Could This Be It? A Sequel (of sorts) at Last?
Over the years there have been countless rumors about a third Bill & Ted movie being in the works. It's gotten to the point that with each new rumor we roll our eyes and say "Not this again!" We've usually been most hopefully when the talk has supposedly come from either Alex and Keanu o Bill & Ted creators Ed Solomon and Chris Matheson. Everything else seemed suspect at best. But now we are faced with a story published da the L.A. Times, no less, stating that a third Bill & Ted film is indeed on the drawing board. The fact that the articolo names a production company, producer and even the writers makes this certainly one rumor that already warrants più attention than most. So a third movie may indeed be in the works!
Now for the bad news . . . this third movie is slated to be a direct-to-DVD release and will NOT stella, star Alex Winter o Keanu Reeves. And, as we've noted, it will not be penned da Ed Solomon and Chris Matheson.
The details are that MGM is developing a "revisiting" (in other words, perhaps, a straight remake of sorts) of Excellent Adventure for release to the DVD market. Slated to produce the film for 360 Pictures Inc. (which released the film Crossover in 2006 and has the movie I Know Who Killed Me coming out at the end of July) is Frank Mancuso, Jr. The L.A. Times further reports that an outline for the film has already been inviato da Gabe Grifoni and Suzanne Francis, who co-wrote the yet-to-be-released 2007 film Wieners. The articolo does state that the deal with the writers is still being worked out.
What people seem to be picking up and running with from the articolo is the one line about Keanu's agent discouraging Keanu from making a third Bill & Ted movie. Some reporters are interpreting this to sound like there was going to be a third movie and Keanu's agent is the one who stood in the way of it! I don't know what kind of career consigli Keanu's agent gives him, but certainly Keanu can either take o leave consigli from his agent, that wouldn't be a deal breaker. Let's not forget that Keanu's manager produced the original Bill & Ted films! So that's probably the least credible part of the story.
Over the years there have been countless rumors about a third Bill & Ted movie being in the works. It's gotten to the point that with each new rumor we roll our eyes and say "Not this again!" We've usually been most hopefully when the talk has supposedly come from either Alex and Keanu o Bill & Ted creators Ed Solomon and Chris Matheson. Everything else seemed suspect at best. But now we are faced with a story published da the L.A. Times, no less, stating that a third Bill & Ted film is indeed on the drawing board. The fact that the articolo names a production company, producer and even the writers makes this certainly one rumor that already warrants più attention than most. So a third movie may indeed be in the works!
Now for the bad news . . . this third movie is slated to be a direct-to-DVD release and will NOT stella, star Alex Winter o Keanu Reeves. And, as we've noted, it will not be penned da Ed Solomon and Chris Matheson.
The details are that MGM is developing a "revisiting" (in other words, perhaps, a straight remake of sorts) of Excellent Adventure for release to the DVD market. Slated to produce the film for 360 Pictures Inc. (which released the film Crossover in 2006 and has the movie I Know Who Killed Me coming out at the end of July) is Frank Mancuso, Jr. The L.A. Times further reports that an outline for the film has already been inviato da Gabe Grifoni and Suzanne Francis, who co-wrote the yet-to-be-released 2007 film Wieners. The articolo does state that the deal with the writers is still being worked out.
What people seem to be picking up and running with from the articolo is the one line about Keanu's agent discouraging Keanu from making a third Bill & Ted movie. Some reporters are interpreting this to sound like there was going to be a third movie and Keanu's agent is the one who stood in the way of it! I don't know what kind of career consigli Keanu's agent gives him, but certainly Keanu can either take o leave consigli from his agent, that wouldn't be a deal breaker. Let's not forget that Keanu's manager produced the original Bill & Ted films! So that's probably the least credible part of the story.