It’s time to jack back into the Matrix with Neo and Trinity.
Keanu Reeves and Carrie Ann Moss will return for a fourth film in the Matrix franchise. Series co-creator Lana Wachowski is set to return as well as writer and director. Variety reported the news Tuesday.
Variety reported that Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures will produce and distribute the film. Warner Bros. Pictures Group chairman Toby Emmerich announced the film Tuesday, Variety reported.
“We could not be more excited to be reentering ‘The Matrix’ with Lana,” Emmerich said. “Lana is a true visionary — a singular and original creative filmmaker — and we are thrilled that she is writing, directing and producing this new chapter in ‘The Matrix’ universe.”
Lana and her sister Lilly wrote and produced “The Matrix” trilogy between 1999 and 2003. The trilogy starred Reeves, Moss and Laurence Fishburne as Morpheus, with Hugo Weaving playing antagonist Agent Smith. The films collective earned more than $1.6 billion at the global box office.
Moss, who played Trinity in the trilogy, posted on Instagram that she is “grateful and beyond excited” to return to the franchise. Lana Wachowski, too, is excited to return.
“Many of the ideas Lilly and I explored 20 years ago about our reality are even more relevant now,” she said. “I’m very happy to have these characters back in my life and grateful for another chance to work with my brilliant friends.”
The Variety article reports that the fourth film will likely commence production in 2020. That would put the release of the film around 2021 or 2022, depending on shooting and post production, of course.
Plot details are unknown. It’s also not clear if Fishburne will return as Morpheus, but it would be difficult for him not to. Of the main trio, Fishburne is the only one to reprise his role, including lending his voice to the 2005 video game The Matrix: Path of Neo and in a 2014 Super Bowl ad for Kia Motors’ K900.
It’s also unclear how the characters will return. Both Trinity and Neo were seemingly killed off in The Matrix Revolutions. Then again, the Oracle (Mary Alice) did predict Neo’s return when asked if he would be seen again: “I suspect so,” she mused.
In celebration of this news, here’s a look at some of the best quotes and moments from The Matrix trilogy:
1. “There is no spoon”
2. The blue pill or the red pill
3. “What is real? How do you define ‘real’? If you’re talking about what you can feel, what you can smell, what you can taste and see, then ‘real’ is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain.” -Morpheus
4. “There’s a difference between knowing the path and walking the path.” -Morpheus
5. “To deny our impulses is to deny the very thing that makes us human.” -Mouse
6. “Have you ever had a dream, Neo, that you were so sure was real? What if you were unable to wake from that dream? How would you know the difference between the dream world and the real world?” -Morpheus
7. “Dodge this” -Trinity
8. The Oracle: “Candy?”
Neo: “You already know if I’m going to take it?”
The Oracle: “Wouldn’t be much of an Oracle if I didn’t.”
Neo: “But if you already know, how can I make a choice?”
The Oracle: “Because you didn’t come here to make the choice, you’ve already made it. You’re here to try to understand why you made it.”
9. “We can never see past the choices we don’t understand.” -The Oracle
10. The Burly Brawl
11. The final fight between Neo and Smith
12. “Mr. Anderson.” -Agent Smith
13. And of course the lobby shootout from the first film
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