Comment by Cthulhu_
7 days ago
The Wachowskis weren't forced to, they, as humans, have the power to say "nu-uh". But I suppose they were made an offer they couldn't refuse.
Or worse: WB owned the franchise and were going to make a sequel with or without them (or the actors). I'm sure the franchise will get a "hard" reboot at some point.
> WB owned the franchise and were going to make a sequel with or without them
This is 100% what was going to happen. The film basically tells you this in its meta-commentary.
> But I suppose they were made an offer they couldn't refuse.
"I have never seen [Jaws: The Revenge], but by all accounts it was terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific."
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Caine#Personal_life
To me Matrix 4 was sort of an admission by The Wachowskis that while they could create at least one 'perfect' cyberpunk movie, they couldn't really figure out what cyberpunk should lead to - what a good subversion of the genre should look like. It feels like they tried but kind of gave up half way there. Subverting a franchise that people already have such strong and established connection to is probably almost impossible.
> I'm sure the franchise will get a "hard" reboot at some point.
As the Matrix itself did, according to the Architect.