Warner Bros. recently uploaded the first trailer for The Matrix Resurrections, giving us an early look at the return of Neo (Keanu Reeves) and Trinity (Carrie Anne-Moss), and fans are quick to notice how the visual styles revealed in the trailer footage resemble the first The Matrix film, but will it also pay tribute to the sequels, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions?
Following the release of the first The Matrix Resurrections trailer, Warner Bros. has shared a new and fairly vague synopsis for the highly-anticipated sci-fi film, and the details of the synopsis suggest that the film will erase The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Resurrections from the franchise's canon.
You can read the official synopsis for The Matrix Resurrections below:
First of all, the synopsis doesn't mention either The Matrix Reloaded or The Matrix Revolutions, while mentioning the first The Matrix film several times. It may be a bit of a stretch, but "continuation of the story established in the first MATRIX film," and the calling The Matrix Resurrections as a "continuation and extension of the original movie," seems to erase the sequels completely from canon.
Of course, this would mean that The Matrix Resurrections would pick up years after Neo first discovered he could fly, rather than following his death and ultimate sacrfice at the end of The Matrix Revolutions, so it's likely that the story will branch out into something unexpected.
The Matrix Resurrections is set to release in theaters and HBO Max on December 22, 2021.