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. (2003). (2005–2009). (2005)AudioSoundtrack(s)The Matrix is an American created. The series primarily consists of a trilogy of beginning with (1999) and continuing with two sequels, and (both in 2003), all written and directed by the Wachowskis and produced. The franchise is owned by, which distributed the films along with. The latter, along with, are the two production companies that worked on all three films.The series features a story of the technological fall of man, in which the creation of led way to a race of self-aware machines that imprisoned mankind in a system—the Matrix—to be farmed as a power source.
Every now and then, some of the prisoners manage to break free from the system and, considered a threat, become pursued by the artificial intelligence both inside and outside of it. The films focus on the plight of , , and trying to free humanity from the system while pursued by its guardians, such as. The story incorporates references to numerous philosophical, religious, or spiritual ideas, among others the dilemma of, the thought experiment, and the concepts of inter-dependency. Influences include the principles of, and (particularly ' and movies).
The film series is notable for its use of heavily choreographed action sequences and ' slow motion effects, which revolutionized action films to come.The characters and setting of the films are further explored in other media set in the same, including animation, comics, and video games. The comic 'Bits and Pieces of Information' and short film ' act as prequels to the films, explaining how the franchise's setting came to be. The video game connects the story of the Animatrix short with the events of Reloaded, while the online video game was a direct sequel to Revolutions. These were typically written, commissioned, or approved by the Wachowskis.The first film was an important critical and commercial success, winning four, introducing symbols such as the,. For those reasons it has been added to the for preservation.
Its first sequel was an even bigger commercial success, becoming the highest-grossing film in history until it was surpassed by in 2016. As of 2006, the franchise has generated $3 billion in revenue.
Pictures has officially confirmed that a fourth Matrix film is in development with Village Roadshow Pictures for a May 21, 2021 release, with Lana Wachowski co-writing and directing and Reeves and Moss reprising their roles. Contents.Setting The series depicts a future in which Earth is dominated by a race of machines that was spawned from the creation of early in the 21st century. At one point conflict arose between mankind and machines, and the machines. Mankind attempted to block out the machines' source of by covering the sky in thick, stormy clouds. A massive war emerged between the two adversaries which ended with the machines victorious, capturing mankind. Having lost their definite source of energy, the machines devised a way to extract the human body's and energies by enclosing people in pods, while their minds are controlled by connecting them to a called the Matrix.The world simulated by the Matrix resembles human civilization around the turn of the 21st century (this time period was chosen because it is supposedly the pinnacle of human civilization).
The environment inside the Matrix is practically indistinguishable from reality (although scenes set within the Matrix are presented on-screen with a green tint to the footage, and a general bias towards the color green), and the vast majority of humans connected to it are unaware of its true nature. Most of the central characters in the series are able to gain abilities within the Matrix by taking advantage of their understanding of its true nature to manipulate its virtual. The films take place both inside the Matrix and outside of it, in the real world; the parts that take place in the Matrix, are set in a vast unnamed inside of it.The virtual world is first introduced in The Matrix.
The short comic 'Bits and Pieces of Information' and the short film show how the initial conflict between mankind and machines came about, and how and why the Matrix was first developed. Its history and purpose are further explained in The Matrix Reloaded. In The Matrix Revolutions a new is established in the Matrix's place in mankind and machines' conflict. This was further explored in, a now defunct.Films FilmU.S. Release dateDirector(s)Screenwriter(s)Producer(s)Distributor(s)March 31, 1999 ( 1999-03-31)May 15, 2003 ( 2003-05-15)November 5, 2003 ( 2003-11-05)May 21, 2021 ( 2021-05-21)Lana Wachowski, &Lana Wachowski andFuture While making the original trilogy, the Wachowskis told their close collaborators that at that time they had no intention of making another Matrix film after The Matrix Revolutions. In February 2015, in interviews promoting, Lilly Wachowski called a return to The Matrix a 'particularly repelling idea in these times', noting the studios' tendency to greenlight sequels, and adaptations over original material.
Meanwhile, Lana Wachowski, addressing rumors about a potential, said that they had not heard anything, but she believed that the studio might be looking to replace them. At various times, Keanu Reeves and Hugo Weaving stated that they would be willing to reprise their roles in potential Matrix films, but only if the Wachowskis were involved. Untitled fourth film (2021) In May 2019, who worked as stunt coordinator on several films by the Wachowskis including the Matrix trilogy, mentioned the Wachowskis' being involved in a new Matrix film. However, his statement was retracted shortly afterwards. In June 2019, more unconfirmed reports about the Wachowskis making a new Matrix film followed. In August 2019, officially announced the development of a fourth film to be jointly made with, with Lana Wachowski serving as co-writer, director, and producer on it, and Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss reprising their roles.
