“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.
