We reported here that as well as remaking 80s horror The Gate in 3D, Alex Winter was kicking around some ideas for another Bill & Ted film and now Keanu Reeves has gone on record as saying that he might be interested in revisiting the role.
Speaking to MTV (via Digital Spy), he reportedly said (when asked whether he would be in favour of returning to the franchise):-
“I’m trying, I’m trying. We’re trying. Alex and I are still friends and we’re talking, and we’re talking to Chris and Ed.
They’re going to try and see if they can write something. To me, I’d love to play the role. I’d love to work with Alex and Chris and Ed again.
We’ll see what they do. If it’s a film that can stand up on its own … and I’m meeting people now, they’ve shown the film to their kids…We just seek to entertain, and if that could be something that could be worthwhile, on its own …
MTV then asked him if he was joking and he said he wasn’t. Not much to go on, admittedly, but enough of a tease to persuade us that it might happen.
Personally I would love to see Keanu and Alex return as middle-aged slackers, especially given how po-faced much of Reeves output has been more recently. After Constantine, A Scanner Darkly and The Day the Earth Stood Still, it would be nice to seem him quite literally let his hair down a bit.
File this one under “wild speculation” for the moment. Of course we’ll let you know as soon as anything more concrete makes its way to us.
