S: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter
This is not high art. It's a comedy about 2 50-year old idiots and a follow up to when they were idiots in high school.
Last edited by DJariya; 06-09-20 at 02:12 PM.
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Re: Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020, D: Parisot) S: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter
It was just a quick shot and he’s covered in makeup but William Sadler’s “Death” looks exactly the same.