Watching The Matrix is like eating a holiday meal. You love it, but you need some time to digest it. That time is over. Last week, we posted about how Lana Wachowski and David Mitchell got on board the project, and what they had to say about some of the biggest questions and questions.
What did Lana Wachowski know about the film?
The Wachowksis were asked to make a new Matrix movie by Warner Bros. after Revolutions was released. When Lana Wachowski decided to tackle it, she went in with a few general ideas.
Hemon told io9 that she had the idea for the opening scene. She said she saw that opening scene in the middle of the night in Chicago and described it to me and to us. Thomas Anderson, Neo, has constructed a world for himself to be reminded of what he used to be. Out of that world comes the Morpheus.
What are some of the most difficult scenes to crack?
We wondered what was the most difficult thing to do in the movie, since it has a lot of moving parts.
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Mitchell said there were a few conversations about the opening. The opening scenes of the first film are back in the late 1990s, where we could cut the cake and eat the allusions. Make it crystal clear what happened once we zoom into the present. I suppose how to make sense of complexity.
The transition from the modal universe to the world outside it was a challenge, Hemon said. If we were not careful, that could get confusing. The logic of the transition was discussed.
Was the new Morpheus part of the plan?
Morphues is gone in the new Matrix, which makes sense since it takes place 60 years after the events of the previous Matrix. If the actor didn't want to come back for some reason, it would have been an elegant workaround. We asked if the idea to change the role and the one played by Agent Smith was always part of it.
Hemon said that a new Morpheus was there from the beginning. We were aware that Carrie-Anne Moss would be involved. This thing would not have been possible without them. Moviemaking is a world of contingency, I have learned during my brief career in the movies. Some things may change if people sign on. We wrote a character for someone we thought would play it, but it was not possible. We were imagining the actor in the role, so we didn't change anything. We did not change any lines with that because it was not possible. The actor is still in the role.
Are you talking about Agent Smith?
We followed up on that answer.
Hemon said that preliminary talks with Hugo Weaving were not completely resolved. The premise of The Matrix and this movie is different, so Agent Smith would have been different in some ways, no matter who played it. Jonathan Groff is amazing in that role. He added a new aspect that I didn't know about. There is an increased emotional emotionality in the movie and he fits into that pattern.
Was there any opposition to the opening of the movie?
Thomas Anderson runs a big gaming company that makes games, not movies, in The Matrix. Warner Bros. wants a fourth game, but he doesn't want to do it. The whole thing feels like a commentary on Wachowski's personal feelings about making this movie, so we asked if it was in regards to any trepidations or if Warner Bros. ever pushed back on being made fun of.
Trepidation. Mitchell said that it was a fair word. I think that the general anxiety of Thomas Anderson gets sublimated into the trepidation. It is in the most legal possible sense. I think it's a fair word. It was a big step.
Hemon said it was. I have never met anyone from Warner Bros. until these interviews were arranged, because David and I are just writers. Mitchell said the same thing here. We never heard of it. Lana protected us. I think they were so excited that Lana would make the movie that they wouldn't push back. Certainly at that time. Maybe later. Just make that movie.
What does the end of The Matrix Resurrections mean to the co-writers?
The Neo and Trinity are now powerful in the Matrix and say they have been given another chance. We asked the writers if that other chance was referring to their love and life together or freeing all of humanity from the machines and the Matrix, which they failed to do the last time.
Hemon said that love will free the real world.
Mitchell said that the two options are not necessarily an either/or.
Will there be more Matrix movies?
The story leaves itself open to more chapters if you think that Neo and Trinity will live happily ever after, or if you think that they will continue to fight for all of humanity to be free. We wondered if there were any discussions about where the story would go after this.
Hemon said that they hadn't talked about it. It is too early for us to be involved in that. There are so many things that need to be done. This is it as of now.
Mitchell said that the situation was to the best of his knowledge. Who knows what will happen in the future, dot dot dot question mark. There are no plans at this time. At the premiere, Lana Wachowski gave a flat "No" when asked if there would be a sequel.
The movie The Matrix Resurrections is available in theaters and on pay per view.
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