The trailer for _The Matrix Resurrections_ is here and it has everything you could possibly want from a trailer for a new Matrix movie. Kung Fu, an obvious Morpheus stand-in, slow motion action, red and blue pills, Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss, and lots of questions.

Neo and Trinity famously died in the last film (spoilers!). How is it they&#x2019;re back? Neo was a Jesus character and those kinds of characters, famously, come back from the dead. Is that what&#x2019;s going on here? Why is the Matrix itself still around? Is the war still going on? Did some people decide to remain in simulation?

I desperately want answers to these questions.

The Matrix Resurrections in theaters and on HBO Max December 22 #TheMatrixMovie

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From visionary filmmaker Lana Wachowski comes “The Matrix Resurrections,” the long-awaited fourth film in the groundbreaking franchise that redefined a genre.  The new film reunites original stars Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss in the iconic roles they made famous, Neo and Trinity.

The film also stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (the “Aquaman” franchise) Jessica Henwick (TV’s “Iron Fist,” “Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens”), Jonathan Groff (“Hamilton,” TV’s “Mindhunter”), Neil Patrick Harris (“Gone Girl”), Priyanka Chopra Jonas (TV’s “Quantico,”), Christina Ricci (TV’s “Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story,” “The Lizzie Borden Chronicles”), Telma Hopkins (TV’s “Dead to Me,”), Eréndira Ibarra (series “Sense8,” “Ingobernable”), Toby Onwumere (TV’s “Empire”), Max Riemelt (series “Sense8”), Brian J. Smith (series “Sense8,” “Treadstone”), and Jada Pinkett Smith (“Angel Has Fallen,” TV’s “Gotham”).

Lana Wachowski directed from a screenplay by Wachowski & David Mitchell & Aleksander Hemon, based on characters created by The Wachowskis.  The film was produced by Grant Hill, James McTeigue and Lana Wachowski.  The executive producers were Garrett Grant, Terry Needham, Michael Salven, Jesse Ehrman and Bruce Berman.

Wachowski’s creative team behind the scenes included “Sense8” collaborators: directors of photography Daniele Massaccesi and John Toll, production designers Hugh Bateup and Peter Walpole, editor Joseph Jett Sally, costume designer Lindsay Pugh, visual effects supervisor Dan Glass, and composers Johnny Klimek and Tom Tykwer.

Warner Bros. Pictures Presents, In Association with Village Roadshow Pictures, In Association with Venus Castina Productions, “The Matrix Resurrections.”  The film will be distributed by worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.  It will be in theaters nationwide and on HBO Max via the Ad-Free plan on December 22, 2021; it will be available on HBO Max for 31 days from theatrical release.

The Matrix Resurrections – Official Trailer 1

More than two decades later, it&#x2019;s hard to understate the impact _The Matrix_ had on popular culture and the internet. It&#x2019;s a big budget live action anime-esque film about hackers dismantling a power structure that keeps them happy and distracted. In the 22 years since the original film released, it feels as if we&#x2019;ve burrowed deeper into ourselves.

What does a new Matrix film mean in 2022? This is corny as hell, but I hope it brings hope and love&#x2014;two central themes of the original films. For all its digital wonders, it is the human element that&#x2019;s made _The Matrix_ and its sequels endure.

Seeing Neo and Trinity hold hands and take a flying leap together fills my heart with more joy than any of the action sequences in the trailer.

The ‘Matrix Resurrections' Trailer Is Here to Keep Hope Alive

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