Keanu Reeves & Alex Winter Say Bill & Ted 3 Script is Ready

Bill & Ted stars Keanu Reeves & Alex Winter say that a script for the long-rumored third film is ready to go. Reeves and Winter spoke with EW about the status of the long-delayed project, saying that the script (titled Bill & Ted Face the Music) is good to go but that they have been unable to secure a production deal to make the film.

“We’ve been to the altar a few times,” said co-writer Ed Solomon about the development process. “We get rejected right about the ‘now you may kiss the bride’ part of it.”

According to the three (and fellow co-writer Chris Matheson), the third film sees Bill and Ted at fifty and still struggling to fulfill their destiny. They end up looking at their lives and rediscover their purpose in a concept Solomon called “kind of like A Christmas Carol with Bill and Ted.” Solomon noted that Steven Soderbergh is set to produce alongside Scott Kroopf, with Dean Parisot (Galaxy Quest) set to direct. Bill Sadler, who played death in the second film, will return and several unnamed cameos are in the script.

Reeves said of the story, “Everybody’s a little older now. A little afraid.”

Winter added, “There’s certain comparisons. A rock band that never goes to the place it thought it was going to get to. Having that moment in their life of going: ‘Do we try to get there, or give up the dream?’”

“Indomitable spirits confronted with, ‘Is this the end?’” said Reeves. “Of course, there is a little caveat in that someone comes from the future and says: ‘Not only do you have to save the world, you have to save everything.’”

It was noted that the group are “close to a deal with some financiers” and hope to have some real news in a month.