BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC Casts Returning and New Actors in the Film Including the Princesses
We’ve got some totally radical new casting news to share with you for Bill & Ted Face The Music! According to Variety, Amy Stoch and Hal Landon Jr. have signed on to reprise their original roles from the franchise. Deadline also reports that the film has found its princesses.
Stoch will return to her role as Missy, and Landon Jr. will be back as Ted’s father, police chief Chet Logan. Also joining the cast is SNL actor Beck Bennett, who will play an older version of Deacon Logan, Ted’s younger brother.
On top of that, Glee alum Jayma Mays and Childrens Hospital actress Erinn Hayes have signed on to play the spouses of Bill and Ted. Mays will play Princess Joanna, Bill’s wife, while Hayes is Ted’s wife, Princess Elizabeth.
They will join Keanu Reeves as Ted “Theodore” Logan and Alex Winter as Bill S. Preston. The cast also includes William Sadler, Samara Weaving, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Kid Cudi, and Anthony Carrigan as the villain.
Dean Parisot (Galaxy Quest) is directing the film from a script written by original franchise screenwriters Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon. Here’s the synopsis that was released for the movie:
Following 1989’s Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure and 1991’s Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey, the stakes are higher than ever for William “Bill” S. Preston Esq. (Winter) and Theodore “Ted” Logan (Reeves). Yet to fulfill their rock and roll destiny, the now middle-aged best friends set out on a new adventure, when a visitor from the future warns them that only their song can save life as we know it and bring harmony to the universe. Along the way, they will be helped by their families, old friends and a few music legends.
Orion Pictures will release Bill & Ted Face the Music on August 21st, 2020.