Alex Winter has confirmed that “Bill and Ted 3″ is in the works.
Every so often I wake up and ask myself, “I wonder if Keanu Reeves keeps up with Alex Winter?” It turns out he does. And they’ve been planning “Bill and Ted 3″ for the past 19 years.
For the record there was a second movie, “Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey.” According to Dave Mustaine of Megadeth, the film was supposed to be called “Bill and Ted Go to Hell” but it was scrapped for obvious marketing reasons. Anyway, if you’re in the mood for a bogus journey, I would recommend watching “Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey.”
“Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure,” however, is an incredible film. It’s the only pop-cultural educational film I can readily call to mind. Imagine going into a studio today with the elevator pitch, “We’re going to make learning fun” and getting a green light? This would be impossible, because learning is not fun. How it slipped by the first time is beyond me.
The plot of the third “Bill and Ted” installment is open to speculation. For starters, people who play guitar aren’t famous anymore or culturally relevant, so all their air guitar-ing won’t make any sense. The only famous guitarist is John Mayer. If John Mayer makes a cameo in “Bill and Ted 3″ I am walking out of the theater.
Second, George Carlin is dead, so there is no Rufus. Winter told MTV, “It’s actually stopped us in the past — why do it without Rufus? We’ve been delicate about moving around him.” But “Bill and Ted” without Rufus is like “Star Wars” without Yoda. And we all know what would have happened to Luke Skywalker without Yoda: He would have had sex with his sister.
Also, Keanu Reeves is a Very Famous Movie Star who has dated Historic Babes. Him reprising his role as Ted Logan could be pretty “retro cynical,” to quote Winter. Although I’ll take retro cynical over any teen movie that’s come out in the past decade, save “Mean Girls” and “13 Going on 30.”
The most bizarre quote from Winter’s interview with MTV: “In all seriousness, it’s a question of when the script is done, when Reeves is free, when I’m free, and getting the whole damn thing up and running.” Um, when you’re free? Whatever you say, man.
I’m looking forward to “Bill and Ted 3,” though resurrecting a film franchise can have its pitfalls. Let’s hope they don’t fail most egregiously.
September 24, 2010 at 10:10 pm, IronMaiden said:
“It's a history report, not a babe report.”
September 24, 2010 at 11:20 pm, TheBretwalda said:
You are so wrong. BaTBJ is one of those amazing happenings where a sequel is better than the original. (cf “Godfather II”)
September 25, 2010 at 4:48 am, Mikeless said:
Man, I wonder what music they will be rocking out to this time. Since real rock and metal has been dead for years now and since the late 90's and early 2000's, we've had nothing but copycat bands and unoriginal awful “hard rock” bands. Also, yes, we know what popular music has offered us since 97, all that pathetic pop sh/it. But, sounds cool! Hopefully it can turn out great and it'll be cool to see them (especially Keanu) act in those roles again. A happy rocking Keanu! Catch you later Bill and Ted!
April 05, 2011 at 4:59 pm, bilbo624 said:
Foo Fighters is only rocking choice.
October 05, 2010 at 3:43 am, Alkalinefan311 said:
absolutely agree with bretwalda. Bogus journey was WAY BETTER than excellent adventure. And for the record, just because winter is not as well known as reeves, doesn't mean he isn't busy. He's actually a very respected independent writer and director. He has done some work that is better than a lot of reeves' movies. Do some research before you comment.
October 22, 2010 at 4:31 pm, Dave Mustaine: Superstar | Death and Taxes said:
[...] I’ve been listening to Megadeth for 19 years and had just finished Dave Mustaine’s self-titled best-selling memoir before I interviewed him. (He was doing press for “Guitar [...]
November 07, 2010 at 9:43 am, Scott Wilcox said:
Axl rose should be the new rufis…. it makes sense
January 13, 2011 at 2:31 am, Chriscox10 said:
if/when bill and ted 3 is released i’ll check it out because alex winter is right! george carlin has passed away and mega-dave is right, picking a new guitarist will be a matter of karma and the script has to be just right. lets hope this third outing is successful for Mr. Keanu Reeves and Mr. Alex Winter. i have bill and ted excellent adv., seen bogus journey(don’t have), yet await the quality of the third. lets hope for the best!
January 17, 2011 at 7:20 pm, Anon said:
Not sure how they’ll do this without George Carlin, but despite that, I’m all for it. Then again, Carlin only had a minor role in Bogus Journey.
January 25, 2011 at 6:55 am, Clay Ramey said:
John Mayer is the only popular guitarist? No more culturally relevant guitarists? Hmmm, this dude isn’t very cultured at all.
February 03, 2011 at 3:27 am, Alex Garr said:
I know right??? Theres Paul Gilbert, Mark Tremonti, Buckethead, Zack Wylde and countless others
January 31, 2011 at 3:23 am, Royal Ugly Dude said:
Send them to the Iron Maiden!!
February 09, 2011 at 3:23 am, Adrian said:
I hope they don’t forget the air guitar and Iron Maiden references.
March 18, 2011 at 9:29 am, Lori Esposito said:
itll be set in the future the two are older living mundane suburban lives. And something happens that make them need to relive their youth. This is the only way to go with the movie since they are so old.