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Death Returns in First Images from ‘Bill and Ted Face the Music’!
“How’s it hanging, Death?”
EW has shared the first ever photos from Bill & Ted Face the Music, one of which gives us our first look at the return of William Sadler‘s iconic Death!
The Grim Reaper first appeared in the Excellent Adventure sequel Bogus Journey in which Bill and Ted challenge Death to several games in order to escape Hell. Becoming their servant, he helps the duo win the Battle of the Bands and save the world.
There’s also a shot of an older Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves as the title characters in the now-famous time-traveling phonebooth (hey kids, a phonebooth is a public place people used to have to go in order to make a phone call).
Lastly, below is a first look at Samara Weaving (Mayhem, Ready or Not) as Thea Preston, Bill’s daughter, and Brigette Lundy-Paine (“Atypical”) as Billie Logan, Ted’s daughter! Scott Mescudi is also pictured with the duo.
As EW explains, this third Bill & Ted film finds Winter’s Bill S. Preston Esq. and Reeves’ Ted Theodore Logan III still trying to create music for their band, Wyld Stallyns, which they learned back in 1989’s Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure will inspire the utopian society of the future.
“They were told when they were teenagers that they were going to save reality, and they’ve been working on it the whole time,” says co-writer Chris Matheson. “Now an emissary from the future comes and says, ‘You’ve got to do it right now. We’ve got literally 80 minutes or all of reality will come to an end.’”
The pair are aided in their quest by their daughters. “The daughters really love their dads’ music and want to help them,” Matheson says.
Here’s the official synopsis:
“The stakes are higher than ever for the time-traveling exploits of William “Bill” S. Preston Esq. and Theodore “Ted” Logan. 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. Along the way, they will be helped by their daughters, a new batch of historical figures, and a few music legends – to seek the song that will set their world right and bring harmony in the universe.”
Bill and Ted will face the music on August 21, 2020.
Brigette Lundy-Paine, Scott Mescudi and Samara Weaving in Orion Pictures’ BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC
Hollywood is serious about landing the next Backrooms. Hot on the heels of a Siren Head feature announcement, Deadline reports that a new movie based on viral YouTube series The Mandela Catalogue is in development.
It also has some Hollywood heavy hitters behind it.
Amblin Entertainment’s Steven Spielberg, United Artists’ Scott Stuber (Frankenstein), and Amazon MGM Studios are set to produce, emerging victorious after a highly competitive 11-studio bidding war.
Launched in 2021, the YouTube series is set in the fictional Mandela County, Wisconsin which is “invaded by shape-shifting, nearly immortal creatures called Alternates. The Alternates are led by a false depiction of the Archangel Gabriel and their aim is to wipe out the human race by psychologically torturing them to the point of suicide. The Alternates are known for manipulating AV media, TVs, computers and GPS systems.”
The movie will be directed by the series’ creator, Alex Kister, based on a screenplay he adapted with Tyler Clifton.
The Mandela Catalogue has racked up an impressive 100 million views across its official episodes alone, solidifying it as one of the largest original analog horror franchises on YouTube.
Spielberg and Holly Bario are producing for Amblin Entertainment alongside Aaron B. Koontz for Paper Street Pictures and Stuber and Nick Nesbitt for United Artists. Kister and Clifton are also producing. Annie McCreery will oversee the project for United Artists. Maria Fortese will oversee for Amblin.
Get acquainted with The Mangela Catalogue below while we wait to learn more.
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