Most outstanding news for Bill and Ted fans.
Orion Pictures has released the first trailer for Bill & Ted Face the Music, the long-awaited sequel to '80s cult classic Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey. Stars Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter reprise their respective roles of Theodore "Ted" Logan and William "Bill" S. Preston, Esq., who are now enduring the monotony of middle-aged life and are warned by a visitor from the future of the need for them to create a song in 78 minutes that will save all life on Earth and the entire universe.
The one-minute, 15-second trailer opens with The Great Leader (Holland Taylor) telling Bill and Ted, "Twenty-five years ago, you played a concert in front of the entire world. One month ago, you played in Barstow, California for forty people, most of whom were there for Two Dollar Taco Night. Bill and Ted, what have you got to say for yourselves?"
"Be excellent to each other," replies Bill, repeating himself from the first film.
"And party on, dudes!" adds Ted, also repeating himself.
This time, however, the leaders from the future aren't buying it. "You were supposed to unite the world," remarks the Great Leader in a voiceover, "and save reality as we know it."
We cut to a scene with Bill and Ted in a white room with their previous guitars hanging on the wall. "Bill, we've spent our our whole life trying to write the song that will unite the world," remarks Ted. "Why can't we just go to the future when we have written it?"
We get a quick glimpse of Bill and Ted's daughters, Thea "Little Ted" Preston (Samara Weaving) and Billie "Little Bill" Logan (Brigette Lundy-Paine), watching their dads offstage and Thea clutching her face in embarrassment at what she sees.
"And take it from ourselves!" Bill replies to Ted's question.
"But isn't that stealing?" asks Ted.
"How is that stealing, if we're stealing it from ourselves, dude?"
A quick glimpse of Death (William Sadler) air-guitar riffing with Bill and Ted follows, as Bill and Ted travel to the future, landing in a prison yard where the inmates are chanting "Death! Death! The end!" along with the future Bill and Ted, who are also tattooed and heavily muscled inmates.
The present-day Bill and Ted see their hardcore future selves and are typically stunned. "No way!" they exclaim.
Future Bill asks the pair, "How'd you like our song?"
"It's a little on the dark side," replies Present-Day Ted with a shrug, "but, you know, that's cool."
If you'd like to check out the trailer, you can view it below thanks to the official Orion Pictures account on YouTube...
Bill & Ted Face the Music is currently expected to arrive in theaters on August 21, 2020.