
It seems part of the reason the first MATRIX sequel, THE MATRIX RELOADED, was pushed back to 2003 is because AOL/TimeWarner has too many successful film franchises for one year.
In a blurb in the latest PREMIERE, the magazine reveals the fact that HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS and New Line Cinema's (a subsidiary of AOL/TimeWarner) THE LORD OF THE RINGS: TWO TOWERS are coming out at the end of 2002 and have pushed THE MATRIX sequel from its latest premiere date of December 25. What's more, the film has been pushed back from spring 2003 (the season the original MATRIX was released) to early summer.
With filming not expected to finish until August, let's hope next summer is as far as it slips.