They’ve gone again in time, they’ve gone to hell, and they’ve saved the universe. And now, Invoice and Ted will go on their scariest trip yet: to Broadway. Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, who starred within the time-traveling trilogy of movies, are set to reunite onstage subsequent yr for the traditional play Ready for Godot by Samuel Beckett.
“We’re extremely excited to be on stage collectively and work with the good Jamie Lloyd in considered one of our favourite performs,” the actors stated in a joint statement. Lloyd, who recently made Romeo & Juliet with Tom Holland, will direct the manufacturing.
Wildly sufficient, despite the fact that Reeves has been an enormous Hollywood star for over 30 years, he’s by no means appeared on Broadway earlier than. Winter has, nevertheless it’s been a long time. Within the play, Reeves will play Estragon and Winter will play Vladimir, two buddies who occur to be ready to satisfy the identical one who, spoiler alert, by no means comes. Within the meantime, they focus on many issues and discover the ups and downs of their relationship and friendship.
Earlier than the present opens subsequent yr, we’ll be seeing and listening to lots from Reeves. He’ll seem within the body-swap movie Good Fortune with Seth Rogen and Aziz Ansari, is voicing Shadow in Sonic the Hedgehog 3, and can reprise the function of John Wick in subsequent summer time’s Ballerina. Winter additionally simply wrapped a film referred to as Maturity, which he not solely stars in however directs.
Anybody focused on seeing Invoice and Ted await Godot can join updates on the show’s official website.
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