Last Outing: 1991 ( Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey )

Chances of Happening: 80%

The original bodacious duo haven’t been seen in nearly two decades, but apparently original stars Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves have been eager to partake in a third film for some time.

The rumors originally broke when Reeves mentioned the possibility of a sequel at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2010. MTV’s Adam Rosenberg wanted to confirm that it wasn’t a joke on Reeves’ part, and so interviewed Winter who eventually acknowledged the rumor, saying “Now the cat’s out of the bag, and the truth is that, yeah, we have finally hit upon an idea that we think is pretty great.”

To further cement the viability of the project, the original writers from the first two films (Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon) are on board to pen the script. However, it seems that no director or producer has taken the helm as of yet though Reeves has mentioned pitching ideas to Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola and Werner Herzog (we assume this is a joke, but one can never know). A third script was written in the early nineties but subsequently scrapped, although some of it was used in the critically-panned 1996 movie Bio-Dome.

The reason it has taken so long for the current project to go ahead is two-fold: firstly, nobody could decide on an central idea for the movie until recently. Secondly, the death of comedian George Carlin who played Rufus in the original movies has hampered progress. “It’s really complicated. He was such a big part of the spirit of the originals, and we’ve been trying to be clever about making a new one that can handle the Carlin issue. It’s actually stopped us in the past — why do it without Rufus? We’ve been delicate about moving around him,” says Winter, and all parties involved have since refuted any notion of recasting the character.

When is it likely to surface: Sooner rather than later according to the team, but no details released as of yet.

Will it be Any Good: It sounds like a great deal of care has been taken with getting the script right and it’s being handled by the best people for the job. Success seems likely, if only with its niche target audience.