‘Bill & Ted Face the Music’ Had an Interesting Production
By George Robbins
This past weekend was Comic-Con, but not the one that people have known since its original inception. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Comic-Con was effectively cancelled for this year, at least the usual way that it is held. This year, in order to make sure there was at least something made available, a special event known as Comic-Con @ Home was made up to cover for the lack of an in-person convention. Comi-Con is an event that usually sees thousands of fans from many different backgrounds gathering together in one place. Normally fans would have been able to meet some of their favorite writers or actors who are participating in some form of marketing for their comics or movies. This is obviously dangerous because of the virus as conventions are often considered petri dishes of disease anyway.
The Comic-Con @ Home convention was available to the public as a free online event where people would still get to see the things that they would have at the live event. They also had a digital marketplace for fans to purchase any kind of memorabilia that they may have wanted to get from the live event. At the convention, or actually, on the convention it was announced that there would be panels for many different creators to show off their latest work or discuss things with fans. Unfortunately Marvel Studios declined a panel for this year as they didn’t really have much to show to the general public for this year. The Star Wars franchise also did not manage to make its way to the convention and also skipped it for this year.
One of the panels that did manage to still make it to the convention was the one for the upcoming movie ‘Bill & Ted Face the Music.’ This upcoming film is the third outing for the titular characters and it is a film that many have waited years for. The ‘Bill & Ted’ series is a cult series of films that shows the adventures of two lovable but unintelligent guys who just want to live their lives. The characters, played by Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves respectively, have been prophesied to save the world and create a society of laid back people devoted to music. This is what we were left to believe at the end of the second film, but it appears the story is not yet finished. The movie follows the characters and their children as they go on one more adventure.
Those who have waited years for the film are probably wondering why it took so long and what happened on set. These questions were asked during the panel at Comic-Con this past weekend and some of them managed to receive answers. Star Alex Winter admitted that, at first, he felt that another sequel was not really worth making to begin with and he wasn’t alone as others involved with the project felt the same. On top of that, things like actor William Sadler who plays the Grim Reaper in the series managed to sprain his wrist on set while filming a hopscotch scene also happened. The panel made a point to tell people about the work that went into the film and to get people excited for its release September 1st in both theaters and On-Demand.