Good news for Keanu Reeves fans – AKA everyone – the beloved actor, also known as “the nicest famous person”, will return as Ted Logan 29 years after the second instalment of the Bill & Ted blockbuster. Though the film is still months away, viewers can now get a taste of what to expect, as the first stills have been shared on Instagram.
Bill & Ted Face the Music is written by original authors Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon, and will continue to focus on Bill (reprised by Alex Winter) and Ted’s pursuit to secure a utopian society with the music of their band, Wyld Stallyns. In the first parts of the series, Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure and Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey, the slacker friends are using time travel in order to protect their band, which is vital for the future of the society, obvs. TBF, who better to trust in saving the world than Keanu Reeves himself?
The upcoming third part of the saga will also introduce new characters, including the daughters of Bill and Ted played by Samara Weaving and Dazed 100 alum Brigette Lundy-Paine. In the first stills from the movie, shared on Instagram today, the daughters can be seen standing next to Kid Cudi, whose exact role in the plot of Bill & Ted is still unknown.
Bill & Ted Face the Music is set to be released on August 21 next year