Keanu Reeves plans new Bill and Ted sequel

[Montag]

You know Keanu Reeves star has fallen if he's even returning Alex Winter's phone calls.

Keanu Reeves plans new Bill and Ted sequel
September 26, 2010

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Matrix star Keanu Reeves is playing with the idea of reviving his old character from the cult movie Bill and Ted.

The actor played Californian teen Ted "Theodore" Logan in the science fiction adventures from 1989 and 1991. In the films he and co-star Alex Winter, aka Bill S. Preston, embarked on several time travelling adventures in a telephone booth.

Despite the commercial success of the first two films, plans for a third movie never went beyond pre-production.

In an interview with MTV News, Keanu confirmed he is back in touch with the original team, including co-star Winter and writers Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon, saying: "They're going to try and see if they can write something.

"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."

How a third movie would turn out is anybody's guess, afterall there is the age gap to consider. Reeves is now 46. When Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey was released in 1991 he was in his twenties.

[Jeff]

I like the idea of much later in life sequels. I wish Jimmy Stewart had made an It's a Wonderful Life sequel in his 80s, preferably directed by Werner Herzog. But George Carlin's dead, so I don't see a worthwhile new Bill and Ted happening.

[Montag]

I personally don't like sequels years later... It better be good IMO, if it's done. Like I didn't see the Basic Instinct sequel, but it looked like garbage (and Sharon Stone's career is over). Wall Street II looks much better, though, I think it's been getting a mixed reaction.

It's funny how much the first Wall Street movie is talked about, the message of it seems to be rarely if ever discussed. That Wall Street gave up on U.S. businesses employing people on livable wages, and doing things and making things in a way that benefits more than the top layer of a company. Instead, the idea became to buy up companies and strip them down to shells of their former selves -- laying off masses of people in the process -- and who knows if they were able to find the same quality of jobs?