In particular, he praised the Wachowski sisters, who wrote and directed the three original films together. Still, The Matrix Resurrections does setup a possible Matrix 5, so perhaps the original Weaving version of Smith could return for that. How would you know the difference from the real world and the dream world?"[164]. [a] It is the first installment in the Matrix film series, starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, and Joe Pantoliano, and depicts a dystopian future in which humanity is unknowingly trapped inside the Matrix, a simulated reality that intelligent machines have created to distract humans while using their bodies as an energy source. Agent Smith was the primary antagonist of The Matrix films. Furthermore, many people who saw The Matrix Ressureactions were still confused about why Morpheus looked and acted completely different in the film. [91], The franchise also contains three video games: Enter the Matrix (2003), which contains footage shot specifically for the game and chronicles events taking place before and during The Matrix Reloaded;[92] The Matrix Online (2004), an MMORPG which continued the story beyond The Matrix Revolutions;[93][94] and The Matrix: Path of Neo (2005), which focuses on Neo's journey through the trilogy of films. He later explained that he did not quite understand the concept and he turned down the role to instead film Wild Wild West. As it turns out, when he spoke to Collider in 2020, Weaving revealed that he almost starred in the fourth Matrix movie. [5] In 2012, it was placed 122nd on the list of highest-grossing films of all time, and the second highest-grossing film in the Matrix franchise after The Matrix Reloaded ($742.1million). [58][59] He noted that mirrors appear frequently in the film: reflections of the blue and red pills are seen in Morpheus's glasses; Neo's capture by Agents is viewed through the rear-view mirror of Trinity's motorcycle; Neo observes a broken mirror mending itself; reflections warp as a spoon is bent; the reflection of a helicopter is visible as it approaches a skyscraper. [7] When computer programmer Thomas Anderson, under the hacker alias "Neo", uncovers the truth, he joins a rebellion against the machines along with other people who have been freed from the Matrix. In 1998, he received the "Best Actor" award from the Montreal World Film Festival for his performance as a suspected serial killer in The Interview. He is the recipient of six Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (AACTA) and has also been recognised as an Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia. [149], The Matrix belongs to the cyberpunk genre of science fiction, and draws from earlier works in the genre such as the 1984 novel Neuromancer by William Gibson. And then, from that, we did Cloud Atlas, again in Berlin. [67] Lynne Cartwright, the Visual Effects Supervisor at Animal Logic, supervised the creation of the film's opening title sequence, as well as the general look of the Matrix code throughout the film, in collaboration with Lindsay Fleay and Justen Marshall. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Ultimately, we talked about it and when the offer came through to do it for Warners I said yes the next day and I talked to Lana. Read our extensive list of rules for more information on other types of posts like fan-art and self-promotion, or message the moderators if you have any questions. Giger's Nightmare", "Of sex, death and biomachinery: H. R. Giger's legacy in pop culture", "The Wachowskis: From "2001" to "The Godfather" to "The Matrix", "Toronto #3: "Cloud Atlas" and a new silent film", "The Matrix (1999) Film Review from FilmFour", "Is William Gibson's 'Neuromancer' the Future of Movies? Could Groff be an updated program of Neo's old foe? The first Matrix 4 trailer is here. [84] By November 10, 2003, one month after The Matrix Reloaded DVD was released, the sales of The Matrix DVD had exceeded 30 million copies. Over the last several years, Yahya Abdul Mateen II has proven that he is an extremely talented and charismatic actor. I still didn't really know who the characters were and I didn't know what anything was. After an initial bit of hesitation, Weaving agreed to do just that. On 4 May 2010, it was officially confirmed by Marvel Studios that Weaving would play the fictional Nazi Red Skull in the superhero film Captain America: The First Avenger. He hangs up and flies away. The Matrix Resurrections nearly saw the return of Hugo Weaving's Agent Smith, but the role ultimately fell to Jonathan Groff instead. In 1991, Weaving received the Australian Film Institute's "Best Actor" award for his performance in the low-budget Proof as the blind photographer. The Matrix Resurrections, the fourth Matrix movie, not only brings back Neo and Trinity, but the first film's protagonist Agent Smith as well. [171][172] It was also the defining game mechanic of the game Superhot and its sequels. Everything I've done since then has been because of that experience. "Lilly is not there, so