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Warner Bros. announced that The Matrix, one of the biggest film franchises to popularize virtual reality, is getting a fifth installment.
The film, which doesn’t have a release date yet, is set to be directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Drew Goddard, who is also known for writing the screenplay for The Martian (2015) and co-writing and directing The Cabin in the Woods.
“Drew came to Warner Bros. with a new idea that we all believe would be an incredible way to continue the ‘Matrix’ world, by both honoring what Lana and Lilly began over 25-years ago and offering a unique perspective based on his own love of the series and characters,” Jesse Ehrman, Warner Bros. Motion Pictures President of Production, said in a press statement obtained by The Guardian. The entire Warner Bros. team is excited to be working on this new ‘Matrix’ film. Discovery has been thrilled that Drew will make this new “Matrix” film. His vision adds to the canon of cinematic works the Wachowskis have spent 25 years building at their studio. Warner Bros. hasn’t announced however whether any of the headlining series-original actors will be reprising their roles, such as Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie Anne-Moss, Hugo Weaving, and Joe Pantoliano.
For the uninitiated, the first film in the series The Matrix (1999) was largely hailed at the time as a technical marvel for having pioneered the ‘bullet time’ filming technique in addition to its impressive visual effects. It popularized VR by incorporating a connection that was indistinguishable between reality and the virtual world. The Matrix was released 25 years ago, and we are still barely closer to brain-machine-interfaces. Neuralink, a BMI startup, is devoted to helping quadriplegics control computers and mobile devices with their thoughts via a brain implant.