That said, Keanu Reeves did say last year that original writers Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon were working on a script, and indeed, as of this morning it looks like the film is closer than ever to production, with the script for "Bill & Ted 3" now complete, and Vulture reporting that Dean Parisot, the director of the excellent "Galaxy Quest," is now attached to helm the project.
Written on spec by Matheson and Solomon (the latter of whom went on to pen "Men In Black" and "Charlie's Angels," among others), the script will pick up with Bill & Ted in their forties, rather than rebooting or recasting, with both Reeves and Winter (who was last seen on screen in a 2007 episode of "Bones," having mostly focused on directing in recent years) attached to star. MGM, who were behind the original films, still hold the rights, but the package put together at present is intended to bring in other studios to help co-finance the picture.