When Keanu Reeves isn’t busy prepping movies, he seems to spend most of his free time talking to MTV reporters about them. On recent sit-downs he has spilled some details about both his upcoming samurai movie 47 Ronin and also the possible third sequel to Bill & Ted that keeps getting hinted at. Let’s dig in. If it were just Alex Winters talking about a possible sequel to Bill & Ted, then it would be pretty easy to ignore. I call it the Tom Arnold effect. But when the more successful half of the duo, Keanu Reeves, starts to make hints that another go around is going down, well then buddy boy you better stand up and take notice. Starting around last September Reeves did exactly that by saying that the original B&T writers, Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon, were “going to try and see if they can write something.” When recently asked what the current status was on those efforts were, Reeves said, “I believe the writers are six weeks away from a draft. No pressure, guys!” Six weeks sounds a lot more concrete than trying to see if they can whip up a little something-something. Maybe this thing is going down after all. But what would another Bill and Ted movie be about here in 2011, with a rapidly aging duo of actors? Reeves gave a little hint: “When we last got together, part of it was that Bill and Ted were supposed to have written the song [Due to Content Scraping and Theft, we have been forced to try abbreviated feeds. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and woud very much appreciate you clicking through to view the full article on FilmSchoolRejects.com]

Keanu Reeves will find his inner Asian for the upcoming film, 47 Ronin. That’s not the same as finding yourself in an Asian (nor is it as much fun), but it sure pays a lot better.