Screenwriter Zak Penn talks about his plans for The Matrix reboot thing







Zak Penn (X2: X-Men United, Elektra, X-Men: The Last Stand, The Incredible Hulk, The Avengers) wrote the screenplay for Ready Player One so he knows about bringing virtual reality to the big screen. He is currently working on a new film for The Matrix that will be one of those sequel reboot kind of deals.
Penn recently spoke to ScreenRant about his plans for the new film.
I think OASIS (the interconnected virtual space in Ready Player One) is similar, both the Matrix and OASIS are similar in that they are brilliant ideas for universes. And they are not, you know, when it came out about Matrix, people were like ‘Oh no, there going to reboot Matrix’ I was like, Why, I’m not insane. I mean, the Matrix is still one of my favorite…they’d re-release The Matrix and people would go see it.
I was at the premiere and I was still like, this was better than I ever expected. So I just think that universe is brilliant, I think OASIS is like the action-comedy version of that and it doesn’t always have to be the same characters, you could go in so many different directions so…
I loved the first film, but like many of you, was disappointed with the two sequels. Part of me wishes they would leave it alone, but I did like what they did with the Animatrix short films. There is lots of untapped potential in The Matrix universe. However, I just feel we could end up with some bland over the top sci-fi action.
Last year he also said we shouldn’t be calling it a reboot so sorry for the title of this post.
Damn my curiosity for wanting to know what they will do next.
What would you like to see in a new Matrix movie?






