- Be excellent to each other and party on, Nerdist News!
(electric guitar)
I made the sound effect, he he he.
(light techno music)
Keanu Reeves is makin' a comeback
again!
After already having made a comeback in 2014
with the cult hit action noir pic, John Wick,
and before that, The Day the Earth Stood Still,
and before that, with The Lake House.
Neo has ascended to the top of the box office again
with John Wick: Chapter 2, pulling in $30 million dollars
and coming in third overall, behind The Lego Batman Movie,
and 50 Shades Darker.
- Whoa!
- So, basically, if you went to the movies this weekend,
and you don't have kids, and or are not
a sexually curious 45 year-old woman from the Midwest,
this is probably the film you went and saw.
(crowd laughing)
And considering its comparatively low-budget,
the week one haul makes Wick 2 a bonafide hit.
So, what's a Keanu gotta do to stay in the limelight
up in this B?
Well, according to someone very close to Mr. Reeves,
apparently he's developing a third movie
in the much beloved Bill & Ted franchise.
- Excellent! - Excellent!
(electric guitar)
- That's right, Ted Theodore Logan,
and Bill S. Preston Esquire might be taking
a trip in their time traveling phone booth,
riding it all the way from their hay day in early 90s
to present day.
Now, I know what you're thinking.
This happens every time.
Keanu makes a comeback,
then talks about making another Bill & Ted movie,
but then, for whatever reason,
I'm looking at you, Knock Knock,
Keanu goes away and takes all hope
of more Bill & Ted with him.
So, you're probably assuming this is bull (bleep), right?
- What?
- Well, not this time.
So far, because that source close to Mr. Reeves,
well, turns out he's super legit,
considering it was Keanu Reeves himself,
who dropped the bomb during an appearance
on BBC1's The Graham Norton Show.
So, not only are hope's still alive,
but apparently the script actually has writers now,
and the writers actually have a story,
and what a story it is.
The film promises to deliver
on all the time traveling nether-realmy tropes
we've come to love.
But, what are the details?
Well, you can take them from Neo's lips to God's ears.
- Basically, they're supposed
to write a song to save the world.
- Right.
- And they haven't done that.
So... (audience laughing)
So, the pressure of having to save the world,
you know, their marriages are falling apart,
their kids are kinda mad at 'em,
but then, someone comes from the future
and tells them if they don't write the songs,
it's just not the world, now it's the universe.
So they have to save the universe,
because the time is breaking apart.
So then, elements of the past
are coming into the-- - Whoopie's really into it.
- I must be that person from the,
I have to be the person from the future, I have to be!
- Damn, they have to save the whole universe with a song!
That is a lot of pressure
for a couple of 50 year-old dimwits,
but as Keanu said, they're going to have some help.
Someone's coming back from the future
to fill them in on the deets, but the question is who?
Sadly, George Carlin won't be returning
as crusty lovable Rufus, because,
well, he's been dead for almost a decade.
RIP, Georgie, much love.
So, again, I ask you, who will this new character be?
Let's see.
They're obviously from the distant future.
He, she is probably fairly wise, a good listener,
a great teacher, and I don't know,
maybe one of the race of near immortals
who were scattered by the Borg.
Holy (bleep).
Is it possible the answer was right there
in front of us the entire time?
They're going to be mentored by (bleep)-ing Guinan!
Oh!
Hey, Keanu, you're still writing it,
and if you watch Nerdist News,
like we're pretty sure you do,
think about it!
It's a good pitch.
Anyway, what do you guys think?
Will the third Bill & Ted flick be an excellent adventure
or just another bogus journey?
Who do you think should replace Rufus?
Hopefully, we'll find out in the next year or so,
as long as Keanu doesn't disappear on us, again.
Let's discuss.
And thanks to Ubisoft
and their new melee combat game, For Honor,
for sponsoring today's show.
Choose your faction and battle it out
as a member of the Knights, Vikings, or Samurai,
with tons of heroes to choose from
and maps to play on.
Be sure you don't miss For Honor,
coming out tomorrow, February 14th.
Go to ForHonor.Ubisoft.com to learn more and pick up a copy.
(electric guitar picking)