Matrix 4 Filming May Resume in July
By George Robbins
Not too long ago we found out that the Matrix trilogy would no longer be a trilogy when a fourth film for the franchise was announced. The plot of the film is unknown to the public at large and we are not expecting to hear much about it for awhile yet. The film was only just beginning production when everything went south due to the coronavirus pandemic. When that happened, the filmmakers had no choice but to shut down production and hope that they would be able to start up production again as soon as possible. This situation is a tough one to be in because there is absolutely no way of telling when a good time to start up production again would be.
The ‘Matrix’ franchise is one that captivated audiences the world over for its, at the time, entertaining CGI work. Also, it gave many philosophers something to think about because the Wachowskis, the directors, wanted to make a movie that had a lot of meaning behind it as well. The third film ended in such a way that we would never have expected there to be a follow-up to it. When a movie has finality to it then the only reason a new movie would be made is if there is a new story to tell. Hopefully it will be a story that is worth the long wait since the end of the last film.
From the middle of March and extending all the way up through now and the following months many businesses have had to shut down to prevent further spread of the virus. Not only did businesses have to shut down, but companies that do contractual work like production companies have had to shut down. The reason for that is because jobs like that usually have a lot of people travelling in groups in order to get work done. So movie productions, which are usually comprised of many different people in a relatively moderate space. This being a majorly dangerous way of spreading disease resulted in all productions worldwide being shut down with no resuming dates available yet.
While no real dates are available for when studios can restart their filming productions, it is difficult to get an idea as to when movies will even get to release. These delays are a complete unknown to the film industry since there has never been worldwide pandemic while films were being made. However, even though it is uncertain exactly when most companies will be able to resume filming, some companies have dates in mind for when they would like to continue doing so. Warner Bros. has made the decision that the long awaited Matrix sequel will be able to resume filming some time in July of this year.