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= Bill and Ted Face the Music =

Bill and Ted Face the Music (colloquially referred to as Bill and Ted 3) is an upcoming science-fiction comedy film directed by Dean Parisot. The third instalment in the Bill and Ted film series, it is written by creators Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon and will star Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves reprising their roles as Bill S. Preston and Theodore "Ted" Logan, respectively.

Bill and Ted Face the Music is currently scheduled for release on August 21, 2020 in the United States.

Plot
"Following 1989’s Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure and 1991’s Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey, the stakes are higher than ever for William Bill S. Preston Esq. (Winter) and Theodore Ted Logan (Reeves). Yet to fulfill their rock and roll destiny, the now middle-aged best friends set out on a new adventure, when a visitor from the future warns them that only their song can save life as we know it and bring harmony to the universe. Along the way, they will be helped by their families, old friends and a few music legends."

Cast
Keanu Reeves as Theodore "Ted" Logan

Alex Winter as Bill S. Preston

Brigette Lundy-Paine as Billie Logan

Samara Weaving as Thea Preston

William Sadler as the Grim Reaper

Development
In 2010, Reeves indicated that Matheson and Solomon were working on a script for a third film. Winter has stated that the role of Rufus (previously played by the late George Carlin) would not be recast.

In April 2011, Reeves stated that a third film was close to happening. On April 24, 2011, Winter tweeted that the script for the third installment had been finished. The plot was suspected to be about Bill and Ted writing a song that could save the world, although in a pre-San Diego Comic-Con International interview, Alex Winter stated the storyline may also involve time travel to the prehistoric era, and the film would likely see a cameo by Eddie Van Halen, as well as the return of Socrates and Billy the Kid, who appeared in the first movie.

In August 2013, when asked about a third film, Reeves replied, "There have been a couple of drafts [of a Bill & Ted 3 script] and right now, we're waiting on the writers to come up with another draft. But we're all very excited." In an October 20, 2013 Reddit AMA, Reeves revealed that he has seen the script for Bill & Ted 3, stating, "We are working on trying to get Bill & Ted 3. There's a script and we are trying to put it together."

In a September 2014 interview with Yahoo! Movies, Winter revealed more details on the plot, stating that "[Bill and Ted] will be 40-something and it's all about Bill and Ted grown up, or not grown up". Winter also stated that the film would not be a reboot, stating that "it's a Bill & Ted movie, that's what it is. It's for the fans of Bill & Ted. It fits very neatly in the [series]. It's not going to feel like a reboot." On the March 2015 episode of The Jonathan Ross Show, Reeves confirmed that Bill & Ted 3 is still being planned, stating, "Yes, they want to do that. The writers wrote a script, which is a really cool idea and Alex Winter and I—Alex played Bill, I played Ted—so we're trying to get it made".

In April 2016, Alex Winter told Forbes that they have a script, a director and a studio and that there had been a plan to film by early 2017.

Reeves gave an update on the film in February 2017 during an interview on The Graham Norton Show saying the story was written and discussed the plot of the film. "Basically, they're supposed to write a song to save the world, and they haven't done that. The pressure of having to save the world, their marriages are falling apart, their kids are kind of mad at them, and then someone comes from the future and tells them if they don't write the song it's just not the world, it's the universe. So they have to save the universe because time is breaking apart" Reeves said. During the New York City Comic Convention, Reeves revealed that the title will be Bill & Ted Face the Music.

Solomon, speaking to Digital Spy in January 2018, said of the film's long pre-production period: "We have a script that we really are proud of, that we worked very hard on, that we've done many iterations of—and we did it on spec, meaning we spent years working on it because we wanted to get it right, creatively. This is not, 'Hey let's all cash-in on the Bill & Ted thing for money'—this is the opposite. This is, 'We love these characters, they've been with us for our whole lives'—Chris and me, and Alex and Keanu—and we wanted to visit them again as middle-aged men. We thought it would be really fun, and funny, and sweet."

Solomon further stated that they have had issues getting financing for the film as those they have approached want to see a reboot of Bill & Ted, rather than a sequel, and had also expressed concerns that since the first film was not distributed internationally, there would not be a large audience for this film. Solomon said that elements of the script would see the middle-aged Bill & Ted revisiting events of the first film, such as watching their interactions outside of the Circle K. Solomon confirmed that they have Steven Soderbergh aboard for production of the film, along with Scott Kroopf, who produced the original films. They also have planned for William Sadler to return as the Grim Reaper.

Pre-production
Further developments on Face the Music began in May 2018, with both Reeves and Winter confirmed to return to reprise their roles. On February 6, 2019, Production Weekly listed production on Face the Music as slated to start on March 5 of that year. However, production was pushed back until at early June 2019, primarily in New Orleans, and to be completed by August 2019.

William Sadler was confirmed in March 2019 to reprise his role as the Grim Reaper in the new film. Brigette Lundy-Paine and Samara Weaving will appear as Ted's daughter Billie Logan and Bill's daughter Thea Preston, respectively.

Release
The United States distribution will be handled by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer under their Orion Pictures label. The international distribution rights were negotiated during the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, with Warner Bros. handling distribution in the United Kingdom and MGM for most other international regions. The film is scheduled for a release on August 21, 2020.