Warner Bros. reportedly planning 'Matrix' reboot: how the original movie changed film industry
Warner Bros. is reportedly looking into bringing back the ultra-successful 'Matrix' movie series in some form. The original 1999 film changed the movie industry.
'The Matrix' stars Keanu Reeves (l.) and Hugo Weaving (r.).
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Movie audiences may be returning to the Matrix.聽
Studio Warner Bros. is reportedly looking to return to the world of the Wachowski siblings鈥� massively successful science fiction movie trilogy.聽
write that the studio 鈥渋s in the early stages of developing a relaunch鈥� of the property but that 鈥渋t鈥檚 still not clear what shape the project will take.鈥澛�
The original 鈥淢atrix鈥� movies star Keanu Reeves as Neo, who is a computer programmer and, once he encounters Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) and his crew, discovers that the world he is living in is not what he thought it was. Carrie-Ann Moss and Hugo Weaving co-star.
The first film was the best-reviewed of the trilogy, though the second movie, 2003鈥檚 鈥淭he Matrix Reloaded,鈥� remains the highest-grossing of the three after the first became a phenomenon and drew public interest.
The first 鈥淢atrix鈥� movie is now lauded for influencing the sci-fi movie genre and for its innovative action scenes and special effects.聽
wrote of the first movie that 鈥淭he Matrix鈥� 鈥渇orever changed what the collective moviegoer knew was possible in the cinema鈥�. [The movie] innovated a number of cinematic techniques that would later become mainstays in Hollywood action filmmaking. In short, it pretty much changed everything about the way movies are made.鈥�
Mr. Finnegan writes that some of the most memorable aspects of the movie include its famous use of 鈥渂ullet time,鈥� 鈥渢he iconic slow motion cinematic technique that the filmmakers used to highlight a character鈥檚 heightened perception in the Matrix,鈥� and the movie鈥檚 themes. 鈥淸The] philosophical ideas that 'The Matrix' poses 鈥� add an incredible amount of depth to what can otherwise be understood and certainly enjoyed on purely a surface level,鈥� he writes. 鈥� 鈥楾he Matrix鈥� is a beautifully shot movie.鈥�
also praised the film鈥檚 combination of intriguing ideas and innovative action scenes. 鈥� 鈥楾he Matrix鈥� was a valuable reminder that brawn and brains don鈥檛 have to be mutually exclusive,鈥� Mr. Tilley wrote.
Tilley also notes that the emphasis that those behind the scenes of 鈥淢atrix鈥� put on preparing for stunts in the movie influenced the industry.
鈥淧roducer Joel Silver was so determined to hire Chinese stunt choreographer Yuen Woo-Ping that he gave into Yuen鈥檚 unusual demands, including six months of training with the actors and stunt performers 鈥� virtually unheard of for an American film,鈥� Tilley remembers. 鈥淭his ignited a trend of lengthy rehearsal periods for stuntmen (and in some cases, actors) that changed the way we look at fight scenes in movies.鈥