TheMatrixResurrections was always going to introduce a new Morpheus, says co-writer.
A new Morpheus was always a part of the plan for The Matrix Resurrections, the film’s co-writer Aleksandar Hemon told Gizmodo. The character is played by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in the fourth Matrix film, which Hemon wrote with David Mitchell and director Lana Wachowski. Morpheus was originally played by Laurence Fishburne in the original trilogy, which comprised The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY “A new Morpheus was there from the beginning. We knew that Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss would be involved. Without them, this thing would not have been possible. But the other thing, during my brief career in the movies, I’ve learned that moviemaking, it’s a world of contingency. And so people might or might not, you know, sign on—or if they sign on, some things may change.
Hemon admitted, however, that there were “preliminary talks” with Hugo Weaving to reprise his role as Agent Smith from the original films, but when the discussions failed to arrive at a resolution, Jonathan Groff was cast instead. The Matrix Resurrections continued the difficult-to-ignore trend of WB films underperforming at the box office this year; Resurrections opened to $22.5 million over an extended five-day period in the U.S. and is budgeted at a reported $190 million.
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