it's just Lana, but Keanu [Reeves] and Carrie-Anne Moss, and some of the original Australian art department went over to Berlin with them, as well. [108][137][138][139][140] The similarity of the film's central concept to a device in the long-running series Doctor Who has also been noted. [151] After watching The Matrix, Gibson commented that the way that the film's creators had drawn from existing cyberpunk works was "exactly the kind of creative cultural osmosis" he had relied upon in his own writing;[8] however, he noted that the film's Gnostic themes distinguished it from Neuromancer, and believed that The Matrix was thematically closer to the work of science fiction author Philip K. Dick, particularly Dick's speculative Exegesis. "[118] Quentin Tarantino counted The Matrix as one of his twenty favorite movies from 1992 to 2009. The bullet time effect is similar but slightly more complicated, incorporating temporal motion so that rather than appearing totally frozen, the scene progresses in slow and variable motion. This is a cool thing because it's an excellent reminder that art is never static. I was doing a play, at the time, but we were working out dates and things so that I could do both. Its on the to-do list for sure. The group enters the Matrix to visit the Oracle, a prophet-like program who predicted that the One would emerge. - March 27, 2022 05:09 pm EDT. While there have been glimpses of Agent activity in the preview, one prime suspect is Neil Patrick Harris' character known simply as The Analyst. Seeing Neo square off against Smith again would be like a modern-day Obi-Wan vs. Darth Vader. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. [102] The following week, the film would be displaced by Entrapment. "I had some reservations about going back into the Matrix. [95], The franchise also includes The Matrix Comics, a series of comics and short stories set in the world of The Matrix, written and illustrated by figures from the comics industry. While rescuing Morpheus, Neo gains confidence in his abilities, performing feats comparable to those of the Agents. The scene was shot successfully a few days later, with Reeves using only three takes. What do you all make of Hugo Weavings comments? He is the recipient of six Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (AACTA) and has also been recognised as an Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia . He explained that director Lana Wachowski actually wanted him back for the revival, but said that the studio and his talent agency could not come to an agreement on his contract. [89] In 2010, the film had another DVD release along with the two sequels as The Complete Matrix Trilogy. While Groff is an exceptional actor, there is no denying that he simply didnt bring the gravitas to the role that Weaving previously had. As Weaving told Collider in 2020, when it came time to make The Matrix Resurrections, director and co-writer Lana Wachowski very much wanted him to return as Agent Smith. I had some initial reticence about the idea of going back to revisit 'The Matrix' after having already done three films, but then I read the script and got an offer to my agent. In early 2009, Guillermo del Toro, then director of The Hobbit films, prequels to The Lord of the Rings, confirmed his intent to again cast Weaving as Elrond of Rivendell in a BBC interview. Born in Colonial Nigeria to English parents, he has resided in Australia for the entirety of his career. Yuen altered the choreography and made the actors pull their punches in the last sequence of the scene, creating a training feel. That news left many disappointed fans wondering why that was the case. ), and thus this makes it rather difficult to discern truth from falsely perceived views. [188] The Matrix was voted as the fourth best science fiction film in the 2011 list Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time, based on a poll conducted by ABC and People. It was also used in the subsequent films, on the related website, and in the game The Matrix: Path of Neo, and its drop-down effect is reflected in the design of some posters for the Matrix series. When plans for The Matrix Resurrections were announced, fans were interested in the new actors who would be joining the franchise. Though Weaving reprised his role in two sequels, he does not have much personal investment in the Transformers films. [80][81], Manex also handled creature effects, such as Sentinels and machines in real world scenes; Animal Logic created the code hallway and the exploding Agent at the end of the film. They almost came to an arrangement where Weaving's scenes could be filmed later in the year "I thought we could have done my scenes in May, June and July," Weaving said but ultimately director Lana Wachowski decided it wasn't going to work. [161] The same premise can be found in Hilary Putnam's brain in a vat scenario proposed in the 1980s. Morpheus offers Neo a choice between two pills: Taking the red pill, which will reveal the truth about the Matrix, or