The Matrix Resurrections

The Matrix Resurrections is a 2021 American science fiction action film released by Warner Bros Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures and Venus Castina Productions, and produced, co-written, and directed by Lana Wachowski. It is the sequel to The Matrix Revolutions (2003) and the fourth installment in the Matrix film franchise. Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Lambert Wilson reprise their roles from the previous films, and they are joined by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jessica Henwick, Jonathan Groff, Neil Patrick Harris, and Priyanka Chopra Jonas. The film is set sixty years after Revolutions and follows Neo, who lives a seemingly ordinary life as a video game developer having trouble with distinguishing fantasy from reality. A group of rebels, with the help of a programmed version of Morpheus, free Neo from a new version of the Matrix and fight a new enemy that holds Trinity captive.
Following the release of Revolutions, the Wachowskis denied the possibility of another Matrix film. Warner Bros. constantly expressed interest in reviving the franchise, hiring Zak Penn to write a new screenplay after the Wachowskis refused every offer to create more sequels. In late 2019, a fourth Matrix film was finally announced, with Lana Wachowski returning as director without her sister Lilly and Reeves and Moss reprising their roles. Filming started in February 2020 but was halted the next month by the COVID-19 pandemic. Wachowski considered abandoning the film, but was encouraged by the cast to finish it. Filming resumed in August and concluded three months later.
The Matrix Resurrections was released on DVD, Blu-Ray and 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray in the United States and Canada on March 8, 2022 by Studio Distribution Services (the home media distribution joint venture between Warner Bros Home Entertainment and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment), and in the United Kingdom and Ireland on March 21, 2022 by Warner Bros Home Entertainment.
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== Storyline ==
=== Plot ===
Suffering from palpable delusions, burnt-out Thomas Anderson, the award-winning creator of the Matrix video game series, now relies on potent blue pills to keep his inner demons at bay. Then, amid inexplicable, reality-defying visions, Thomas spots Tiffany, a familiar-looking perfect stranger evoking strange emotions, and his already fragile mental state starts to deteriorate. As Mr Anderson yearns for an explanation while teetering on the brink of depression, once more, he confronts a pressing dilemma and the burden of choice. On the one hand, blissful ignorance guarantees the illusion of safety. On the other hand, the unbearable truth of reality can only mean one thing - the elaborate Matrix goes beyond the limits of imagination. But, somehow, Thomas already knows what he has to do. However, does he want to know how deep the rabbit hole goes?
=== Genres ===
* Action
* Sci-Fi
=== Home Media Rating ===
* PG (Canada)
* 15 (Ireland)
* 15 (UK)
* R (US)
== Details ==
=== Countries of origin ===
* United States
* Australia
=== Home Media Release Dates ===
* March 8, 2022 (Canada) (DVD / Blu-Ray / 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray)
* March 8, 2022 (US) (DVD / Blu-Ray / 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray)
* March 21, 2022 (UK) (DVD / Blu-Ray / 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray)
* March 21, 2022 (Ireland) (DVD / Blu-Ray / 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray)
== Home Media Openings ==
* Opening to The Matrix Resurrections US 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray (2022)
== Company Credits ==
=== Production Companies ===
* Warner Bros Pictures
* Village Roadshow Pictures
* Venus Castina Productions
=== Distributors ===
* Studio Distribution Services (2022) (Canada) (DVD / Blu-Ray / 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray)
* Studio Distribution Services (2022) (US) (DVD / Blu-Ray / 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray)
* Warner Bros Home Entertainment (2022) (UK) (DVD / Blu-Ray / 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray)
* Warner Bros Home Entertainment (2022) (Ireland) (DVD / Blu-Ray / 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray)
== Technical Specs ==
=== Aspect Ratio ===
* 2.35:1
== Trivia ==
* This is the last Warner Bros Pictures film in 2021, as well as the last Warner Bros Pictures film in general, to have a simultaneous release in theaters and on the HBO Max streaming service in the United States, an approach that Warner Bros. took with Wonder Woman 1984 in December 2020, as well as with all of their other films they released theatrically in the United States throughout 2021.
* This is the first collaboration between Warner Bros Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures since Joker (2019).
* This is the first Village Roadshow Pictures film to be released since Joker (2019).
* This is the first film to feature the fully-animated 2019 Village Roadshow Pictures logo, albeit using a custom variant for the film. The normal variant of the 2019 VRP logo previously appeared as a still image at the end of Joker (2019), and has yet to make an appearance as the fully-animated normal variant of the logo.
* This is the first film in the Matrix film franchise to not be co-produced by Silver Pictures.
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