UPDATE: The full trailer is out! And the official website at WhatIsTheMatrix.com (same domain name the original film used back in 1999) has been updated to include the synopsis below:
From visionary filmmaker Lana Wachowski comes “The Matrix Resurrections,” the long-awaited fourth film in the groundbreaking franchise that redefined a genre. The new film reunites original stars Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss in the iconic roles they made famous, Neo and Trinity.
The film also stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (the “Aquaman” franchise) Jessica Henwick (TV’s “Iron Fist,” “Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens”), Jonathan Groff (“Hamilton,” TV’s “Mindhunter”), Neil Patrick Harris (“Gone Girl”), Priyanka Chopra Jonas (TV’s “Quantico,”), Christina Ricci (TV’s “Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story,” “The Lizzie Borden Chronicles”), Telma Hopkins (TV’s “Dead to Me,”), Eréndira Ibarra (series “Sense8,” “Ingobernable”), Toby Onwumere (TV’s “Empire”), Max Riemelt (series “Sense8”), Brian J. Smith (series “Sense8,” “Treadstone”), and Jada Pinkett Smith (“Angel Has Fallen,” TV’s “Gotham”).
Lana Wachowski directed from a screenplay by Wachowski & David Mitchell & Aleksander Hemon, based on characters created by The Wachowskis. The film was produced by Grant Hill, James McTeigue and Lana Wachowski. The executive producers were Garrett Grant, Terry Needham, Michael Salven, Jesse Ehrman and Bruce Berman.
Wachowski’s creative team behind the scenes included “Sense8” collaborators: directors of photography Daniele Massaccesi and John Toll, production designers Hugh Bateup and Peter Walpole, editor Joseph Jett Sally, costume designer Lindsay Pugh, visual effects supervisor Dan Glass, and composers Johnny Klimek and Tom Tykwer.
Warner Bros. Pictures Presents, In Association with Village Roadshow Pictures, In Association with Venus Castina Productions, “The Matrix Resurrections.” The film will be distributed by worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures. It will be in theaters nationwide and on HBO Max via the Ad-Free plan on December 22, 2021; it will be available on HBO Max for 31 days from theatrical release.
There's a new Matrix movie coming in December and, until earlier today, everything about the sequel has been top secret. It was announced this morning that the first trailer for The Matrix Resurrections is dropping Thursday, September 9. Not long after that, the movie's official Twitter account tweeted a short teaser video and the URL WhatIsTheMatrix.com. Clicking that takes you to the iconic red and blue pills from the first movie. Clicking one of those pills generates a personalized sneak peek at the trailer with some very cool footage and a narrator that seems to be speaking directly to you. According to Entertainment Weekly, there are more than 180,000 variations of the first look teaser video.
Check it out for yourself, and be ready to watch the first trailer in two days.
The Matrix Resurrections hits theaters and HBO Max December 22. The sequel brings back writer-director Lana Wachowski (this time working solo) and stars Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss as Neo and Trinity. Other cast members include Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jessica Henwick, Jonathan Groff, Christina Ricci, Priyanka Chopra, and Neil Patrick Harris.
Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures