Bill and Ted Face the Music comes almost 30 years after the first film and will catch up with the characters in middle-age

Almost 30 years after Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure hit cinemas, the time-travelling duo are set to get another chapter to their story, with a third Bill and Ted film announced on Tuesday.

Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter will reprise their roles as Theodore “Ted” Logan and “Bill” S Preston Esq. in a long-rumoured third film, Bill and Ted Face the Music, which is currently in pre-production.

The project was announced at the Cannes Film Festival. The series’ original writers, Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon, are behind the script, and Dean Parisot (Galaxy Quest, Fun with Dick and Jane) is confirmed to direct. MGM’s Orion Pictures is set to release the film in the US.

Alex Winter (@alxwinter) We’re tuning the air guitars.🤘🎬 #BT3

The story will reportedly catch up with the characters in middle-age, burdened by family responsibilities and still having failed to write the greatest song ever, until a visitor from the future arrives and tells them that fate of the world depends on them writing that song. So begins fresh hijinks as the duo travel through time to find inspiration.

The Bill and Ted franchise began in 1989 with the feature film Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, followed by 1991’s Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey. There was also a spin-off TV series and video game.

