Keanu Reeves says Bill & Ted 3 will only happen if the story is right

"We’re working with this studio so we have a little bit of support, in a sense of like if the material comes through we’ll try and make this picture."

Bill & Ted 3 is really taking its time to get here. Is it having to travel through history to learn the lessons needed to achieve its cinematic potential, or something?

Star Keanu Reeves revealed to IGN that the long-touted sequel is currently having some issues getting through the screenwriting process. "We're closer, but we're not closer," he concluded.

The plot will supposedly see Bill and Ted in their struggle to write the one song that could bring peace and harmony to the entire world; though Reeves is still excited about the concept, he's admitted they're now taking their time with "the actualisation of that concept."

"We’re just trying to get the script together," he continued. "We’re trying to get the story right. We’re working with this studio so we have a little bit of support, in a sense of like if the material comes through we’ll try and make this picture. We’re really just still trying to get the story right."

Reeves himself certainly has no reason to rush on getting the film together; though his latest movie Exposed took only £88 at the UK box office on its opening weekend, the actor has an absolutely prime slate of films coming up.

The actor is busy filming the sequel to last year's major hit John Wick, which earned an unexpected $86M globally. He's also got roles in hotly anticipated arthouse flicks Ana Lily Amirpour's The Bad Batch and Nicolas Winding Refn's The Neon Demon; plus he'll provide his voice for a film probably/possibly not named after him, Key & Peele's kitty comedy Keanu.

Bill & Ted 3 would really be the cherry on top, though; wouldn't it?