Lana wrote the screenplay with and, both of whom she worked with on the series; Mitchell also wrote the novel, which the Wachowskis had adapted into a in 2012. An impressive script and Reeves' resurgence of stardom following repeated box office successes were reported as the reasons the studio greenlit the film. In October 2019, and were cast, with Abdul-Mateen and Henwick being lead characters. The same month, who played in Reloaded and Revolutions, was reported to be in negotiations to reprise her role.
Prior to the report, Pinkett Smith was asked on the day of the film's announcement about the possibility of her involvement with it, and she responded that she had been in talks with Lana about it. Between December 2019 and January 2020, and Sense8 leads and were reported to have been cast, and a May 21, 2021 release date was announced. In January 2020, said he is in negotiations to reprise his role as The Merovingian from the Matrix sequels, if his schedule permits it.Crew members include producer, who had various producing roles in all of the Wachowskis' projects starting with Reloaded, cinematographer, who previously worked with the Wachowskis on the Cloud Atlas, Jupiter Ascending, and Sense8 projects, and and returning from the original trilogy as. The film is set to begin production in Chicago, in February 2020.Notable absences from the original films include producer Joel Silver, who sold his rights to Warner Bros. When he severed ties with them in 2012, and co-creator Lilly Wachowski who was reported to be unavailable due to her work on the series, though she gave her blessing to the project. Lilly, although not directly speaking about this film, has also stated that she is at a point in her life that she feels attracted to work that depicts explicitly, rather than as a subtext in science-fiction.
Other projects In March 2017, wrote that Warner Bros. Was in the early stages of developing a relaunch of the franchise. A Matrix TV series was considered but nixed in prior months, with the studio now in early negotiations with to write a treatment for a new film, and interest in hiring to star.
According to the article, the Wachowskis were not involved at that point. In response to the report, Penn refuted rumors of a reboot, or, stating he was working on stories set in the established. Potential film ideas that the studio was considering included a film about a young, or a film about a descendant of his. By April 2018, Penn described the script as being at a nascent stage.
In September 2019, Jordan addressed the rumors of his involvement by saying he is flattered, but without making a definitive statement. In October 2019, Penn confirmed the script he wrote is set within an earlier time period than the first three films in the franchise.
Cast and crew Cast. See also: CharacterFilmsVideo gamesAnimated filmResistance Keanu ReevesCarrie-Anne MossCypherTankLinkCdr. LockKidClayton WatsonClayton WatsonBaneCllr. MifuneAgents Agent BrownAgent JonesAgent JohnsonDaniel BernhardtAgent JacksonDavid A. KildeDavid A. KildeAgent ThompsonMatt McColmPrograms Michael GoughThe MerovingianRobin Atkin DownesRandall Duk KimRama KandraSatiTanveer K.
AtwalTanveer K. AtwalTrainmanCrew The following is a list of crew members who have participated in the making of the Matrix film series.FilmDirectorsWritersProducerExecutive producersDirector of photographyEditorComposerAndrew MasonThe WachowskisThe WachowskisAndrew MasonBruce BermanProduction. The franchise's logo, used since the release of the original film in 1999 and is featured throughout its licensed merchandises.The Matrix series includes a trilogy of feature films, all of which were written and directed by and produced by, starring,. The series was filmed in and began with 1999's, which depicts the recruitment of hacker into humanity's rebellion against sentient machines.The film's mainstream success had backed up the initial idea of making a trilogy. The sequels, and, were filmed simultaneously during one (under the project codename 'The Burly Man'), and released in two parts in 2003. They tell the story of the impending attack on the human enclave of by a vast machine army. Neo also learns more about the history of the Matrix and his role as The One.
The sequels also incorporate more ambitious action scenes and visual effects.Reception. Further information on the reception of each film:, and Box office performance The Matrix was highly successful, earning over $460 million worldwide on a modest budget of $63 million.
The sequels had a much larger budget of $150 million each; Reloaded was also a big commercial success, earning almost $740 million worldwide and becoming the highest-grossing film in history, a title which it held for 13 years, until it was surpassed by the film; Revolutions had the world's first simultaneous release across major cities all over the world, which for the first time in history included both a release in China, and a release in theaters. Its five-day opening at $204 million broke the previous record, but ultimately the film made $427 million, a little less than the original.FilmU.S. Release dateBox office grossAll-time rankingBudgetRef(s)U.S. And CanadaOther territoriesWorldwideThe MatrixMarch 31, 1999$171,479,930$292,037,453$463,532$63 millionThe Matrix ReloadedMay 15, 2003$281,576,461$457,835,574$739,43$150 millionThe Matrix RevolutionsNovember 5, 2003$139,313,948$288,029,350$427,362$150 millionTotal$ 592,370,339$ 1,040,618,803$ 1,632,989,142$363 millionCritical and public response While The Matrix and The Matrix Reloaded received positive reviews, the critical response to The Matrix Revolutions was more negative.
