Twenty-five years ago he changed Matrix movie world. The spectacular sci-fi of the Wachow siblings was a gimmick revolution, bringing innovative elements to action scenes and at the same time managing to be cool, stylish and at the same time much smarter than we are used to in the genre. Today the Matrix is a legend and nothing will change the fact that the four were not very successful and thanks to the premiere in the covid era, when the film went to cinemas and streaming on the same day in America, we don’t even have much of a chance to find out how it was/could have been successful .
In any case, they didn’t want to let this brand lie idle at Warners, and now that they’re doing well with Dune, they’d be foolish not to try to revive their sci-fi saga, which is at least as famous. And they didn’t even have to try very hard because he came to them Drew Goddard. The screenwriter and director of the brilliant and clever horror spectacle The Cabin in the Mountains and the screenwriter of The Martian (which he was supposed to shoot before Ridley Scott showed interest in him) is an interesting name. And someone who should be able to deal with a complicated world full of virtual realities, evil machines from the dark future, kung fu hackers in sunglasses and clever ideas.
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According to the studio, Goddard came up with an idea that would take the series a step further while being respectful to the original film. We have no idea what exactly we’re supposed to imagine under that, because there hasn’t been a word about the plot. Likewise, it’s early for casting announcements, so we have no idea if Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss will return. In any case, Lana Wachowski will produce, but hopefully it will turn out better than her foursome.
