Bill and Ted Face the Music
Keanu Reeves is finally making sci - fi movies again - but why did he step away from the genre to begin with ? In many ways , the actor made his name with sci - fi , beginning with his number as the clock time - traveling slacker Theodore " Ted " Logan in the 1989 comedyBill & Ted ’s Excellent Adventure . He continued to work in the writing style throughout the ' 90 , appearing in the now - cult filmJohnny Mnemonic(which is set in the no - longer - remote future of 2021 ) and the activity - thrillerChain Reaction , in addition to the sequelBill & Ted ’s Bogus Adventure . Of naturally , his biggest sci - fi role get along in 1999when he playact Neo inThe Matrix .
He would go on to reprise the role a few years later in the first twoMatrixsequels , along with the animated light collectionThe Animatrix . Reeves did n’t mistreat away from sci - fi after that either , team up up with Richard Linklater a few years later for his Philip K. Dick adaptationA Scanner Darkly(a movie that was shoot digitally , then revivify using rotoscope ) . However , after bring the extraterrestrial Klaatu in the 2008 remaking ofThe Clarence Day the Earth Stood Still , Reeves get going a full ten years before lick on a sci - fi lineament film again .
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The thespian is now in the midst of a sci - fi renaissance thanks tohis upcoming function inBill & Ted Face the MusicandThe Matrix 4 . avowedly , it ’s partly a issue of timing . The thirdBill & Tedmovie ’s been in the works since as far back as 2010 and spend years in development oblivion before finally securing financial support and a gullible - brightness in 2019 . By comparison , The Matrix 4was only harbinger last summer . Still , Warner Bros. had been work on manner to continue the franchise well before that , and it ’s no surprise they decide to take Reeves back in his iconic use at a time when his action moving picture vocation is raging as ever thanks to theJohn Wickseries .
Reeves ' exit from the sci - fi music genre also coincide with a downswing in his commercial-grade viability as an doer . With the elision of his role in 2013’s47 Ronin(which fail at the box office ) , he stepped away from bounteous - budget studio movies to focus on smaller films in this period , include his quislingism with arthouse managing director Rebecca Miller ( The secret Lives of Pippa Lee ) andNicolas Winding Refn ( The Neon Demon ) . Along the manner , Reeves made his directing launching on 2013’sMan of Tai Chi , a martial arts flick that was positively received by critic , but failed to take off financially . It ’s possible he simply wanted to unify thing up , creatively - speaking , and that lead him to ( perhaps unconsciously ) move away from the case of populist fare he ’d made his name with at the time .
Either way , the unexpected winner ofJohn Wickin 2014 has since led to Reeves work on more mainstream celluloid again , include those of the sci - fi variety . The histrion made his formal yield to the genre in 2019’sReplicas , a spectacular thriller where he plays a scientist who uses cutting - sharpness technology to raise his family following their last . It was mostly disregard by audience anddismissed by critics as an unintentional encampment - fest , so as far as the bulk of moviegoers are aware , Reeves is only just getting back to his gelt - and - butter sci - fi movies . Here ’s hoping it ’s as successful as " coming back " as the revival of his activity life history .
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