the blue, which will make Neo forget everything and return to his former life. Bigger actors at the time like Jean Reno and "Priscilla" co-star Guy Pearce also turned Agent Smith down due to the time commitment. He chatted about that, The Matrix, V for Vendetta, and more. "[116] M. Night Shyamalan expressed admiration for the Wachowskis, stating, "Whatever you think of The Matrix, every shot is there because of the passion they have! Weaving himself was unaware of the controversy and had accepted the role based on Michael Bay's personal request; in a November 2008 Sun Herald interview, he said he had never seen Transformers. How did the Ganja travel to the 6th layer by ship? While talking to New York Magazine in 2020, Fishburne explained that he wasnt playing Morpheus again because he wasnt offered the opportunity to. [165] The red pill has been compared with red estrogen pills. [60] [25] Weaving had to undergo hip surgery after he sustained an injury during the training process. Copyright 2023 PopCulture.com. [73] To create backgrounds, Gaeta hired George Borshukov, who created 3D models based on the geometry of buildings and used the photographs of the buildings themselves as texture. No one accepted the program. [25], Yuen let their body style develop and then worked with each actor's strength. According to The Hollywood Reporter neither the Wachowskis nor Joel Silver were involved with the endeavor, although the studio would like to get at minimum the blessing of the Wachowskis. He starred as a heroin-addicted ex-rugby league player in the 2005 Australian indie film Little Fish, opposite Cate Blanchett. Still, Weaving gushed about how much he loved working on The Matrix, and the people he got to work with on the franchise. 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[51] During the rehearsal of the lobby scene, in which Trinity runs on a wall, Moss injured her leg and was ultimately unable to film the shot in one take. The filming helped establish New South Wales as a major film production center. ", He never clarified what he wasn't sure about, but given the final film's divided reception, it could've been anything. ", "Philip K. Dick's dark dreams still fodder for films", "AUTHOR Philip K. Dick "We are living in a computer-programmed reality, "Did Philip K. Dick disclose the real Matrix in 1977? Most of the time when schedules dont match up initially, movie productions get pushed back to accommodate all of the films stars. Not only did they bring him back, but they brought him back alot. If Weaving had been in the role, we'd have all known straight away that Neo's boss was actually Agent Smith, but because it's Jonathon Groff playing the guy, the movie gets to have fun keeping the reveal under wraps for at least a little bit. So, she pulled the plug on the negotiations. 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[54] The office building in which Smith interrogated Morpheus was a large set, and the outside view from inside the building was a large, three story high cyclorama. She answers a ringing public telephone and vanishes. Even though the first movie ends with Neo (Keanu Reeves) seeminglykilling him for good, filmmakers Lana and Lily Wachowski seemed to realize how much they'd struck gold with the character. When John Gaeta read the script, he pleaded with an effects producer at Mass.Illusion to let him work on the project, and created a prototype that led to him becoming the film's visual effects supervisor. [166] Morpheus's description of the Matrix creating a sense that something is fundamentally wrong, "like a splinter in your mind", has been compared to gender dysphoria. "And then, Lana decided that she didn't wanna change her dates, so I couldn't do it. "[110], Ian Nathan of Empire described Carrie-Anne Moss as "a major find", praised the "surreal visual highs" enabled by the bullet time (or "flo-mo") effect, and described the film as "technically mind-blowing, style merged perfectly with content and just so damn cool". Switch, agent smith, apoc were all cast out of australia and new zealand. Speaking to Colliderabout his place in the franchise and his lack of it in "Resurrections," Weaving revealed that he'd even gone as far as talking with the director, Lana Wachowski, about suiting up as Smith once more, and was very excited to do so. Next: 'Matrix 4' Has Drastically Changed Keanu Reeves' Net Worth, Here's How. Morpheus warns Neo that death within the Matrix kills the physical body too and explains that the Agents are sentient programs that eliminate threats to the system, while machines called Sentinels eliminate rebels in the real world. Last year Warner Bros. I immediately responded yes to that, and then we went into negotiation.". What if you were unable to wake from that dream? [35] The Wachowskis therefore hired underground comic book artists Geof Darrow and Steve Skroce to draw a 600-page, shot-by-shot storyboard for the entire film. [8][9][10] Weaving reshot most of Purefoy's scenes as V (even though his face is never seen) apart