Forescore and nearly 31 years ago, William "Bill" S. Preston Esq. and "Ted" Theodore Logan embarked on a most excellent adventure through time and space in the 1989 classic BILL & TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE. Then in 1991, the San Dimas slackers conqured death and defeated the evil Chuck De Nomolos in the 1991 sequel, BILL & TED'S BOGUS JOURNEY. Now, in the year 2020, the founding members of the peace-bringing band Wyld Stallyns are poised to confront their most challenging experience to date … parenthood.
Thanks to the fine people over at USA Today, we now have a new image from BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC, which depicts Reeves' Ted and Winters' Preston engaging in a fatherly chat with their daughters, played by Brigette Lundy-Paine (Billie Logan) and Samara Weaving (Thea Preston). In the photo, we find the group striking up a conversation while standing in a garage packed with instruments as well as a respectable vinyl collection. My guess is that this is the Wyld Stallyns' original practice space, though I can't be certain until the film hits theaters later this year.
Here's the official plot synopsis for BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC:
When we last met Bill and Ted they were time-traveling teenagers trying to pass history class and win the battle of the bands. Once prophesized to save the universe with their rock and roll, middle age and the responsibilities of family have caught up with these two best friends who have not yet fulfilled their destiny. They’ve written thousands of tunes, but they have yet to write a good one, much less the greatest song ever written. With the fabric of time and space tearing around them, a visitor from the future warns our heroes that only their song can save life as we know it. Out of luck and fresh out of inspiration, Bill and Ted set out on a time travel adventure to seek the song that will set their world right and bring harmony in the universe as we know it. Together with the aid of their daughters, a new crop of historical figures, and some sympathetic music legends, Bill and Ted find much, much more than just a song.
Dean Parisot (RED 2, GALAXY QUEST) is directing the film from a screenplay by original Bill & Ted writers Ed Solomon and Chris Matheson. In addition to the aforementioned actors, William Sadler will reprise his role as Death for the new film, alongside Jayma Mays as Princess Joanna; Erinn Hayes as Princess Elizabeth; Amy Stoch as Missy; Kristen Schall as Kelly; Beck Bennett as Deacon Logan; Hal Landon Jr. as Captain Logan; and Holland Taylor as The Great Leader. Muscian-actor Kid Cudi also stars in the latest triumphant trek through time and space.
BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC will dial into theaters on August 21, 2020.