Earlier this week, it was reported that Fox has treatment for Speed 3, that includes Officer Jack “pop quiz hotshot” Traven – played by Keanu Reeves. I guess everyone assumed Reeves would be interested.
/Film quotes Reeves on Speed 3:
“I don’t know if they are going to make another one, and if they are it won’t be with me… honestly!”
That said, Reeves seemed to entertain the idea of another Bill and Ted movie:
“Maybe we could do it with them both grown up — they haven’t saved the world and they’re just living their lives as middle-aged men. That sound’s quite funny.”
So it sounds like with Speed 3, they didn’t even approach or mention it to Keanu. He is clueless about it and has no intention to return to the franchise. He didn’t do Speed 2, so why would they think he would do Speed 3. Is he suddenly hard up for roles?
But on the other hand the pure fun of seeing a more mature Keanu return to the role of Theodore Logan in a Bill and Ted movie is hard not to speculate. Much of their timetravel goodness revolved around them not forgetting to do something which inevitably ended up aiding their silly schemes. So what if they missed something and all their future domination of awesomeness that leads to world peace was somehow averted and the slackers had to live up to the reality of dead end jobs and a pointless existance.
Maybe Rufus will come back and save them from a future where Britney Spears is president.
