Mark Thursday night in your diary because the trailer for The Matrix Resurrections is dropping at 11pm that night. 

The fourth instalment in The Matrix franchise has been a long time coming and we’re almost there now, I promise. With the film scheduled to be released in Australia on January 1st, 2022, Warner Bros. have started upping the ante on the marketing front. They teased The Matrix Resurrections with two videos on the film series’ old website, accessed by appropriately choosing the blue or red pill.

My main recollection of the first Matrix is dressing as Neo for Halloween in 2000 and being mistaken several times for having instead dressed up as the local catholic priest (this is sadly genuinely true). When the next two instalments weren’t as big hits, I thankfully managed to retire the costume. Who knows though, if The Matrix Resurrections turns out to be a classic, maybe it’ll be time to whip the costume out for Halloween once more.

The fourth film is one Wachowksi down, with only Lana directing this one. Luckily Keanu Reeves and Carrie Anne-Moss will be returning, with Jessica Henwick, Jonathan Groff, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and even Neil Patrick Harris. Barney from How I Met Your Mother in a serious sci-fi film? That’ll be fun at least.

So venture to WhatIsTheMatrix.com – which is a proper historical piece of the internet, having incredibly launched all the way back when the first film came out in 1999 – and decide between that blue and red pill. It’s a key choice too: depending on your choice, the site “will render one of over 180,000 unique teaser videos possible based on the pill chosen and time of day”, which includes footage from the movie and the voices of its stars.

And why not tide yourself over until Thursday night by rewatching the first three Matrix films. Go on, treat yourself.

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