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Head Back Inside ‘The Matrix’ on May 21, 2021
Warner Bros. will take audiences back inside The Matrix with the fourth entry on May 21, 2021. Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss will be back, reprising the roles of Neo and Trinity. Interestingly, this is the same day Lionsgate will release John Wick: Chapter 4, also starring Keanu Reeves.
Jada Pinkett Smith is also returning as Niobe, the captain of the Logos hovercraft. “She’s also one of the rebels in the war against the Machines and the Matrix. In the virtual world of the Matrix, Niobe is a gifted martial artist,” write Deadline.
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jonathan Groff, Jessica Henwick, Toby Onwumere and Neil Patrick Harris will also star in the new film with plot details still under wraps.
All we know is that Lana Wachowski is directing for Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow.
“We could not be more excited to be re-entering the Matrix with Lana,” said Warner Bros.’ Toby Emmerich when announced. “Lana is a true visionary — a singular and original creative filmmaker — and we are thrilled that she is writing, directing and producing this new chapter in ‘The Matrix’ universe.”
“Many of the ideas Lilly and I explored 20 years ago about our reality are even more relevant now. I’m very happy to have these characters back in my life and grateful for another chance to work with my brilliant friends,” Wachowski added.
Aleksandar Hemon and David Mitchell are co-writing the script with Wachowski.
Fangoria Studios and Panick Studios are turning horror comic Black Diamond into a film, and Variety reports that Ernest Dickerson (Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight) will direct.
Black Diamond comic book creator Brendan Columbus will write the screenplay.
Black Diamond follows Owen and Victoria Welch on a family ski trip that spirals into a nightmare. When their son is abducted by a mysterious cult, the couple is pushed to the brink and faced with a soul-crushing ultimatum: sacrifice another child or lose their own forever.
The comic book series from Panick Entertainment is described as a “chilling folk horror thriller blending Hitchcockian psychological tension with the dread of The Wicker Man.”
“Black Diamond was my attempt to put everything I love about thrillers on the page,” Columbus tells Variety. “I want to make sure it feels like you physically can’t leave the theater or else you’ll miss the next twist or turn. With his masterful cinematic eye and his great story sense, Ernest is going to scare the hell out of everyone with this one.”
“Black Diamond immediately grabbed me because its horror is rooted in impossible human choices,” says Dickerson. “It taps into parental fear, morality, isolation, and survival in a way that is so unsettling and emotionally real. That combination will make for a very suspenseful and exciting cinematic experience.”
Ernest Dickerson is directing and executive producing the feature film. Black Diamond will notably be Ernest Dickerson’s first feature film as director since Double Play in 2017, though he has in more recent years been directing for an impressive string of television shows including “The Man in the High Castle,” “The Purge,” “Raised by Wolves,” “Bosch,” and “DMZ.”
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