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 12 months 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 mentioned in a joint statement. Lloyd, who recently made Romeo & Juliet with Tom Holland, will direct the manufacturing.
Wildly sufficient, although Reeves has been a large Hollywood star for over 30 years, he’s by no means appeared on Broadway earlier than. Winter has, but it surely’s been many years. Within the play, Reeves will play Estragon and Winter will play Vladimir, two mates 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 12 months, we’ll be seeing and listening to quite a bit 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 curious about seeing Invoice and Ted look forward to Godot can join updates on the show’s official website.
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