Eighteen years after the release of The Matrix Revolutions, the third film in the massively popular sci-fi series, Resurrections is nearly here. The fourth installment just released its first, official trailer.
Original star Keanu Reeves (Neo) is back to lead the latest chapter, with Carrie-Anne Moss and Jada Pinkett Smith also returning for supporting roles.
Queer actors Neil Patrick Harris and Jonathan Groff also round out the cast, along with Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Candyman), Jessica Henwick (Game of Thrones), Priyanka Chopra Jonas (Quantico), and Christina Ricci.
Sense8 stars Toby Onwumere, Max Riemelt, Eréndira Ibarra, and Brian J. Smith will also appear, reuniting with filmmaker Lana Wachowski.
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Wachowski will make a bit of history with the epic, becoming the first , solo out transgender director to direct a film of this scale.
Lana directed the first three films with her sister Lilly, who said in an interview last year that the franchise was intended as a trans allegory.
“The world wasn’t quite ready yet,” she said. “The corporate level, the corporate world wasn’t quite ready for it yet.”
“I don’t know how present my transness was in the background of my brain as we were writing it,” she added. “But it all came from the same sort of fire that I’m talking about. Especially for me and Lana, we were existing in this space where the words didn’t exist, so we were always living in a world of imagination.”
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CatholicXXX
No idea what the matrix series is about but Jonathan was hot back when he had a fit body.
Cam
You call both Neil Patrick Harris and Johnathan Groff, who identify as gay “Queer”, but you call Lana Wachowski, who identifies as Transgender, “Transgender”.
Is there a reason you are only labeling people with their preferred label in the case of Lana Wachowski but not for Groff and Harris?
Donston
I’m pretty sure they were trying to distinguish Lana from Neil and Jonathan. But I’m also sure all three have referred to themselves as “queer” on multiple occasions. The vast majority of LGBTQ Hollywood folks have embraced being viewed as “queer”, whether they embrace other identities as well or not.
Cam
@Donstoan
Then they can call all three of them Queer. But the two others specifically came out with their own labels which weren’t used, while hers was.
Donston
A lot of folks use “queer” and “gay” arbitrarily. Don’t try to make a big deal out of something that’s not. Nobody is trying to stripped them of their “gay” identities.
Cam
I will definitely be checking this one out. The third movie got away from me a bit, but I’ll be re-watching and ready for this sequel.
Halfnhalf
I saw the hidden messages of “The Matrix” when I first saw it. I’m a transgender woman and I immediately identified with it. So, when they came out, I actually wasn’t surprised. If you replace the matrix with gender binary it can be eye opening. There are scenes about. Alienation, and being in the closet, and being unseen by the others, So I can’t wait.
bachy
Oh, wow, thanks so much for your insights. I was perplexed by Wachowski’s comment, and your post brought it into focus for me.
BoomerMyles
No Laurence Fishburne or Hugo Weaving (Priscilla)!
rural queer socialist
The promo video
uses a great song to compensate for obviously poor narrative and acting.
What a waste of time and money.
Go spend that time and money with a local food pantry, shelter, etc.
Cam
Awww, the right wing troll account brings in one of it’s screenames to do what it always does. Attack ANYTHING made by an out of the closet LGBTQ director.
Donston
The Matrix sequels didn’t do much for me. Jupiter Ascending was borderline awful. And I couldn’t get past the first half of the first season of Sense 8. So, I’ll only be checking this out if the reviews are really on point.
UlfRaynor
I had trouble with the Matrix and especially the Wachowski’s, knowing they claimed credit for the story itself, when they clearly plagiarized it from Grant Morrison’s “The Invisibles” and refused to acknowledge they did, even after it was proven production staff were issued copies of Morrison’s comics by the Wachowski’s to use as a guide while filming.
The whole supposed trans subplot was also false, Morrison, who identifies as a queer nonbinary heterosexual, wrote “The Invisibles” with his subplot, (which the Wachowski’s appropriated and misdirected claiming it as a trans subplot), about his nonbinary identity.
If Queerty had writers worth the space they occupy, they would be writing about that instead of this fluff piece.
Donston
They were accused of being “inspired” by other works when it comes to Jupiter Ascending as well. Cloud Atlas is probably the best thing they’ve done after the first Matrix, but that was an admirable failure at best. They are pretty much riding the coattails of the first Matrix at this point.
Cam
I wonder why she isn’t doing the sequel with her sister?
Either way both of them are badasses for coming out as Trans in such a bigoted industry back when they did.
Gadfeal
What is the point of a sequel? Didn’t the Matrix end in the last edition, decades ago? What new themes are coming? Why didn’t the Wachowski brother not join; was he unwilling to “milk” a franchise beyond dead?
Cam
Attacking a movie put out by an out of the closet director.
Misgendering the director as being somebody’s “Brother”.
Yeah, it’s a troll account.
Kangol2
I agree with you about questioning the point of this sequel, though they may come up with something fresh and original (both David Mitchell and Sasha Hemon are very talented writers), so I’m not going to dismiss it out of hand. Too often Hollywood does try to drain blood from a stone when it comes to sequels, but some are decent. I didn’t like the prior The Matrix sequels after #1, but I’m willing to give this one a try.
I strongly disagree with you calling the other Wachovski sister a “brother,” though. They are both transwomen, i.e., women.