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The Matrix 4 adds Neil Patrick Harris, Jada Pinkett Smith in talks to return as Niobe

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Warner Bros.’ The Matrix 4 has two additions to the film – one a new face, the other familiar to fans. The newcomer to The Matrix franchise, as revealed by Variety, is Neil Patrick Harris (A Series of Unfortunate Events). There is no word on Harris’ role in the upcoming sequel, but he joins a cast […]

Will Smith wishes he could tell his younger self to take The Matrix role

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Will Smith has stated that he wishes he could tell his younger self to take The Matrix role. During an interview on the red carpet for Gemini Man, the new Ang Lee action thriller which pits Smith’s assassin against his younger clone, the actor was asked what advice he would give his younger self if he could. […]

John Wick director on the possibility of adding more Matrix stars into future instalments

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Chad Stahelski, director of the John Wick trilogy, has discussed whether there is a possibility of adding more The Matrix actors, in addition to Laurence Fishburne’s Bowery King, in future instalments of the franchise. In an interview with ComicBookMovie, this is what the director had to say about inserting The Matrix actors such as Carrie-Anne Moss and Hugo Weaving down the […]

Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss reuniting for The Matrix 4

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Well here’s some rather surprising news for this evening, as Variety has revealed that Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss are set to re-enter The Matrix for a fourth outing as Neo and Trinity, reuniting with franchise co-creator Lana Wachowski for The Matrix 4. “We could not be more excited to be re-entering ‘The Matrix’ with […]

Lilly Wachowski is excited to hear more about The Matrix reboot

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If you cast your mind back a couple of years, you may recall that Warner Bros. announced plans to reboot The Matrix, tapping screenwriter Zak Penn (The Avengers, Ready Player One) to work on a script for a new instalment in the hugely influential sci-fi action franchise. Since then, there’s been very little in the […]

Back to the Future tops audience poll of most-wanted sequels

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Back to the Future has topped an audience survey asking moviegoers which franchise they’d most like to see another instalment from, with 71% of people polled by THR stating that they’re keen to see another adventure from Marty McFly and Doc Brown. The Back to the Future series, which starred Michael J. Fox and Christopher […]

Has Film Declined In The 21st Century?

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Tom Jolliffe on whether standards in film have dropped this century… I’ve made passing reference to it before, but the tail end of the year always brings time for reflection, and I’ve often bemoaned the decline in important cinema being made in recent years. This is the stuff of miserable old git conversations in the […]

Ready Player One pays homage to classic movie posters

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A batch of new posters have arrived online for Steven Spielberg’s hotly-anticipated adaptation of Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One which pay homage to The Matrix, The Goonies, The Lost Boys, The Iron Giant, Rambo: First Blood Part II, Risky Business, Back to the Future, Blade Runner, Bullitt, The Breakfast Club, Labyrinth and Beetlejuice; check them […]

Have We Started To Settle For Mediocre Action Pieces?

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George Chrysostomou asks whether we’ve started to settle for mediocre action pieces… The action film will forever be in its heyday, for conflict drives any narrative forward – especially when that conflict results in a showdown between two or more characters. Audiences will forever be drawn to the cinema to witness larger than life sequences, […]