Keanu Reeves & Alex Winter announce Bill & Ted Face 3 hits August 2020

March 20th 2019, 1:45pm

Last Updated on August 2, 2021

A few weeks back we passed along news (a rumor) that the third BILL & TED movie, BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC will head into production this summer. And today Hammerstone Studios and Orion confirmed that the movie begins filming in New Orleans this summer for an August 2020 release!

Even better still is the official announcement comes to us from none other than Bill and Ted themselves, Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter who made a video of the announcement and you can check it out below! This is real this time. This is no false alarm. Yes, after 27 years Ted “Theodore” Logan (Reeves) and Bill S. Preston Esq. (Winter) will return with the new film which is all set to be directed by Dean Parisot (GALAXY QUEST). The franchise's original creators Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon have penned the script.

The third (and final?) film's official plot synopsis goes a little something like this:

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.

The flick is produced by Scott Kroopf, and Alex Lebovici and Steve Ponce. Steven Soderbergh will be executive producing along with R. Scott Reid, John Ryan Jr., Scott Fischer, and John Santilli. BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC is currently in pre-production and heading towards a summer shoot. When the film is done and in the can (or, you know, the time-traveling telephone booth) MGM will release it in the U.S. under their Orion Pictures banner. Just like the original. This is all too much glorious nostalgia for me. But I'll take it! BILL & TED 3 hits on August 21, 2020.

We'll let you know when we hear more, but until then: EXCELLENT ADVENTURE or BOGUS JOURNEY? See poster below for my pick.