One complaint was that Revolutions did not give answers to the questions raised in Reloaded. FilmThe Matrix88% (149 reviews)73 (35 reviews)A−The Matrix Reloaded73% (245 reviews)62 (40 reviews)B+The Animatrix89% (18 reviews)N/AN/AThe Matrix Revolutions35% (216 reviews)47 (41 reviews)BList indicator(s). A dark gray cell indicates the information is not available for the film.Accolades. Main article: Legal claims In April 2003 Sophia Stewart filed a legal in the alleging that the idea of The Matrix (and the 1984 film ) were from her own titled 'The Third Eye'. The court allowed the lawsuit to move forward in 2005, but Stewart did not attend the hearing. In a 53-page ruling, Judge Margaret Morrow dismissed the case, stating that Stewart and her attorneys 'had not entered any evidence to bolster its key claims or demonstrated any striking similarity between her work and the accused directors’ films.' Despite the ruling, the case became the subject of 'Internet legend', with many sources claiming Stewart had actually won the lawsuit.In 2013 Thomas Althouse filed suit in California federal court alleging that ideas for the sequels The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions came from a screenplay he wrote called The Immortals.
In a for the, Judge R. Gary Klausner stated 'The basic premises of The Matrix Trilogy and The Immortals are so different that it would be unreasonable to find their plots substantially similar.' Influences and interpretations. What we were trying to achieve with the story overall was a shift, the same kind of shift that happens for Neo, that Neo goes from being in this sort of cocooned and programmed world, to having to participate in the construction of meaning to his life.
And we were like, 'Well, can the audience go through the three movies and experience something similar to what the main character experiences?' So the first movie is sort of typical in its approach. The second movie is deconstructionist, and it assaults all of the things that you thought to be true in the first movie, and so people get very upset, and they're like 'Stop attacking me!' In the same way that people get upset with.
I mean, and, these people upset us. And then the third movie is the most ambiguous, because it asks you to actually participate in the construction of meaning.—, Movie City News, October 13, 2012The Matrix films makes numerous references to films and literature, and to historical myths and philosophy including,. The films' premise resembles 's, 's, 's reflections on the versus the, 's ', Marxist social theory and the thought experiment.
Many references to 's appear in the first film. Baudrillard himself considered this a misrepresentation, although Lana Wachowski claims the point the reference was making was misunderstood. There are similarities to works such as by, who has described The Matrix as 'arguably the ultimate 'cyberpunk' artifact.' Japanese director 's was a strong influence. Producer Joel Silver has stated that the Wachowskis first described their intentions for The Matrix by showing him that anime and saying, 'We wanna do that for real.' Of, which produced Ghost in the Shell, noted that the anime's high-quality visuals were a strong source of inspiration for the Wachowskis.
He also commented, '. Cyberpunk films are very difficult to describe to a third person. I'd imagine that The Matrix is the kind of film that was very difficult to draw up a written proposal for to take to film studios.' He stated that since Ghost in the Shell had gained recognition in America, the Wachowskis used it as a 'promotional tool.'
Similarities to the 1985 anime film have also been noticed, but the Wachowskis claimed to have never seen it.Reviewers have commented on similarities between The Matrix and other late-1990s films such as,. The Wachowskis claimed no influence regarding Dark City, but commented about it and The Truman Show that they thought it was 'very strange that Australia came to have three films associated with it that were all about the nature of reality.' .Comparisons have also been made to 's comic series; Morrison believes that the Wachowskis essentially plagiarized his work to create the film. The Wachowskis responded that they enjoy the comic but did not use it for inspiration.In addition, the similarity of the films' central concept to a device in the long-running series has also been noted. As in the film, the of that series (introduced in the 1976 serial ) is a massive computer system which one enters using a device connecting to the head, allowing users to see representations of the real world and change its laws of physics; but if killed there, they will die in reality.The first Matrix film features numerous references to the ', the 'Rabbit Hole' and mirrors, referring to 's and.is a inspired by the trilogy. A describes these types of religions/spiritualities as hyper-real religions due to their eclectic mix of religion/spirituality with elements of and their connection to the fluid of. There is some debate about whether followers of Matrixism are indeed serious about their practice; however, the religion (real or otherwise) has received attention in the media.Following the Wachowskis' as some years after the release of the films, the first film and the pill analogy have also been analyzed in the context of the Wachowskis' transgender experiences.
