Keanu: 'We're all trying for Bill & Ted 3'

Keanu Reeves has said that he is working with the original Bill & Ted team in the hope of making another film in the time-travelling comedy series.

Reeves's Bill & Ted co-star Alex Winter recently revealed that discussions were under way for a third movie, after Reeves himself had admitted that he was "trying" to bring the duo back to the big screen.

Now, the 46-year-old has told MTV News that Winter and himself are in dialogue with writers Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon over the possible project.

Reeves said: "We're trying. Alex and I are still friends and we're talking, and we're talking to Chris and Ed. They're going to try and see if they can write something.

"To me, I'd love to play the role. I'd love to work with Alex and Chris and Ed again. We'll see what they do. I'm meeting people now - they've shown the film to their kids. We just seek to entertain."

The Matrix actor added that they would only work on the picture "if it's a film that can stand up on its own", before joking that he wanted German art house director Werner Herzog to take charge of the movie.

Impersonating Herzog, Reeves said: "I was just pushed by the idea of this innocence being confronted by the nihilism of the world. And I thought that these two clowns could push our perspective of reality and truth to the forefront of meaning and knowledge."

The Bill & Ted movies tell the story of two Californian teenagers who travel through time in a phone booth after finding out that their rock band Wyld Stallyns is the key to the future happiness of the world.