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'The Matrix' Reboot: It's Finally Happened. Hollywood Has Run Out of All the Ideas (qz.com)
An anonymous reader shares a Quartz report: In our hearts, we all knew this day would come. Warner Bros. is planning a reboot of The Matrix just 18 years after the iconic sci-fi action film dazzled audiences around the world, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The Matrix films were lauded for their creativity, special effects, and distinct cyberpunk and manga influences. In total, the trilogy grossed over $1.6 billion worldwide. The Matrix will join other famous film properties -- Star Wars, Godzilla, Planet of the Apes, and Terminator among them -- receiving a recent franchise reboot or "reimagining." Others include RoboCop, Star Trek, Ghostbusters, and Jurassic Park. Meanwhile, reboots of Indiana Jones, Predator, Jumanji, and every superhero movie that's ever existed, are scheduled to hit theaters soon. And TV, for its part, is a dystopian wasteland of bland prequels to famous action movies. Hollywood relying on tentpole franchises, instead of taking risks on original ideas, is not new or surprising. But many believed that certain properties like The Matrix were off limits -- at least so soon after originally being made. It's clear now, though, that the major film studios can't afford to wait. They have no other ideas. This puts the studios in a precarious situation, because the once tried-and-true strategy of inundating cinemas with popular franchise extensions no longer looks as foolproof as it used to.
Whoa.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
What is this 2 & 3? They never made any sequels...
John Wick 3: The Matrix
On the run from fellow assassins, John decides to change his identity, and become Neo. Neo then encounters a group of terrorists, and is offered a chance to see the truth. The world, as it really is. After some stuff Neo/John returns and fights a bunch of terminators.
The End.
That's because all of this has happened before and it will all happen again.
Wait .. Wait, was that the wrong franchise?
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There was a 2 and 3? Non sense. Why not sequels of Starship Troopers while you are at it!
"Science will win because it works." - Stephen Hawking
Fuck me.
I'm old.
Fuck me, I'm legal!
But I tried the other kind, turns out I hate western too. :(
UNIX? They're not even circumcised! Savages!
They did make a Star Wars 3. It hit the theatres just before Christmas last year. Rogue something.
>>I'm guessing they'll find a gifted hacker who's name is "Wot" (hopefully I don't have to point out that's an anagram of "two") and played by Alex Winter.
Stop stealing my fan fiction!
Can Charlie Sheen play Neo and Leslie Nielsen play Orpheus?
Or they cast Keanu as 'The Architect' and Moss as 'The Oracle'