The Matrix to get a reboot

Warner Bros is plotting a reboot of The Matrix series, according to reports.

The Hollywood Reporter is citing sources that say a ‘relaunch’ of the movie franchise, which began with the first movie in 1999, is already in its early stages.

There might even be a star in offing – ‘Creed’ and ‘Fantastic Four’ actor Michael B. Jordan, the sources added, while Zak Penn, co-writer of movies like ‘X-Men: The Last Stand’, ‘Avengers Assemble’ and ‘Ready Player One’ in line to develop ideas.

Whether the Wachowskis, the sibling directors and writers behind the original trilogy, will be involved isn’t known at this stage.

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But producer Joel Silver, who helped bring the original movies to the screen but had a reportedly ‘strained’ relationship with the directors, is said to be keen to get on board, though it’s also said that his involvement is perhaps less preferable than an endorsement from the Wachowskis.

Keanu Reeves, who played Neo in the trilogy, has previously said that there was scope for two sequels, and that he’d met the Wachowskis for lunch late last year to discuss a ‘two picture script treatment’.

He chatted with Yahoo UK Movies about it while promoting ‘John Wick 2’…

Whether Warner Bros’ plans and those of the Wachowskis are one and the same plan is not yet known.

But Reeves seems open to reprising one of his most iconic characters.

The first movie was hailed as one of the most original concepts in sci-fi cinema for years, and though the consequent movies delivered diminishing returns, the three films ‘ The Matrix’, ‘The Matrix Reloaded’ and ‘The Matrix Revolutions’ made $1.6 billion at the box office.

They followed Reeves’ Neo, a mild-mannered programmer by day and an underworld hacker by night, who discovers the truth about the human race – that life is a computer simulation, and our bodies are enslaved by an alien race and used to create power.

The films also starred Laurence Fishburne as Neo’s mentor Morpheus, and Carrie-Anne Moss as freedom fighter Trinity, and pioneered ground-breaking special effects like the slow-motion ‘bullet time’, which spawned many imitators.

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