from a couple of minor dialogue-free scenes early in the film while stuntman David Leitch performed all of V's stunts. The real, undramatic reason is that it simply came down to a scheduling conflict, seeing as Weaving was acting in another project when most of the filming for "Resurrections" took place. Smith, of course, was introduced in the original Matrix as one of the "Agent" programs tasked with preventing humans from escaping the simulated reality (aka. I have not been invited. Filming the scene when Neo slammed Smith into the ceiling, Chad Stahelski, Reeves's stunt double, sustained several injuries, including broken ribs, knees, and a dislocated shoulder. [148] Comparisons have also been made between The Matrix and the books of Carlos Castaneda. After all, practically everything about The Matrix Resurrections didnt work. Although the project had key supporters, including Silver and Di Bonaventura, to influence the company, The Matrix was still a huge investment for Warner Bros., which had to invest $60 million to create a movie with philosophical themes and difficult special effects. [83] By 2000, the film went on to become the first to sell more than three million copies in the US. [35] The success of The Matrix created high demand for those choreographers and their techniques from other filmmakers, who wanted fights of similar sophistication: for example, wire work was employed in X-Men (2000)[180] and Charlie's Angels (2000),[178] and Yuen Woo-ping's brother Yuen Cheung-yan was choreographer on Daredevil (2003). [141] The action scenes of The Matrix were also strongly influenced by live-action films such as those of director John Woo. She implies to Neo that he is not the One and warns that he will have to choose between Morpheus's life and his own. 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". [194] The first film's introductory tale is succeeded by the story of the impending attack on the human enclave of Zion by a vast machine army. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Childhood & Early Life. And then, Lana decided that she didn't wanna change her dates, so I couldn't do it. Of course, Yahya Abdul Mateen II portraying Morpheus in the fourth Matrix meant that Laurence Fishburne wasnt going to be a part of the film. Director Lana Wachowski is set to return to The Matrix franchise with a fourth. Details on the film are currently hard to come by but it is known that several of the franchises major starts will not be returning for this latest sequel. Proof and Priscilla are on my watchlist now. One of Australia's most respected actors, Hugo Weaving is known for his turns in some of the most successful movie franchises of all time. Instead, Weaving's absence comes down to a Hollywood staple: scheduling conflicts. Trinity contacts him and tells him a man named Morpheus has the answers Neo seeks. The scene was shot by colliding a quarter-scale helicopter mock-up into a glass wall wired to concentric rings of explosives; the explosives were then triggered in sequence from the center outward, to create a wave of exploding glass. [179], The Matrix had a strong effect on action filmmaking in Hollywood. Interview Hugo Weaving: 'I can't get up in front of an audience. The machines had to amend their choice of programming in order to make people subservient to them, and so they conceived the Matrix in the image of the world in 1999. He was a huge star already at the time. "[11] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale. Matthew Thomas is a freelance writer who has written hundreds of articles over the last several years. 2010 also saw the release of Legend of the Guardians (formerly The Guardians of Ga'Hoole), in which Weaving has another high-profile voice role,[15] portraying two different owls named Noctus and Grimble in Zack Snyder's film adaptation of Kathryn Lasky's popular series of children's books. A fourth film, titled The Matrix Resurrections, was released on December 22, 2021. [119] James Cameron called it "one of the most profoundly fresh science fiction films ever made". Most of the comics were originally presented for free on the official Matrix website;[96] they were later republished, along with some new material, in two printed trade paperback volumes, called The Matrix Comics, Vol 1 and Vol 2. [35] The Wachowskis first scheduled four months for training, beginning in October 1997. [46] According to The Art of the Matrix, at least one filmed scene and a variety of short pieces of action were omitted from the final cut of the film. [35] Soon, The Matrix became a co-production of Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow Pictures. Actor James Purefoy was originally signed to play the role, but was fired six weeks into filming over creative differences. The Matrix: Resurrections premiered on Dec. 22, 2021, in theaters and simultaneously on HBO Max. [35] At that point, it became the top-selling DVD release of all time, holding this record for a few months before being surpassed by Gladiator. [12] When asked