In this case, taking the red pill and living out of the Matrix symbolizes exploring one's own, starting the transition and as transgender, as opposed to a continued life in the closet. Lilly Wachowski has acknowledged this analysis by calling it 'a cool thing because it's an excellent reminder that art is never static'. Home media In 2004, released The Ultimate Matrix Collection, a 10-disc set of the films on DVD. It included the trilogy of films, The Animatrix, and six discs of additional material, including the documentary film, the live action footage shot for Enter the Matrix, and a promotional compilation of The Matrix Online.
For this release, The Matrix was under the supervision of the Wachowskis and the trilogy's, to improve its picture quality and make its closer to that of its sequels. At the request of the Wachowskis, as they explain in a written statement that accompanies the boxset, each of the three films is accompanied by two, one by philosophers who liked the films, and another by critics who did not, with the intention that viewers use them as reference points to form their own opinion. The compilation includes 35 hours of bonus material, but some of the from earlier, standalone, releases are missing. A Limited Edition of The Ultimate Matrix Collection was also released. It encases the ten discs plus a bust of Neo inside an box.The Ultimate Matrix Collection was later also released on (5 discs) and (6 discs) in 2007 and 2008, respectively. The HD DVD release added a picture-in-picture video commentary to the three films and the extras that were missing from the previous DVD compilation.
The Blu-ray release presented The Animatrix in for the first time. A pared-down set dubbed The Complete Matrix Trilogy was also released on HD DVD and Blu-ray (3 discs each), which dropped The Animatrix and some of the special features.The release of The Matrix Trilogy came out in 2018 (9 discs) and presented the trilogy in and, remastered from the and supervised by Bill Pope. In this release The Matrix is presented with a color grade that reportedly comes closer to its theatrical presentation than any of the previous home video releases.
The set also includes standard Blu-ray copies of the films sourced from the new 4K master, but is missing The Animatrix and some special features. Other media and merchandising By August 2000, The Matrix had sold over three million copies in United States, becoming the best-selling of all time.
By November 2003, The Matrix franchise had generated $677 million from and DVD sales, $162 million from the (2003), $37 million from soundtrack sales, and $3.5 million from licensed merchandise sales. As of 2006, the franchise has grossed $3 billion from all sources worldwide. Animation. Main article:In acknowledgment of the strong influence of Japanese on the Matrix series, The Animatrix was produced in 2003 to coincide with the release of The Matrix Reloaded. This is a collection of nine animated short films intended to further flesh out the concepts, history, characters and setting of the series. The objective of The Animatrix project was to give other writers and directors the opportunity to lend their voices and interpretation to the Matrix universe; the Wachowskis conceived of and oversaw the process, and they wrote four of the segments themselves, although they were given to other directors to execute.
Many of the segments were produced by notable figures from the world of. Four of the films were originally released on the series' official website, one was shown in cinemas with, one was shown on MTV, MTV2, MTV3, MTV4, and Syfi, and the others first appeared with the DVD release of all nine shorts shortly after the release of The Matrix Reloaded.Video games On May 15, 2003, the game was released in North America concurrently with The Matrix Reloaded. The first of three video games related to the films, it told a story running parallel to The Matrix Reloaded and featured scenes that were shot during the filming of The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions.Two more The Matrix video games were released in 2005. The MMORPG continued the story beyond The Matrix Revolutions, while allowed players to control Neo in scenes from the film trilogy. The Matrix Online was shut down in 2009.The Matrix official website also provided several original -based.
Comic books The Matrix Comics is a set of and based on the series and written and illustrated by figures from the comics industry; one of the comics was written by the Wachowskis and illustrated by the films'. The comics and stories were originally presented for free on the Matrix series' website between 1999 and 2003. One of them was printed in 1999 to be given away at theaters as a promotional item for The Matrix, but Warner Bros. Recalled it due to its mature content. Most of them were later republished by the Wachowskis', along with some new stories and updates with color to some of the existing ones, in two printed volumes in 2003 and 2004 and a deluxe hardcover twentieth anniversary edition in 2019.By September 2004, the first printed volume had sold over 60,000 copies.
Screensaver The Matrix official website provided a free for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X, which simulates the falling ' of the films. The screensaver was reported to have a password security issue.
The 'Matrix digital rain' also inspired the creation of many unofficial screensavers. Books Official. The Art of the Matrix by various (, 2000). The Matrix Shooting Script by Larry and Andy Wachowski (with introduction by ) (Newmarket Press, 2001).
The Matrix Comics, Vol. 1 by various (Burlyman Entertainment, 2003). The Matrix Comics, Vol.
2 by various (Burlyman Entertainment, 2004). Enter the Matrix: Official Strategy Guide by Doug Walsh (, 2003). The Matrix Online: Prima Official Game Guide (, 2005). The Matrix: Path of Neo: Official Strategy Guide (BradyGames, 2005).
The Matrix Comics: 20th Anniversary Edition by various (Burlyman Entertainment, 2019)Unofficial. by and William G.
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