The Matrix 4 finally gets a title and a first trailer (sort of)

Date:
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 09:48:47 +0000

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At this years CinemaCon event, Warner Bros. shared the official title of The Matrix 4, alongside a first trailer.

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After years of speculation, The Matrix 4 finally has an official title: the fourth instalment in the iconic franchise will be called The Matrix Resurrections, a title that had previously been reported.

Warner Bros. made the announcement at CinemaCon, an event aimed at
exhibitors, where it also showed off a first trailer for the movie. It's scheduled for release simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max on December 22.

Unfortunately, the trailer itself hasnt yet been made public, but those in attendance have penned details of what they saw to give us the first real glimpse of The Matrix Resurrections premise (thanks, THR ). Star Wars:
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Before the studios presentation, the only concrete information surrounding
the fourth Matrix movie related to cast announcements and Keanu Reeves enthusiasm for its beautiful script and wonderful story.

Laurence Fishburne wont be appearing, but Carrie-Anne Moss is set to join the returning Reeves as Trinity. We also know original co-director Lana Wachowski is helming the project.

Beyond that, though, we knew little about the movies plot, or indeed how Neo and Trinity would return from the dead following the events of The Matrix Revolutions. Obviously, given the movies now-confirmed title, at least one or both of them will be resurrected though this first trailer doesnt appear to give too much away.

This is the description of the footage as given by The Hollywood Reporter :

The Hollywood Reporterdescribes an opening scene that sees Thomas Anderson (Reeves) in therapy telling his therapist (Neil Patrick Harris), I had dreams that werent just dreams. Am I crazy? He senses something is not quite right with the world, but he has no memory of what The Matrix is.

Later, according to THR, he runs into a woman (Moss) at a coffee shop. They shake hands, and there seems to be something between them, but neither one remembers the other.Meanwhile, Reeves Thomas spends his days taking prescription blue pills, and wondering why everyone in his world is glued to their phones looking around and realizing hes the only one on a crowded elevator not looking at a device.

Eventually, Reeves Thomas runs into a man (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) who has a similar energy to Morpheus, the freedom fighter played by Laurence Fishburne in the original trilogy. This mysterious man hands Anderson a red pill, and then we see footage of him with powers, seeing The Matrix for the fake
reality that it is.THR says the trailer then followed some similar beats of the original, including Neo (Reeves) fighting Abdul-Mateen's character in a dojo, and an image of Anderson in an incubator.

Theres also a shot of Neo looking in a mirror and seeing an older version of himself. Neo also seems to have a few new powers from the last time, with the trailer including a shot of what looks like him controlling a missile through telekinesis to prevent it from hitting him.

Those lucky few who saw the footage in action have praised it as stunning and extremely impressive, though some have called out the obvious absence of the movies other main characters. I just saw the trailer for The Matrix: Resurrections at CinemaCon and it looks so badass. I was so worried that it wasnt going to WOW me but I was totally wrong. The only thing that shocked me is that a few of the main characters dont appear in the trailer. #TheMatrix4 August 25, 2021 See more

In any case, the CinemaCon trailer is expected to drop online on August 25,
so we shouldnt have long to wait until we get to see Neo and co. in action
for ourselves. Analysis: Why is The Matrix being resurrected, anyway?

Its safe to say that the appetite for another Matrix movie after 2003s The Matrix Revolutions was decidedly lacking, especially since that entry in the franchise marked the third in just a four-year period.

Revolutions was also the worst of the three movies, both critically and financially, so it didnt seem likely that Warner Bros. would opt to revive
the once-popular IP any time soon after its release.

That said, its now been 18 years since the last Matrix movie, and given Hollywoods recent tendency to rehash well-worn properties ( Indiana Jones 5 , Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles , and so on), it didnt come as a surprise to see Warner Bros. give Wachowski the green light to take audiences back into the simulated world of The Matrix.

Its themes, too AI-gone-wrong, corporate control, the rejection of
groupthink are perhaps more pertinent today than they ever have been, so expect critics and moviegoers alike to once again lap up Resurrections undoubtedly existential questions of free will and the positions of power.

The fight scenes should also be pretty cool, too: John Wick director Chad Stahelski, who played Reeves' stunt double in the original movies, worked on this film's set pieces. The Mandalorian season 3: everything we know right now



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