A few day ago the story broke that Warners were looking at making a new Matrix (yay!) but that it may be a reboot (No!).
Now, however, it looks like our hopes (another Matrix movie can be a fresh story but in the same universe) have come true as the man writing it, Zak Penn, writers of X-Men: Last Stand, Avengers and Elektra, has taken to Twitter (all his posts are below) to put everyone’s fears at ease.
Penn refers to The Animatrix – the Manga inspired series of animated shorts that came out with the Matrix movies and told stories within the Matrix story but nit featuring the core characters – and the X-Men universe, specifically things like Legion, Logan and Deadpool which expend the core X-Men universe.
So, what is he telling us? Well, the quote: “All I can say at this point is no one could or should REBOOT the Matrix. People who know Animatrix and the comics understand” is probably the one at the core of his point: he aims to write a Matrix movie that will likely not feature Neo, Morpheous or Trinity but WILL take place in theMatrix.
It looks like it is taking its cue from things like Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. It’s all about universe building these days folks.
And we’re not only ok with that, we’re genuinely pretty stoked.
What say you all? A Matrix movie that runs alongside the original movies? Would that be cool with you?
Let us know…
All I can say at this point is no one could or should REBOOT the Matrix. People who know Animatrix and the comics understand.
— Zak Penn (@zakpenn) March 15, 2017
Can’t comment yet except to say that the words “reboot” and “remake” were from an article. Let’s stop responding to inaccurate news.
— Zak Penn (@zakpenn) March 17, 2017
If I were going to recast Keanu Reeves, I would cast Keanu Reeves.
— Zak Penn (@zakpenn) March 17, 2017
How about just re-release the matrix? Don’t reboot it, you can’t do better.
— Zak Penn (@zakpenn) March 17, 2017
Do I want to see more stories set in the universe of the matrix? Yes. Because it’s a brilliant idea that generates great stories.
— Zak Penn (@zakpenn) March 17, 2017
Look at what people are doing with Xmen universe. Between Logan and Legion and Deadpool, does anyone want them to stop? Not me.
— Zak Penn (@zakpenn) March 17, 2017
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