The Matrix 4 will reprise Keanu Reeves’ role as Neo for a new adventure in the cyberpunk universe of The Matrix trilogy. Carrie-Anne Moss also returns as Trinity. One original trilogy character who is not making a comeback is the old mentor of Neo and Trinity, resistance leader Morpheus, played by Laurence Fishburne. Talk to you soon and keep up the good content New York Magazine, Fishburne says he was not invited for the new sequel. Despite that, he wishes everyone involved in the film nothing but the best. “I’m not invited. Maybe that’s going to write me another play. I wish them well. I hope it’s great,” Fishburne said.
Fishburne also talked about his part in the original The Matrix film, a sci-fi landmark, and its first two sequels, The Matrix Reloaded en The Matrix Revolutions. He says: “It’s probably the role where I’ll remember best, which’s great; it’s not the only one where I’ll be remembered, what’s better. What I get with him is that I’re Darth Vader have in this hand, and I have Obi-Wan in that hand.I have Bruce Lee, I have shuffled Muhammad Ali in there, and I have kung fu … It’s the old story in a modern context.It’s the One , the Christ, the Buddha, the Deity, the fully realized is told through the digital age. “
Another character who will not return is antagonist Agent Smith, played in the original trilogy by Hugo Weaving. For Weaving, his absence resulted in a scheduling conflict.
“I’m sorry, but I actually had this offer [for The Visit], and then came the offer The Matrix, so I knew it was happening, but I have no dates, “Weaving explained earlier this year. I thought [I] could do both, and it took eight weeks to work out that the dates would work – I stopped accepting [a role in The Visit during that time]. I had contact with [director] Lana Wachowski, but in the end she decided that the dates would not work. So we sorted out the dates and then they changed their minds. They step forward without me. “
Lana Wachowski, who directed the previous three together Matrix films, comes back to direct and co-writing The Matrix 4. In addition to Reeves and Moss, returning stars include Jada Pinkett Smith and Lambert Wilson. The cast also includes newcomers Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Neil Patrick Harris, Jessica Henwick, Priyanka Chopra, Jonathan Groff, Toby Onwumere, Max Riemelt, Eréndira Ibarra, Andrew Caldwell, Brian J. Smith, and Ellen Hollman.
Production on The Matrix 4 is in progress, after being followed up again by a forced stop caused by the coronavirus. The film opened in theaters on April 1, 2022.
(h / t The Wrap)
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