Exclusive: The Practice Emmy winner has boarded the ensemble cast of Bill & Ted Face The Music and will play The Great Leader, the most powerful person in the universe. The center? Why, San Dimas, California, 700 years in the future.
Taylor joins previously announced cast including Alex Winter, Keanu Reeves, William Sadler, Samara Weaving, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Scott Mescudi (“Kid Cudi”), Anthony Carrigan, Beck Bennett, Erinn Hayes, Jayma Mays, Amy Stoch, Hal Landon Jr. and Jillian Bell.
Dean Parisot directs the time-travelling buddy comedy sequel off a screenplay from returning franchise writers Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon. Bill & Ted Face The Music will be produced by Scott Kroopf alongside Alex Lebovici and Steve Ponce on behalf of Hammerstone Studios. Steven Soderbergh, R. Scott Reid, John Ryan Jr., Scott Fischer and John Santilli are serving as executive producers.
Taylor was most recently seen in Gloria Bell opposite Julianne Moore.
Taylor joins previously announced cast including Alex Winter, Keanu Reeves, William Sadler, Samara Weaving, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Scott Mescudi (“Kid Cudi”), Anthony Carrigan, Beck Bennett, Erinn Hayes, Jayma Mays, Amy Stoch, Hal Landon Jr. and Jillian Bell.
Dean Parisot directs the time-travelling buddy comedy sequel off a screenplay from returning franchise writers Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon. Bill & Ted Face The Music will be produced by Scott Kroopf alongside Alex Lebovici and Steve Ponce on behalf of Hammerstone Studios. Steven Soderbergh, R. Scott Reid, John Ryan Jr., Scott Fischer and John Santilli are serving as executive producers.
Taylor was most recently seen in Gloria Bell opposite Julianne Moore.
- 7/11/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Jillian Bell is the latest to join what has become an impressively stacked cast for Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter’s reunion in “Bill & Ted Face the Music,” it was announced Tuesday.
Bell will play Dr. Taylor Wood, a couples therapist for the families of Ted “Theodore” Logan and Bill S. Preston, Esq. She will star alongside a previously announced cast that also includes William Sadler, Samara Weaving, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Scott Mescudi (“Kid Cudi”), Anthony Carrigan, Beck Bennett, Erinn Hayes, Jayma Mays, Amy Stoch and Hal Landon Jr.
“Bill & Ted Face the Music” is the third film in the cult, ’80s teen franchise about two time-traveling buddies in California. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the original film, “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure,” and the reunion film picks up with the now middle-aged Bill & Ted as they’ve yet to fulfill their rock and roll destiny to bring peace to the world.
Bell will play Dr. Taylor Wood, a couples therapist for the families of Ted “Theodore” Logan and Bill S. Preston, Esq. She will star alongside a previously announced cast that also includes William Sadler, Samara Weaving, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Scott Mescudi (“Kid Cudi”), Anthony Carrigan, Beck Bennett, Erinn Hayes, Jayma Mays, Amy Stoch and Hal Landon Jr.
“Bill & Ted Face the Music” is the third film in the cult, ’80s teen franchise about two time-traveling buddies in California. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the original film, “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure,” and the reunion film picks up with the now middle-aged Bill & Ted as they’ve yet to fulfill their rock and roll destiny to bring peace to the world.
- 7/2/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Glee alum Jayma Mays and Emmy-nominated Childrens Hospital actress Erinn Hayes have signed on to play the spouses of the titular characters in Bill & Ted Face The Music, the third installment of the Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter-led Bill & Ted franchise. Mays will play Princess Joanna, Bill’s wife, while Hayes is Ted’s wife, Princess Elizabeth.
Dean Parisot is directing the threequel from a script by Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon, the screenwriters behind the first two films. In this iteration, the now middle-aged best friends, who have yet to fulfill their rock and roll destiny, 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 and bring harmony to the universe. Along the way, they will be helped by their daughters, old friends, a new batch of historical figures, and a few music legends.
Dean Parisot is directing the threequel from a script by Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon, the screenwriters behind the first two films. In this iteration, the now middle-aged best friends, who have yet to fulfill their rock and roll destiny, 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 and bring harmony to the universe. Along the way, they will be helped by their daughters, old friends, a new batch of historical figures, and a few music legends.
- 6/27/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, “The King’s Man” and “A Kid From Coney Island” get release dates, and “Barry” star Anthony Carrigan joins “Bill & Ted Face the Music.”
Release Date
Disney has set its Fox spy comedy prequel “The King’s Man” for release on Feb. 14, 2020.
Disney made the announcement Wednesday at its CineEurope presentation in Barcelona. Matthew Vaughn is directing again with a new cast including Ralph Fiennes, Matthew Goode and Harris Dickson.
The two previous films in the franchise — 2014’s “Kingsman: The Secret Service” and 2017’s “Kingsman: The Golden Circle” — were directed by Vaughn and grossed more than $800 million worldwide. Fox handled distribution.
Here’s Disney’s synopsis: “As a collection of history’s worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gather to plot a war to wipe out millions, one man must race against time to stop them. Discover the origins of the very first independent...
Release Date
Disney has set its Fox spy comedy prequel “The King’s Man” for release on Feb. 14, 2020.
Disney made the announcement Wednesday at its CineEurope presentation in Barcelona. Matthew Vaughn is directing again with a new cast including Ralph Fiennes, Matthew Goode and Harris Dickson.
The two previous films in the franchise — 2014’s “Kingsman: The Secret Service” and 2017’s “Kingsman: The Golden Circle” — were directed by Vaughn and grossed more than $800 million worldwide. Fox handled distribution.
Here’s Disney’s synopsis: “As a collection of history’s worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gather to plot a war to wipe out millions, one man must race against time to stop them. Discover the origins of the very first independent...
- 6/20/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Anthony Carrigan, the breakout star of HBO’s “Barry,” has joined the cast of “Bill & Ted Face the Music,” starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter. Carrigan will play the villain in the film, two individuals with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.
The film is the third installment in the franchise following the ’80s teen cult comedy “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure.” He also joins a cast that includes William Sadler returning as the Grim Reaper from the second film “Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey,” Samara Weaving, Brigette Lundy-Paine and Scott Mescudi.
No specific details about Carrigan’s character have been revealed except that he’ll be the “relentless adversary” of the time-traveling heroes.
Also Read: How Anthony Carrigan Embraced His Body Issues and Became the Breakout Star of 'Barry'
Dean Parisot is directing the time-traveling buddy comedy from a screenplay by the franchise’s returning pair of...
The film is the third installment in the franchise following the ’80s teen cult comedy “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure.” He also joins a cast that includes William Sadler returning as the Grim Reaper from the second film “Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey,” Samara Weaving, Brigette Lundy-Paine and Scott Mescudi.
No specific details about Carrigan’s character have been revealed except that he’ll be the “relentless adversary” of the time-traveling heroes.
Also Read: How Anthony Carrigan Embraced His Body Issues and Became the Breakout Star of 'Barry'
Dean Parisot is directing the time-traveling buddy comedy from a screenplay by the franchise’s returning pair of...
- 6/19/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
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