According to Alex Winter BILL & TED 3 Could Start Shooting Next Year!
I am usually an anti-sequel type of guy, however, I am looking forward to Bill & Ted 3. I still love to watch the first two and can’t wait for new generation of movie watchers to be introduced to the crazy world of Bill S. Preston Esq. and Ted Theodore Logan. Wild Stallions!
Anyway, we keep getting little pieces of info about the third installment of Bill & Ted from the stars, Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves. Recently Winter was giving an interview with Forbes in regards to his documentary on Frank Zappa, and of course, the conversation turned to Bill & Ted. Here is what they had to say:
It’s the 25th anniversary of Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey this year and it sounds like the threequel is still going ahead?
AW: It’s looking good. This is Hollywood so I don’t believe it’s happening until it’s coming out on VOD but we’re all working on the film everyday at the moment in terms of the pre-prep type work so it’s an active project. Hopefully we’ll be shooting it shortly.
Are you looking
AW: Hopefully the former, possibly the latter.
So you’re on board and Keanu’s also on board?
AW: How the **** would we make it if he wasn’t on board? People always ask if Keanu’s doing it and I’m like, ‘No, I’m making a Bill movie.’
Have you seen a final script?
AW: Of course! We’ve been working on it for, like, six years. We’re knee deep in the script, it’s been written by Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon who wrote the first two, they are fantastic writers, and the script is great. We have a script, we have a director, we have a studio – we’re just trying to nail down a start date.
What about co-stars? Is there a wish list?
AW: The short answer is yes. I can’t really go further than that other than to say some people are going to returning from the original by the fact that they’re in it. There will be new people because obviously, sadly, Rufus (George Carlin) isn’t around anymore and they will be interesting actors too.
So, things are moving forward and that is great. Judging that Reeves is a very busy man, I would think that the filming would start in 2017. I am good with that. I just hope that their enthusiasm translates into a good movie. I am not looking for an Academy Award winner, just something that flows with the other two.
Do you think they should be making a third? Or do you think they should leave well enough alone?