Reeves and Winter Return for Bill & Ted Arcade

Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter will reprise their roles in a retro-inspired game adapting the 1989 film for consoles and PC.

Updated on Nov. 3, 2026 in Science Fiction

Flat-color arcade-poster illustration of concentric neon rings spiraling from a glowing vortex above a pixel-grid horizon, evoking a retro time-travel video game. — Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter will reprise their roles as Bill and Ted in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure: Arcade, a retro-style game developed by Art of Play Interactive with Roditeli Productions. AI Illustration. Upload story photo >

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Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter will reprise their roles in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure: Arcade, a game being developed by Art of Play Interactive in partnership with Roditeli Productions. The title recreates the story of the 1989 film and marks the first time the two have teamed up in a video game in more than three decades.

Why it matters

The project revives a franchise whose 1989 film premiered in February of that year and whose earlier PC game expanded to the NES and other consoles in 1991. For U.S. players, it offers a new way to revisit a long-running science fiction comedy on current platforms.

The original film premiered in 1989 and runs about 90 minutes, while the 1989 PC game expanded to the NES and other consoles in 1991. No release date for Arcade has been announced, and a crowdfunding campaign is set to launch in February 2027.

The players

Keanu Reeves

Keanu Reeves is an actor best known for his starring roles in the Bill & Ted films and the John Wick series.

Alex Winter

Alex Winter is an actor and filmmaker who co-starred with Keanu Reeves in the Bill & Ted films.

Art of Play Interactive

Art of Play Interactive is a video game developer working on the Arcade adaptation in partnership with Roditeli Productions.

Roditeli Productions

Roditeli Productions is a studio partnering with Art of Play Interactive to develop the Bill & Ted game.

The details

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure: Arcade is a retro-inspired adventure in which players control Bill and Ted as they travel through time, with local co-op available. The game is planned to introduce new twists and gameplay mechanics to the arcade-style adaptation of the film.

February 17, 1989: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure film premieres.
1989: A PC video game based on the film is released.
1991: The game expands to the NES and other consoles.
February 2027: A crowdfunding campaign for Arcade is set to launch.

Franchise Revival

The Arcade project follows the pattern of the 1989 PC game and its 1991 expansion to the NES and other consoles, updating the franchise's video game adaptation for modern platforms. It marks a return to licensed game tie-ins that originally accompanied the film over three decades ago.

No release date has been announced, so players cannot yet buy or play the game. A crowdfunding campaign is set to launch in February 2027, which may affect how and when fans can support the project.

The takeaway

Fans of the original film may want to watch for the February 2027 crowdfunding launch, since release timing and platforms are still unannounced. The project shows how a beloved 1980s film can return through new interactive formats decades later.