about reprising the role, Weaving replied that he was game, but had not officially been approached. The site's critical consensus reads, "Thanks to the Wachowskis' imaginative vision, The Matrix is a smartly crafted combination of spectacular action and groundbreaking special effects". In a limited and profoundly geeky sense, this might be an important and generous film. Weaving doesn't appear to hold the decision against Wachowski on a personal level, but it's certainly disappointing that things ended the way they did. For that reason, it will always seem odd that Weaving didn't return for The Matrix Resurrections. Unfortunately, two major returning characters were recast with new actors, those being Morpheus (with Yahya Abdul-Mateen II replacing Laurence Fishburne), and Agent Smith (with Jonathan Groff replacing Weaving). Did Laurence Fishburne And Hugo Weaving's Absence Ruin 'Matrix 4'? There's also "Mindhunter"star Jonathan Groff, briefly seen sitting across from our hero discussing his return to "The Matrix." And we were all pretty much sorted and agreed on dates and it was all fine, but then Lana decided she didnt think it was going to work. WhileSmith's story seemingly ended with Revolutions, the same could be said for Neo and Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss), and yet the latter pair are now confirmed to return in the upcoming Matrix 4. It was also released on VHS in both fullscreen and widescreen formats followed on December 7, 1999. "[168] She spoke in 2020 about the film as an allegory for transgender identity, and compromises they had to make at the time. As a result, it seems wrong to argue that his inclusion in any film is a negative thing. During its fourth weekend, The Matrix briefly returned to the number one spot. All the latest gaming news, game reviews and trailers. I am not in the next Matrix movie, and youd have to ask Lana Wachowski why, because I dont have an answer for that.. [79] Manex Visual Effects used a cluster farm running the Unix-like operating system FreeBSD to render many of the film's visual effects. Even without Hugo Weaving, the fourth "Matrix" film is still definitelyworth a watch. The world in 1999 was far from a utopia, but still humans accepted this over the suffering-less utopia. This idea can be examined in Agent Smith's monologue about the first version of the Matrix, which was designed as a human utopia, a perfect world without suffering and with total happiness. All the latest gaming news, game reviews and trailers. Im asking for recs from people who have seen him in any of those movies so I dont have to watch every single one. For perfect evidence of that fact, look at the scene where Groffs Smith yells at Anderson and marvel at the fact that the moment doesnt feel menacing in the slightest. [40], The cast were required to be able to understand and explain The Matrix. Back in the Matrix, Neo makes a telephone call, promising the machines that he will show their prisoners "a world where anything is possible." So, there are a lot of people on that set that I would love to see again. Using this momentum, they later asked to direct The Matrix. [72] The ability to slow down time enough to distinguish the motion of bullets was used as a central gameplay mechanic of several video games, including Max Payne, in which the feature was explicitly referred to as "bullet time". Instead, Weaving's absence comes down to a Hollywood staple: scheduling conflicts. The go-to source for comic book and superhero movie fans. In addition to Wachowski, Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Ann Moss returned to star as Neo and Trinity, respectively, despite their seeming death at the end of Revolutions. Smith explained on his YouTube channel that the idea was for him to be Neo, while Morpheus was to be played by Val Kilmer. [192] As of 2021, the verb "pill" and adjective "pilled" had entered more mainstream use and had come to mean developing a sudden interest in something. I'll disagree with u about Keanu Reeves not been a mega star at the time. They wanted me to do it. ", "Neil Gaiman's Journal: You must be this tall to ride this website", "The Janet Jackson Interview The Daily Voice", "Salma Hayek recalls bombing her athletic audition for 'The Matrix': 'I'm lazy! [37][38] The storyboard eventually earned the studio's approval, and it was decided to film in Australia to make the most of the budget. "I really wanted to because I'm very, very fond of all of them. [97], The Matrix grossed $27.8 million during its opening weekend, as well as earning $34.7 million in its first five days. His frequent stage foil Pamela Rabe costarred. I thought we could have done my scenes in May, June and July; and we talked about money and we talked about they were negotiating. He also reprised his roles of Agent Smith and Elrond in Matrix and Lord of the Rings video game adaptations. [186], In 2001, The Matrix placed 66th in the American Film Institute's "100 Years100 Thrills" list. 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