Warner Bros. just dropped a short teaser promising that the first trailer for The Matrix Resurrections is heading down the rabbit hole this coming Thursday, September 9th. EW also shared the above first shot of Keanu Reeves in the fourth film in the series.
Oh, hey, and if you want to see more, they’ve also relaunched the official website, which features over, get this, 180,000 teasers. Visit WhatIsTheMatrix.com and make your choice. There’s a ton of footage.
Digressing, the studio previously shared new details about the Lana Wachowski-directed sequel at the CinemaCon, revealing a really intriguing setup that should raise eyebrows.
The title The Matrix Resurrections could be a reference to Neo’s (Keanu Reeves) Jesus-like death and resurrection(s) at the end of both The Matrix (1999) and The Matrix Revolutions (2003), or possibly it’s teasing the restoration of the machines. Possibly both?
And then there’s the plot. Here’s the quick pitch: Neo is in therapy and doesn’t remember The Matrix. He runs into Trinity at a coffee shop…
“The trailer begins with Neil Patrick Harris talking to Keanu Reeves’ Neo,” details Deadline. “A near future San Francisco. It appears that Neo is trapped in a humdrum world, much like his first self in the 1999 movie. He’s just not getting his surroundings.
“Am I crazy?” asks Reeves’ Neo. “We don’t use that word in here,” says Harris’ therapist.
Reeves comes in contact with Carrie Anne Moss’ Trinity in a cafe: “Have we met?” she asks Neo.
A shot of blue pills spilling into a sink, as Jefferson Airplane’s “White Rabbit” song plays.
Then a shot of Neo distorting into an old man in the mirror. A younger Morpheus tells Neo “time to fly,” handing him a red pill.
Then a lot of jumping, a lot of twists in midair, karate and all the acrobats we expect from a Matrix movie.
Is this the same trailer we’ll be seeing online later this week?
The Matrix Resurrections is still slated to come out on December 22, most likely in theaters and on HBO Max.